Tag: Afghanistan

Afghan soldiers and police get briefed during a training mission at Camp Leatherneck in Helmand Province, in Afghanistan, in June 2012. (AP Photo/Heidi Vogt)

Afghanistan watchdog re-opens investigation into unused Camp Leatherneck headquarters after inadequate Army report

Michal Conger · December 4, 2013 5:00 am

National Security

US stops shipping from Afghanistan during protests

Pauline Jelinek · December 3, 2013 11:00 pm

Washington Secrets

‘Duck Dynasty’ Christmas album outsells Streisand, Miley Cyrus, frowns on long troop deployments

Paul Bedard · December 3, 2013 5:00 am

Necessary But Not Sufficient

Geoffrey Norman · December 2, 2013 8:54 pm

Jalaluddin Haqqani's network practically invented the practice of recruiting "foreign fighters." (AP File)

America will pay for leaving the Haqqani devil in Afghanistan’s den

James Jay Carafano · December 2, 2013 5:00 am

Afghan President Hamid Karzai is refusing to sign an agreement governing the future of the American troop presence in his country. (AP File)

Feinstein blasts Karzai over refusal to sign deal

Washington Examiner · December 1, 2013 2:00 pm

Return to the Dark Ages?

Geoffrey Norman · November 26, 2013 9:26 pm

National Security Adviser Susan Rice said allegations that the administration misled the public about Benghazi are untrue. (AP File)

Susan Rice ‘sad and disappointed’ by Karzai delay on security pact

Meghashyam Mali · November 26, 2013 5:00 am

Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during the last day of the national consultative council known as a Loya Jirga in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2013. Afghanistan's president says he won't immediately sign a security deal with the United States, ignoring a recommendation by an assembly of Afghan elders and leaders that he do so by the end of the year. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

National Security

Susan Rice warns Afghan leader Hamid Karzai: Delaying security deal ‘not viable’

Meghashyam Mali · November 25, 2013 5:00 am

National Security Adviser Susan Rice said allegations that the administration misled the public about Benghazi are untrue. (AP File)

National Security

Susan Rice travels to Afghanistan to visit with troops, officials

Susan Crabtree · November 25, 2013 5:00 am

President Hamid Karzai urged tribal elders Thursday to approve a security pact with Washington that could keep thousands of U.S. troops in Afghanistan until 2024, but he added a wrinkle that he prefers his successor sign the document after elections next April. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

White House urges Hamid Karzai to sign ‘final offer’ security deal

Meghashyam Mali · November 22, 2013 5:00 am

Obama, in letter to Karzai, says security agreement will show ‘respect for Afghan sovereignty’

Washington Examiner · November 21, 2013 11:54 am