Tag: Afghanistan

Afghan women wait in the makeshift clinic organized by World Vision in the IDP settlement near Herat, Afghanistan, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021. Thousands of Afghans displaced by war and drought live in dire conditions in the IDP settlement of mud brick huts near Herat city. The number of Afghans facing acute food shortages has increased 37% since April, the ICRC says, while 3.2 million children under five are expected to suffer from acute malnutrition by the end of the year.

Beltway Confidential

Former Afghan government personnel struggle to find aid and employment

Beth Bailey · January 6, 2022 3:05 pm

EXCLUSIVE: Marine officer discharged after criticizing Afghanistan withdrawal bemoans ‘systemic’ problems at Defense Department

Mike Brest · January 5, 2022 12:14 am

President Joe Biden speaks as he meets with the White House COVID-19 Response Team on the latest developments related to the Omicron variant in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House Campus in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022.

Beltway Confidential

Biden’s pride comes before the fall

Hugo Gurdon · January 4, 2022 9:20 pm

FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2010 file photo an unmanned U.S. Predator drone flies over Kandahar Air Field, southern Afghanistan, on a moon-lit night. Drones are often called the weapon of choice of the Obama administration, which quadrupled drone strikes against al-Qaida targets in Pakistan's lawless tribal areas, up from less than 50 under the Bush administration to more than 220 in the past three years. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

Errant drone strikes raise questions about safeguards to prevent civilian casualties

Mike Brest · January 2, 2022 11:30 am

Counting down Biden’s biggest wins and losses from his first year in office

Christian Datoc · January 1, 2022 11:30 am

How Biden bungled his presidency

Washington Examiner · December 31, 2021 5:01 am

A group of anti-abortion protesters pray together in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021, in Washington, as the court hears arguments in a case from Mississippi, where a 2018 law would ban abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, well before viability.

Five ways 2021 was better than 2020

Timothy Head · December 31, 2021 5:00 am

A Nigerien soldier provides rear security for his squad while they performed a dismounted patrol during Exercise Flintlock 2017 in Diffa, Niger, March 11, 2017. Flintlock exercises strengthen security institutions, promote multilateral sharing of information, and develop interoperability among partner nations in the Trans-Sahara.

Airstrikes under Biden down 50% compared to previous year

Mike Brest · December 31, 2021 4:00 am

Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The year voters lost faith in Biden

W. James Antle III · December 31, 2021 4:00 am

The seven biggest military stories of 2021

Mike Brest · December 31, 2021 12:00 am

Early indications are that Taliban chief Mullah Mansur is dead. (AP Photo)

Taliban dissolve Afghanistan’s election commissions

Asher Notheis · December 26, 2021 5:31 pm

What’s facing two Afghan allies stuck in Afghanistan

Beth Bailey · December 25, 2021 12:00 am