Tag: Afghanistan

Command Sgt. Maj. Martin R. Barreras, a recipient of three Purple Hearts who helped rescue Jessica Lynch at the beginning of the post-9/11 wars, died May 13 in San Antonio Military Medical Center after suffering injuries in Harat Province, Afghanistan on May 6. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Beltway Confidential

Soldier who rescued Jessica Lynch in Iraq in 2003 killed in Afghanistan combat

Spencer Brown · May 17, 2014 4:00 am

Afghan candidates differ in style not substance

GREG KELLERRAHIM FAIEZ · May 15, 2014 7:55 pm

Afghan, Pakistani border guards’ skirmish kills 1

Mirwais Khan · May 15, 2014 8:54 am

Afghan police officers arrive to the scene after Taliban fighters stormed a government building in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, May 12, 2014. Taliban fighters stormed a government building in eastern Afghanistan after killing police guards on Monday, the most serious in a wave of attacks marking the start of the insurgents' annual spring offensive. In the Taliban heartland in the south, an attack on a police checkpoint in Helmand province killed many policemen. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Attacks across Afghanistan kill at least 5 people

Washington Examiner · May 14, 2014 5:49 pm

President Barack Obama awards the Medal of Honor to former Army Sgt. Kyle J. White during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, May 13, 2014. White is a former Army sergeant who saved a fellow soldier's life and helped secure the evacuation of other wounded Americans while under persistent fire during a 2007 ambush in Afghanistan. White is the seventh living recipient to be awarded the Medal of Honor for actions in Iraq or Afghanistan. (AP Photo)

National Security

Obama presents top medal to Afghanistan veteran

Washington Examiner · May 13, 2014 8:46 pm

VIDEO: President Obama awards Medal of Honor to Kyle J. White

Washington Examiner · May 13, 2014 4:00 am

Afghan security personal surround the area after Taliban fighters stormed a government building in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, May 12, 2014. Taliban fighters stormed a government building in eastern Afghanistan killing police guards on Monday, the most serious in a wave of attacks marking the start of the insurgents' annual spring offensive. In the Taliban heartland in the south, an attack on a police checkpoint in Helmand province killed many policemen. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Taliban kill 21 at start of Afghan spring fighting

RAHIM FAIEZRAHMAT GUL · May 12, 2014 5:47 pm

VIDEO: Bipartisan effort underway to extend Special Immigrant Visa program

Washington Examiner · May 8, 2014 4:00 am

‘The Last Marines Leave Sangin Valley’

Daniel Halper · May 6, 2014 5:25 pm

A Afghan survivor poses for a photograph near the site of Friday's landslide that buried Abi-Barik village in Badakhshan province, northeastern Afghanistan, Tuesday, May 6, 2014. Authorities tried to help families displaced by the torrent of mud that swept through Abi-Barik village after hundreds were killed. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

Clash at site of Afghanistan landslide over aid

MOHAMMAD SHOAIB AMIN · May 6, 2014 3:54 pm

National Security

In Iraq and Afghanistan, companies manage taxpayer money with little oversight

Washington Examiner · May 5, 2014 4:00 am

Survivors walk near the site of Friday's landslide that buried Abi-Barik village in Badakhshan province, northeastern Afghanistan, Sunday, May 4, 2014. As Afghans observed a day of mourning Sunday for the hundreds of people killed in a horrific landslide, authorities tried to help hundreds of families displaced by the torrent of mud that swept through their village. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

Focus now on Afghan families displaced by slide

MASSOUD HOSSAINIRAHIM FAIEZ · May 4, 2014 2:42 pm