Tag: Afghanistan

Afghan President Hamid Karzai, center, speaks in front of local and international media representatives as presidential candidates Abdullah Abdullah, right, and Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, left , listen during the Independence Day ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014. King Amanullah won the country's independency from Britain in 1919. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

Afghanistan bars NYT reporter from leaving country

AMIR SHAHREBECCA SANTANA · August 19, 2014 6:51 pm

Afghanistan: Harder Fighting & No Quarter

Afghanistan: Harder Fighting & No Quarter

Geoffrey Norman · August 19, 2014 4:19 pm

Twitter, Obama and the Gen. Harold Greene funeral hoax

Beltway Confidential

Twitter, Obama and the Gen. Harold Greene funeral hoax

Byron York · August 18, 2014 12:50 pm

5 aid workers abducted in western Afghanistan

5 aid workers abducted in western Afghanistan

Washington Examiner · August 16, 2014 10:39 am

If liberals rally behind Hillary Clinton's presidential candidacy, they'll be making a Faustian deal. (Getty/ Adam Berry)

Liberals should brace themselves if Hillary Clinton becomes president

Steve Chapman · August 14, 2014 11:51 pm

NATO and Afghan security forces walk at the site of a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

National Security

Experts argue Iraq woes should lead to new strategy in Afghanistan

Susan Crabtree · August 14, 2014 2:59 pm

Hillary Clinton, like her husband, has a very wide range of stands she finds acceptable, depending on timing and circumstances. President Obama's range of acceptable positions has been far narrower. (Getty Images)

Fidelity to principle can make needed flexibility impossible

Michael Barone · August 13, 2014 9:00 pm

Sidiqullah holds a photograph of his brother, who went missing in Nov. 2012, during U.S. military operations in Wardak province, at a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 11, 2014. The U.S. failed to properly investigate civilian killings, including possible war crimes, which occurred during its military operations in Afghanistan, the international rights group Amnesty International said Monday. NATO said it investigates all credible reports of civilian casualties, without responding to the group's specific claims.(AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Report criticizes US over Afghan civilian deaths

AMIR SHAHREBECCA SANTANA · August 11, 2014 2:10 pm

$30M Contract Awarded for Security at State Department Anti-Narcotics ‘Strip Mall’ Facility

Jeryl Bier · August 11, 2014 10:18 am

Afghanistan's security forces search the site of a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2014. An Afghan official says that several civilians have been killed in a suicide bombing targeting a NATO convoy moving through the capital, Kabul. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

4 Afghan civilians killed in Kabul suicide bombing

Washington Examiner · August 10, 2014 10:17 am

Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah, from left, speaks as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and another candidate Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai listen during a joint press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Aug. 8, 2014. Abdullah called the agreement on the disputed presidential election "another step forward in the interests of strengthening national unity in the country, strengthening rule of law in the country and bringing hope to the people for the future of Afghanistan." (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Afghan candidates agree to resolve dispute

Matthew Lee · August 8, 2014 3:49 pm

National Security

Kerry urges Afghan candidates to end dispute

Matthew Lee · August 7, 2014 6:29 pm