Tag: Taliban

National Security

VIDEO: Bowe Bergdahl returns to active service

Ed Sykes · July 14, 2014 4:24 pm

Military brass backed Bergdahl prisoner swap

National Security

Military brass backed Bergdahl prisoner swap

Donna Cassata · July 10, 2014 5:49 pm

Malala Yousafzai, shot by Taliban, still campaigning for women’s education

Beltway Confidential

Malala Yousafzai, shot by Taliban, still campaigning for women’s education

Ashe Schow · July 8, 2014 5:48 pm

Afghanistan's presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, center, asks a cameraman to move to the right side, during an event at his residence in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, June 25, 2014. Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, called on Abdullah to rejoin the process and demanded that the commission stick to the official timetable for releasing preliminary results next week. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

Afghan forces fight Taliban onslaught in south

MIRWAIS KHANRAHIM FAIEZ · June 25, 2014 7:00 pm

Ad: ‘Cochran Supported the Release of 5 Terrorists’

Daniel Halper · June 20, 2014 5:23 pm

Afghanistan's presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah, center, waits for journalists before a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, June 19, 2014. Afghanistan's political crisis is showing no signs of easing as presidential candidate Abdullah said the electoral commission has ignored his demands and he will not resume cooperation with them. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

Taliban strike NATO trucks in east Afghanistan

RAHIM FAIEZAMIR SHAH · June 19, 2014 8:13 pm

GOP Rep. to Anonymous WH Staffers: ‘Shut Up, Stand Back’

GOP Rep. to Anonymous WH Staffers: ‘Shut Up, Stand Back’

Daniel Halper · June 19, 2014 10:11 am

National Security

VIDEO — House lawmakers: What’s next after Bowe Bergdahl swap?

Ed Sykes · June 18, 2014 12:40 pm

House Speaker John Boehner said President Obama's decision to release five Taliban leaders in exchange for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl will come back to haunt the United States. (AP Photo)

National Security

Army begins Bowe Bergdahl investigation

Susan Crabtree · June 16, 2014 6:09 pm

No Confidence

Thomas Joscelyn · June 16, 2014 4:00 am

The Unraveling

Stephen F. Hayes · June 16, 2014 4:00 am

An Independent Election Commission (IEC) employee shows a ballot to observers at a polling station in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, June 14, 2014. Despite a Taliban threat to stay away, Afghans lined up Saturday to vote in a presidential runoff between two candidates who both promise to improve ties with the West and combat corruption as they confront a powerful Taliban insurgency and preside over the withdrawal of most foreign troops by the end of the year. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

Afghans brave Taliban threats to choose new leader

AMIR SHAHRAHIM FAIEZ · June 14, 2014 8:31 pm