Tag: Afghanistan

We’ll Get Right Back to You On That

Geoffrey Norman · December 13, 2013 4:22 pm

Travis accepted a total of $211,890 in kickbacks for contracts, with bribes ranging between $4,000 and $7,000 per contract, according to DOD.ÃÂ

Soldier pleads guilty to taking bribes, stealing fuel in Afghanistan

Michal Conger · December 11, 2013 5:00 am

Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks with Iran's President Hassan Rouhani during their meeting at Tehran's Saadabad Palace in Iran on Dec. 8. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Hamid Karzai deal with Iran boosts Taliban’s prospects for return to power

Jed Babbin · December 11, 2013 5:00 am

The Pentagon ended the program to support Italian-made G222 planes for the Afghan Air Force after it became clear they were being poorly managed, underused and racking up extra costs in spare parts.

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$500m worth of U.S. military transport planes sit unused in Afghanistan; investigation launched

Michal Conger · December 10, 2013 5:00 am

In this April 6, 2010 file photo, Sgt. Troy Bencke, right, points toward Afghan air force engineers as they work on an Mi-17 helicopter inside a hangar in Kabul, Afghanistan. To outfit Afghanistanâs security forces with new helicopters, the Pentagon bypassed U.S. companies and turned instead to Moscow for dozens of Russian Mi-17 rotorcraft at a cost of more than $1 billion. Senior Pentagon officials assured skeptical members of Congress theyâd made the right call, pointing repeatedly to a top-secret 2010 study they said named the Mi-17 as the superior choice. (AP File)

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Accusations dog Russian helicopter deal

Washington Examiner · December 9, 2013 5:00 am

U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, right, speaks during a meeting with Afghan military leaders in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013. Hagel spoke with U.S. troops and thanked them for being deployed for the holidays. (AP Photo/Mark Wilson, Pool)

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Chuck Hagel warns Pakistan leaders over border protests

Washington Examiner · December 9, 2013 5:00 am

Afghan President Hamid Karzai, already seen as an untrustworthy irritant by the Obama administration, startled the world by balking -- at the last second -- over signing a post-war security pact with the United States. (Miles Willis/Getty images)

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On the slide: Hamid Karzai balks at deal with US

Susan Crabtree · December 6, 2013 5:00 am

Afghan National Army soldiers in the Shinwar district of Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, train on their radio on May 18. (AP Photo/Kristin M. Hall)

Defense Department overpaid millions of dollars for radio equipment for the Afghan National Army

Michal Conger · December 6, 2013 5:00 am

Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., who chairs the panel with oversight of all military operations, penned a letter to President Obama on Thursday expressing concern that U.S. insistence on having Karzai sign the bilateral security agreement by the end of the year is contributing to a mistaken belief that America needs the the agreement more than Afghanistan. (AP/Scott Applewhite)

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Sen. Carl Levin: Successor to Afghan leader Hamid Karzai likely to be more reliable

Susan Crabtree · December 5, 2013 5:00 am

An Afghan soldier adjusts his weapon sling during a practice session at a training facility on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Nov. 26. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

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Funding of Afghan forces at risk of corruption, mismanagement without U.S. oversight

Michal Conger · December 5, 2013 5:00 am

The U.S. special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan says Afghan President Hamid Karzai still refuses to sign a security deal with the United States until after next April's elections. (AP Photo)

US envoy: Afghan president unchanged on troop deal

Associated Press · December 5, 2013 5:00 am

Poof: Public says America’s world leadership has tumbled to 40-year low

Paul Bedard · December 4, 2013 5:00 am