Tag: Afghanistan

Europe Gets Borders

Christopher Caldwell · September 28, 2015 4:00 am

A rescue worker from USAID inspects the site of a building that collapsed in an earthquake in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, May 12, 2015. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Does foreign aid really do good?

Jonathan Foreman · September 27, 2015 4:01 am

U.S. Army soldiers at camp Khogyani, east of Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

National Security

Report: U.S. weighs slowing Afghan withdrawal

Charles Hoskinson · September 25, 2015 1:24 pm

President Ben Carson: My first 100 days in office

President Ben Carson: My first 100 days in office

Ryan Lovelace · September 23, 2015 11:15 am

"Consistent with clear U.S. Department of Defense policy on the issue of sexual assault, trafficking of persons, and similar matters, I expect all personnel to treat others with respect and dignity," Gen. John Campbell stated. (AP Photo)Â

National Security

Pentagon says it has no policy of ignoring child rape

Nicole Duran · September 22, 2015 7:13 pm

Ã¢â¬ÅFor the rules of engagement and the kind of structure that's in place to guide the relationship between the United States and Afghan members of the military, I'd refer you to the Department of Defense for that,Ã¢â¬ï¿½ White House spokesman Josh Earnest said. (AP Photo)

White House dodges on child rape in Afghanistan

Nicole Duran · September 21, 2015 8:02 pm

New members of the Afghan National Army attend their graduation ceremony at the Afghan Military Academy in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Beltway Confidential

A crime that cries out to heaven

David Freddoso · September 21, 2015 5:37 pm

A National Shame: Soldiers Told to Ignore Child Sex Abuse in Afghanistan

Mark Hemingway · September 21, 2015 3:05 pm

Afghan farmers collect raw opium as they work in a poppy field in the Zhari district of Kandahar, South of Kabul, Afghanistan. President Obama designated Afghanistan as one of 22Â "major drug transit and/or major illicit drug producing countries."Â (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)

Afghanistan, Mexico designated as major drug hubs

Nicole Duran · September 14, 2015 8:28 pm

New House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry used the first major speech of his tenure to strengthen his committee's role in determining the "shape, size and soul" of the military. (AP Photo)

National Security

Thornberry: Slow the pullout from Afghanistan

Charles Hoskinson · September 8, 2015 8:10 pm

Two men sit on the railway track before crossing the border from Serbia into Hungary, in Roszke, Hungary, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015. Migrants fearful of death at sea in overcrowded and flimsy boats have increasingly turned to using a land route towards Europe through the Western Balkans. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

National Security

Obama’s refugee disaster

Arthur Herman · September 4, 2015 4:01 am

Washington Secrets

Clinton aide sought ‘aggressive action’ against official who mishandled classified info, emails

Paul Bedard · September 2, 2015 9:57 pm