Tag: Afghanistan

Obama’s Coke and Pepsi war won’t defeat al Qaeda

James Jay Carafano · October 14, 2013 4:00 am

Deal?

Geoffrey Norman · October 13, 2013 5:02 pm

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry looks out the window en route to the ISAF headquarters after arriving on an unannounced visit in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Oct. 11, 2013. Kerry flew to Afghanistan Friday for urgent talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai as an end of October deadline looms for completing a security deal that would allow American troops to remain in Afghanistan after the end of the NATO-led military mission next year. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)

John Kerry makes surprise visit to Afghanistan for security talks

Meghashyam Mali · October 11, 2013 4:00 am

$7 million Afghan border crossing may hinder security, watchdog warns

Michal Conger · October 10, 2013 4:00 am

America at War … Still

Geoffrey Norman · October 9, 2013 1:47 pm

Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a press conference at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Oct. 7, 2013. Karzai says disagreements over security and sovereignty are impeding a security deal with the United States and says he will convene a council of elders in one month to discuss the agreement. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

US still expects to sign pact with Afghanistan

DEB RIECHMANNPATRICK QUINN · October 7, 2013 9:18 pm

Lax US oversight of Afghani fuel purchases could waste another $1 billion

Michal Conger · October 1, 2013 4:00 am

This photo provided by the Marine Corps, shows Maj. Gen. Gregg Sturdevant at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Calf.. In a rare move, Gen. James Amos, the commandant of the Marine Corps, on Monday, Sept. 30, 2013, forced two generals into retirement after concluding they should be held to account for failing to secure a base in Afghanistan against a Taliban attack that killed two Marines. Amos said in announcing his decision that Maj. Gen. Charles M. Gurganus and Sturdevant "did not take adequate force protection measures" at Camp Bastion, a sprawling British-run airfield in southwestern Afghanistan that was the Taliban target. (AP Photo/Marine Corps, Cpl. Isaac Lamberth)

2 generals forced to retire for Afghan breach

Robert Burns · October 1, 2013 12:33 am

State Department’s Patrick Kennedy retracts false testimony on Kabul embassy security

Michal Conger · September 23, 2013 12:00 am

President Obama (AP/Evan Vucci)

New American isolationism the product of two wars, Obama leadership

Michael Barone · September 22, 2013 4:00 am

Afghans flock to colleges, even as Taliban loom

Nahal Toosi · September 19, 2013 12:00 am

Afghans flock to colleges, even as Taliban loom

Nahal Toosi · September 19, 2013 12:00 am