Tag: Afghanistan

Russian Afghan war veterans who took part in the Soviet war in Afghanistan, toast while marking the 25th anniversary of the end of war in Afghanistan, in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said in a statement marking Saturday's anniversary that Soviet soldiers' heroism in the war was part "of the best combat traditions of the Motherland." He added that the experience has proven useful for counter-terrorism and peacekeeping duties. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Russian praises veterans of war in Afghanistan

Washington Examiner · February 15, 2014 12:49 pm

In this photo taken late Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014 and released by the Turkish Presidency Press Office, Turkish President Abdullah Gul, right, greets his Afghan counterpart President Hamid Karzai in Ankara, Turkey. The White House is dropping its insistence that Afghanistan sign a crucial security pact within weeks, suggesting it could be willing to wait and see whether Karzai's successor might be easier to work with in deciding how many U.S. and international troops remain in Afghanistan when combat concludes at the end of the year. (AP Photo/Turkish Presidency Press Office, Mustafa Oztartan)

National Security

US sees more delay likely on Afghan security pact

Julie Pace · February 14, 2014 9:40 am

An Afghan prisoner leaves the Parwan Detention Facility after the U.S. military gave control of its last detention facility to Afghan authorities in Bagram, outside Kabul, Afghanistan, on March 25. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

U.S. military condemns Karzai’s release of 65 ‘dangerous’ detainees

Susan Crabtree · February 13, 2014 5:00 am

Car bomb in Afghan capital kills 2 contractors

Rahim Faiez · February 10, 2014 7:42 pm

There Is No Peace

Geoffrey Norman · February 10, 2014 1:45 pm

Afghan president heads to Sochi

Washington Examiner · February 7, 2014 8:44 am

Afghan Taliban say they captured NATO military dog

Amir Shah · February 7, 2014 8:10 am

National Security

Senators seek vote on US troops in Afghanistan

Donna Cassata · February 6, 2014 9:03 pm

Former warlord launches campaign to succeed Karzai

Cassandra Vinograd · February 6, 2014 4:20 pm

"The reason [Hamid Karzai] did that is because we're telling that we're leaving," Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., told the Washington Examiner Tuesday afternoon. (AP Photo/Ralph Freso)

John McCain blames Karzai-Taliban talks on Obama withdrawal plans

Susan Crabtree · February 4, 2014 5:00 am

Oklahoma National Guard Staff Sgt. Kenny Butler comforts Jane Horton, widow of U.S. Army Spc. Christopher D. Horton, 26, of Collinsville, Okla., who died while serving in Afghanistan, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011, during the burial services at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

The next State of the Union message should honor the fallen heroes as well as the living ones

Jane Horton · February 3, 2014 5:00 am

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has gone from criticizing the United States for carrying out drone strikes to accusing the country of working with the Taliban against the Afghan government. (Getty Images File)

Our wasted effort in Afghanistan

Steve Chapman · February 2, 2014 5:00 am