Tag: Afghanistan

Washington Secrets

With no Iraq-Afghan memorial, Vietnam vets to honor 7,000 dead in first-ever roll call

Paul Bedard · April 17, 2014 4:00 am

It appears that at least some of the items for sale in the Tehran shop were left behind by the American military in Iraq, Afghanistan and Kuwait. (Thinkstock)

Beltway Confidential

New report says sophisticated U.S. military equipment for sale in Tehran bazaar

Mark Tapscott · April 16, 2014 4:00 am

This Saturday, Dec. 14, 2013 photo provided by the Afghan Public Works Ministry, shows Deputy Minister of Public Works Ahmad Shah Wahid in his office in Kabul, Afghanistan. Gunmen abducted Wahid in Kabul on Tuesday, April 15, 2014 officials said, a grim reminder of the insecurity plaguing Afghanistan as most foreign troops prepare to withdraw from the country at the end of the year. Kidnappings for ransom by criminal gangs and abductions by Taliban insurgents are relatively common in Afghanistan, but Wahid is the highest-ranking government official abducted in years. (AP Photo/Afghan Public Works Ministry)

Gunmen abduct Afghan deputy minister in Kabul

Amir Shah · April 15, 2014 4:31 pm

Afghan policeman take up positions on a road near the scene of an attack by militants in the Torkham area in Jalalabad province east of Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP/Rahmat Gul)

Corruption, kidnappings hurt $200m U.S. effort to help Afghanistan collect customs revenue

Michal Conger · April 15, 2014 4:00 am

House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, traveled to Kabul, Afghanistan, this past weekend with seven other House Republican lawmakers to get a first-hand look at the political situation in the country after the recent democratic elections, Boehner's office announced Monday.ÃÂ (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

John Boehner and seven GOP lawmakers back from secret Afghanistan trip

Susan Ferrechio · April 14, 2014 4:00 am

Dozens of lawmakers have signed a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry and Treasury Secretary Jack Lew urging them to impose sanctions on a Russian arms exporter that the Pentagon is procuring helicopters from. (AP Photo)

National Security

Lawmakers urge Jack Lew, John Kerry to stop U.S. purchases of Russian helicopters

Tim Mak · April 11, 2014 4:00 am

FILE - In this Saturday, April 5, 2014 file photo, roses lay in front of a picture of the Associated Press photographer Anja Niedringhaus, 48, who was killed April 4, 2014 in Afghanistan, in Paris. Fellow officers say the Afghan police commander who killed Niedringhaus and wounded reporter Kathy Gannon seemed a calm, pious man who may have come under the influence of Islamic fundamentalists calling for vengeance against foreigners over drone strikes. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

National Security

Afghan probe begins in attack on AP journalists

AMIR SHAHKIM GAMEL · April 10, 2014 7:36 am

Afghan election workers carry out of a ballot box from a truck at the warehouse of the Independent Elections Commission in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Monday, April 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)

Afghan official: Vote successful, not fraud free

Washington Examiner · April 9, 2014 1:11 pm

An Afghan police officer stands guard as Afghan election workers, right, note serial numbers of ballot boxes at a warehouse of the Independent Elections Commission warehouse in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, April 6, 2014. Trucks and donkeys loaded with ballot boxes made their way to counting centers on Sunday as Afghans and the international community sighed with relief that national elections were held without major violence despite a Taliban threat. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

National Security

Afghan election hailed as Taliban threat remains

Kim Gamel · April 6, 2014 7:23 pm

An Afghan man fills his ballot at a polling station in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, April 5, 2014. Afghan voters lined up for blocks at polling stations nationwide on Saturday, defying a threat of violence by the Taliban to cast ballots in what promises to be the nation's first democratic transfer of power. The vote will decide who will replace President Hamid Karzai, who is barred constitutionally from seeking a third term. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Defying Taliban threats, Afghans vote in droves

KIM GAMELRAHIM FAIEZ · April 6, 2014 5:12 am

An Afghan policeman stands guard at a gate to a polling station in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Saturday. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Obama hails Afghan election as ‘important milestone’

Meghashyam Mali · April 5, 2014 4:00 am

In this photo taken on Tuesday, April 1, 2014, female supporters of Afghan presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai listen to his speech during a campaign rally in Kabul, Afghanistan. Two Afghan women shrouded in black emerged from the campaign rally with bundles of sticks _ pieces of torn posters still attached. They needed firewood to heat their home more than pictures of the presidential hopeful.(AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

Afghans line up for blocks to vote for new leader

Kim Gamel · April 5, 2014 3:28 am