Tag: Afghanistan

The Department of Defense has identified three soldiers who were killed by an Afghan soldier during an insider attack in Afghanistan on Saturday. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class William Blankenship)

National Security

Pentagon identifies 3 US soldiers killed in Afghanistan

Melissa Quinn · June 12, 2017 12:54 pm

In the center, Adaptive Training Foundation founder David Vobora between former President George W. Bush and House Speaker Paul Ryan during their visit to cheer on wounded warriors. Photo/Political Office of Speaker Ryan

Washington Secrets

Paul Ryan on mission to make sure ‘government doesn’t hurt’

Paul Bedard · June 12, 2017 12:16 pm

Three Americans were wounded after an Afghan soldier turned on them and opened fire. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

National Security

Afghan soldier kills 3 American troops

Kyle Feldscher · June 10, 2017 2:55 pm

Trump Is Behaving More Like a Republican

Fred Barnes · June 8, 2017 10:20 am

Mattis: Taliban Can’t Be Part of a Political Solution in Afghanistan

Jeryl Bier · June 6, 2017 11:14 am

The difficult but plain truth is that no amount of U.S. military intervention can impose an exterior stability on Afghanistan. (AP Photos/Abdul Khaliq, File)

Beltway Confidential

The US can’t fix Afghanistan, and it should stop trying

Bonnie Kristian · June 4, 2017 5:20 am

The refugees, who hail largely from Afghanistan and Iraq, traveled to Australia but were denied admittance to the country. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File)

National Security

State Department: No ‘inherent obligation’ to accept Australia’s refugees

Joel Gehrke · June 1, 2017 7:52 pm

The Never-Ending War in Kabul

Thomas Joscelyn · May 31, 2017 7:21 pm

A suicide bomber rocked Kabul's diplomatic neighborhood Wednesday by detonating a truckload of explosives, creating a blast that shattered windows about a mile away from the site. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

National Security

Eleven Americans injured in Kabul blast

Joel Gehrke · May 31, 2017 5:53 pm

"I strongly condemn this attack in the Afghan capital of Kabul. This is another gruesome reminder that the Taliban, Haqqani network, al Qaeda, ISIS and their affiliates are only interested in terror and hate rather than ending two decades of bloodshed," Ryan said in a statement. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

National Security

Paul Ryan calls Kabul attack an ‘unspeakable evil’

Al Weaver · May 31, 2017 2:21 pm

Federal watchdogs are investigating nearly a billion dollars in loans to finance solar farms and a hydroelectric dam in Chile, according to a report. (PRNewsFoto/SunEdison)

You’re subsidizing a ‘five-star’ empty shell in Kabul and a failing solar farm in Chile

Timothy P. Carney · May 31, 2017 12:44 pm

Security forces inspect the site of a suicide attack where German Embassy is located in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday. A massive explosion rocked a highly secure diplomatic area of Kabul on Wednesday morning, causing casualties and sending a huge plume of smoke over the Afghan capital. (AP photo)

National Security

Bombing in diplomatic area of Kabul, Afghanistan, kills 80

The Associated Press · May 31, 2017 9:29 am