Tag: Afghanistan

Gen. Mohammad Zahir Azimi, spokesman for the Afghan Defense Ministry, speaks during an interview at his office in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014. Taliban insurgents assaulted a checkpoint in the Ghazi Abad district of Kunar Province in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, leaving at least 19 soldiers dead and seven missing, officials said. Azimi, said there were "hundreds" of foreign and Afghan insurgents involved in the attack -- the deadliest single incident for the Afghan army in at least a year. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Taliban checkpoint attack kills 21 Afghan soldiers

Rahim Faiez · February 23, 2014 11:21 am

Official says 19 Afghan soldiers dead, 7 missing after Taliban attack in eastern Afghanistan

Washington Examiner · February 23, 2014 6:07 am

Beltway Confidential

George W. Bush: There’s a ‘divide’ between American civilians and military

Joel Gehrke · February 23, 2014 5:00 am

A U.S. soldier stands at the site where a suicide bombers have attacked a police compound in Surobi district of Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Feb. 21, 2014. Afghan officials said suicide bombers have attacked a police compound in a mountainous area near the capital, Kabul. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Suicide attackers hit Afghan police compound

Washington Examiner · February 21, 2014 9:21 am

National Security

New study casts doubt on West’s Afghan plan

Robert Burns · February 20, 2014 10:16 pm

NATO head: Afghan security pact after elections

Elena Becatoros · February 20, 2014 10:04 pm

Afghan employees cleans the site of a deadly suicide attack as security personnel stand guard, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014. A suicide bomber on foot struck a compound belonging to the minority Ismaili community, who make up a branch of Shiite Islam. The compound houses a cultural center, library and a hospital. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

Suicide blast kills 1, wounds 4 in Kabul

Washington Examiner · February 20, 2014 9:23 am

A U.S. Marine fires a heavy machine gun to counter Taliban fire from a nearby treeline during a firefight in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Aug. 25, 2011.ÃÂ A new Gallup poll shows that for the first time since the U.S. sent troops into Afghanistan in 2001, more Americans agree the intervention was a mistake than disagree.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Beltway Confidential

Gallup poll finds more Americans saying Afghan war a mistake

Charles Hoskinson · February 20, 2014 5:00 am

Editorial cartoons

Editorial cartoon: Afghan allies

Washington Examiner · February 18, 2014 5:00 am

With American forces withdrawing from Afghanistan, President Hamid Karzai has tried to get on the good side of the Taliban. (AP File)

Afghan prisoner release another galling betrayal

Thomas Sowell · February 18, 2014 5:00 am

An undated Image provided by the U.S. Army shows Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl. (AP Photo/U.S. Army)

White House: No ‘active negotiations’ with Taliban over Bowe Bergdahl

Meghashyam Mali · February 18, 2014 5:00 am

The Image of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl of Hailey, Idaho, who is being held captive in Afghanistan, is worn by a supporter. (AP/Charles Dharapak)

Beltway Confidential

White House willing to negotiate for terrorists to release Army soldier

Joel Gehrke · February 18, 2014 5:00 am