Tag: Afghanistan

An Afghan employee holds a printed poster of a presidential election candidate at Baheer Printing Company a day before Afghanistan's presidential election campaign officially kicks off, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014. The posters are printed. The rallies are organized. A televised debate is planned. Campaign season for Afghanistan's presidential election kicks off Sunday, and the stakes are high for the 11 candidates vying to succeed President Hamid Karzai and oversee the final chapter in a NATO-led combat mission. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

Afghanistan’s presidential campaign to begin

Cassandra Vinograd · February 1, 2014 5:31 pm

FILE - In this Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013 file photo, former Afghan Finance Minister Ashraf Ghani, right, is photographed by an official of the Independent Election Commission, as he registers his candidacy in the 2014 presidential election in Kabul, Afghanistan. Ghani is a former finance minister who ran in the 2009 presidential elections but received just 3 percent of the vote. A well-known academic with a reputation as a somewhat temperamental technocrat, Ghani chairs a commission in charge of transitioning responsibility for security from the U.S.-led coalition to Afghan forces. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

Leading candidates for the Afghan presidency

The Associated Press · February 1, 2014 5:08 pm

NATO secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, left, and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy chat during the 50th Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014. A three-day security meeting continues. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

NATO leaders say Afghan troops need more training

David Rising · February 1, 2014 5:07 pm

Hagel hints at US impatience with Karzai

Washington Examiner · January 30, 2014 3:57 pm

Afghan expresses optimism Karzai will sign US pact

Kay Johnson · January 30, 2014 2:29 pm

Blast injures 3 Danes in Afghanistan

Washington Examiner · January 30, 2014 10:51 am

USAID hides Afghan corruption, financial risks from Congress, watchdog says

Michal Conger · January 30, 2014 5:00 am

A Small, Incoherent State of the Union Address

Stephen F. Hayes · January 29, 2014 6:16 am

National Security

Obama hails end to ‘longest war,’ but wins little applause on Syria, Iran policies

Susan Crabtree · January 29, 2014 5:00 am

National Security

Report questions Afghan troop literacy training

Cassandra Vinograd · January 28, 2014 7:38 pm

Army Ranger Sgt.1st Class Cory Remsburg acknowledges applause from first lady Michelle Obama and others during President Barack Obama's State of the Union address on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday Jan. 28, 2014. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

President Obama concludes State of the Union with powerful story of wounded warrior

Charlie Spiering · January 28, 2014 5:00 am

President Barack Obama works at his desk in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 27, 2014, ahead of Tuesday night's State of the Union speech. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama should reassure public about Iran deal, experts say

Susan Crabtree · January 28, 2014 5:00 am