Tag: Sara A. Carter

2nd Lt. Andrew Ferrara, 23, of Torrance, Calif., with the U.S. Army's Bravo Company of the 25th Infantry Division, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Battalion 27th Infantry Regiment, based in Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, turns from the rotor wash of a landing Blackhawk helicopter during a mission for a key leader engagement at the Shigal district center Thursday, Sept. 15, 2011 in Kunar province, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

U.S. troops try to secure eastern Afghanistan before drawdown

Sara Carter · October 10, 2011 4:00 am

Afghanistan's then-Vice President Ahmad Zia Massoud pictured Thursday, Sept. 15, 2005 at the United Nations. Massoud discussed his Northern Alliance's plans to renew its struggle with the Taliban insurgency as American forces begin to withdraw with The Washington Examiner during a meeting at his heavily guarded compound in Kabul.

Afghanistan’s Northern Alliance girds for War if U.S. pulls out

Sara Carter · October 6, 2011 4:00 am

A Pakistani protester shout slogans at an anti-American rally to condemn the U.S. for accusing the country's most powerful intelligence agency of supporting extremist attacks against American targets in Afghanistan, in Multan, Pakistan, Friday, Sept 23, 2011. The top U.S. military officer, Adm. Mike Mullen, accused the Haqqani network Thursday of staging an attack against the U.S. Embassy in Kabul. He claimed the Pakistani spy agency, the ISI, helped the group carry out the two attacks.

U.S. confirms attacks by Pakistani military units

Sara Carter · October 2, 2011 4:00 am

FILE - In this Aug. 22, 1998 file photo, Jalaluddin Haqqani, then Taliban Army Supreme Commander talks to reporters in Miram Shah, Waziristan, Pakistan. Haji Mali Khan, a senior leader with the Haqqani network was captured by coalition forces Saturday in a security operation in eastern Afghanistan, an International Security Assistance Force official said. According to the ISAF spokesman,

Senior leader of Haqqani terror network captured in Afghanistan

Sara Carter · October 1, 2011 4:00 am

This Friday, Nov. 23, 2001 file photo shows former Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani as he emerges from the Pul-e-Khishti mosque after Friday prayers, surrounded by United Front bodyguards and supporters, in the capital Kabul, Afghanistan.

Killing of Afghan official a setback to peace process

Sara Carter · September 20, 2011 4:00 am

Beltway Confidential

Panetta meets with contractors on defense cuts

Sara Carter · September 12, 2011 4:00 am

9/11 triggered revolutionary change in military

Sara Carter · September 9, 2011 4:00 am

U.S. Marines of Task Force Tarawa listen to Lt. Col. Rickey Grabowski the day before they move north to invade Iraq March 19, 2003 in the northern desert of Kuwait at Camp Shoup. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

9/11 triggered revolutionary changes in America’s military

Sara Carter · September 8, 2011 4:00 am

9/11 inspired local man to join U.S. Marines

Sara Carter · September 8, 2011 4:00 am

Beltway Confidential

Obama plans to reduce troops in Iraq to 3000

Sara Carter · September 6, 2011 4:00 am

In this May 5, 2011 file photo, Pakistani men walk through a path in a field next to the house where al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden was caught and killed in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Al-Qaida's second-in-command, Atiyah Abd al-Rahman, has been killed in Pakistan, delivering another big blow to a terrorist group that the U.S. believes to be on the verge of defeat, U.S. officials said Saturday. (AP Photo / Muhammed Muheisen, file)

Al Qaeda looks for new homes after setbacks in Pakistan

Sara Carter · September 5, 2011 4:00 am

Beltway Confidential

Bush pushes veterans charity

Sara Carter · September 1, 2011 4:00 am