Tag: Afghanistan

Americans believe U.S. global prestige has worsened under President Obama. AP Photo

Poll: 55% say America’s global Image worse under Obama-Clinton

Paul Bedard · June 19, 2014 7:21 pm

National Security

Iraq crisis stirs fears Afghanistan could be next

Donna Cassata · June 19, 2014 2:28 pm

Afghanistan's presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah, center, arrives for a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, June 18, 2014. The front-runner in Afghanistan's runoff presidential election has called for vote counting to stop over fraud claims. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

Afghan candidate seeks halt to runoff vote count

AMIR SHAHRAHIM FAIEZ · June 18, 2014 9:22 pm

National Security

VIDEO — House lawmakers: What’s next after Bowe Bergdahl swap?

Ed Sykes · June 18, 2014 12:40 pm

2,558 complaints over Afghan presidential runoff

Rahim Faiez · June 17, 2014 6:40 pm

Demonstrators chant pro-al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant as they carry al Qaeda flags in front of the provincial government headquarters in Mosul, 225 miles northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday. (AP Photo)

We need a policy to fight Islamic extremism that works

Cal Thomas · June 16, 2014 8:43 pm

House Speaker John Boehner said President Obama's decision to release five Taliban leaders in exchange for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl will come back to haunt the United States. (AP Photo)

National Security

Army begins Bowe Bergdahl investigation

Susan Crabtree · June 16, 2014 6:09 pm

National Security

Despite Bergdahl swap, peace talks still in limbo

Deb Riechmann · June 16, 2014 7:04 am

Shiite tribal fighters raise their weapons and chant slogans against the al Qaeda-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the east Baghdad neighborhood of Kamaliya, Iraq, Sunday, June 15, 2014. (AP Photo)

Obama follows polls in foreign policy but public turns against him

Michael Barone · June 15, 2014 9:00 pm

An Independent Election Commission (IEC) employee shows a ballot to observers at a polling station in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, June 14, 2014. Despite a Taliban threat to stay away, Afghans lined up Saturday to vote in a presidential runoff between two candidates who both promise to improve ties with the West and combat corruption as they confront a powerful Taliban insurgency and preside over the withdrawal of most foreign troops by the end of the year. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

Afghans brave Taliban threats to choose new leader

AMIR SHAHRAHIM FAIEZ · June 14, 2014 8:31 pm

Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl poses in front of an American flag. (Photo by U.S. Army via Getty Images)

Bowe Bergdahl deal provides shape of things to come in Afghanistan

Susan Crabtree · June 13, 2014 12:00 pm

President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Barack Obama poses with his medal and diploma alongside Nobel committee chairman Thorbjorn Jagland at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony at City Hall in Oslo, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009. (AP Photo/John McConnico)

Examiner Editorial: Obama tenure marked by foreign policy debacles

Washington Examiner · June 12, 2014 9:00 pm