Tag: Afghanistan

Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel greets troops before sitting down for lunch at an undisclosed location in South East Asia, April 25, 2013. Hagel has been lunching with troops regularly in his effort to keep an eye on their morale and needs. (Photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo)

Pentagon’s Chuck Hagel breaks the mold, makes time for the troops

Paul Bedard · July 17, 2013 4:00 am

More than $100 million in State Department grants to foreign organizations for reconstruction work in Afghanistan has never been audited. (Photo: Thinkstock)

State Department hands out millions in grants that are never audited

Washington Examiner · July 9, 2013 4:00 am

A Bad Month in Afghanistan

Geoffrey Norman · July 1, 2013 2:36 pm

USAID distributed solar panels to shop keepers in Afghanistan, many of whom were not equipped for electricity. (Thinkstock Image)

Energy and Environment

US Afghan aid buys solar panels for farmers without electricity

Michal Conger · June 28, 2013 4:00 am

[I]t is more doubtful than ever before that any government-sponsored and -administered gold standard would be sufficiently credible to either be spared from or to withstand redemption runs. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Big Ideas: On state power, the gold standard and Afghanistan

Joseph Lawler · June 28, 2013 4:00 am

Washington Secrets

Pentagon buying Russian copters for Afghans who aren’t ready to fly them

Paul Bedard · June 28, 2013 4:00 am

The Bombs of Kabul

Geoffrey Norman · June 25, 2013 1:51 pm

Release Osama Bin Laden’s Files on Taliban

Thomas Joscelyn · June 19, 2013 5:24 pm

Getty Images
Afghans stand at the site of a blast on February 27, 2011 in Arghandab district of Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Eight Afghan civilians were killed when two blasts targeted a dog fighting competetion, a practice that was previously banned under Taliban rule.

Talking to the Taliban

Cal Thomas · June 19, 2013 4:00 am

Rahmat Gul/AP
Afghan President Hamid Karzai suspended talks with Washington aimed at setting up a prolonged U.S. presence in the country.

Beltway Confidential

Obama ‘not surprised’ by Karzai’s abrupt suspension of talks with U.S.

Susan Crabtree · June 19, 2013 4:00 am

Beltway Confidential

Obama: Our efforts against al Qaeda are ‘evolving’

Charlie Spiering · June 19, 2013 4:00 am

Ahmad Jamshid/AP
Afghanistan

Beltway Confidential

Negotiations with Taliban likely to succeed only when they are defeated

Michael Barone · June 19, 2013 4:00 am