Tag: Afghanistan

Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during the first day of the Loya Jirga in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013. Karzai has told a gathering of elders that he supports signing a security deal with the United States if safety and security conditions are met. Karzai spoke as the 2,500-member national consultative council of Afghan elders known as the Loya Jirga started in Kabul on Thursday. The four-day meeting will discuss the bilateral security pact that defines the role of thousands of U.S. troops who will remain after the NATO combat mission ends in 2014. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

White House urges Afghan President Hamid Karzai to sign security agreement

Susan Crabtree · November 21, 2013 5:00 am

Afghan President HamidÃÂ KarzaiÃÂ speaks during the first day of the Loya Jirga in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Thursday. (AP/Rahmat Gul)

Afghan President Hamid Karzai says he won’t sign security agreement with U.S.

Susan Crabtree · November 21, 2013 5:00 am

Secretary of State John Kerry announced the language of an Afghan security pact outlining the role of American troops after 2014. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

John Kerry announces deal on Afghan security pact, says no ‘apology’

Meghashyam Mali · November 20, 2013 5:00 am

U.S. soldiers from the 82nd Airborne division stand guard outside a forward base near Chinar village in the Ghorak district of Kandahar, in southern Afghanistan, in March 2007. (AP Photo / Rafiq Maqbool)

Beltway Confidential

Draft deal would keep U.S. troops in Afghanistan through 2024 — and beyond

Charles Hoskinson · November 19, 2013 5:00 am

White House press secretary Jay Carney speaks during his daily news briefing at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013. Carney declined to deny reports that President Obama will write a letter acknowledging U.S. mistakes in the Afghanistan war as part of a security agreement with Kabul. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

White House won’t rule out Obama admitting Afghan war mistakes

Meghashyam Mali · November 19, 2013 5:00 am

Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., said she believes Obamacare will be a key issue of the 2014 elections. (AP File)

GOP senators vow to block new efforts to close Gitmo

Susan Crabtree · November 14, 2013 5:00 am

Contractor Supporting Insurgents in Afghanistan Granted Access to Coalition Facilities

Jeryl Bier · November 13, 2013 3:08 pm

A letter sent to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel questions the Army's refusal to debar an Afghan contractor with ties to terrorist groups. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Afghan contractor with insurgent ties given contracts, access to US facilities

Michal Conger · November 13, 2013 5:00 am

Red Alert Politics

WWII vet dies with no one to attend funeral — and the Internet responds in the most awesome way

Melissa Quinn · November 11, 2013 10:35 pm

The U.S. military budget totals $600 billion. That is 40 percent of what the entire world spends on defense, and substantially more than the Cold War average in inflation-adjusted terms.

National Security

Military must do more with less

michael-ohanlon · November 8, 2013 5:00 am

Red Alert Politics

Marines get awesome impromptu welcome home after returning from Afghanistan

Melissa Quinn · November 6, 2013 11:12 pm

Afghan National Army officers take part in a training exercise at a National Army base on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan on Oct. 8. (AP/Ahmad Jamshid)

National Security

Afghanistan reconstruction threatened by security transfer, official corruption, IG warns

Michal Conger · October 31, 2013 4:00 am