Tag: Afghanistan

Mullah Omar is seen in a wanted poster. An Afghan official says his government is examining claims that reclusive Taliban leader Mullah Omar is dead. (FBI via AP, File)

National Security

Reports: Taliban leader Mullah Omar dead

Kelly Cohen · July 29, 2015 12:34 pm

Afghan villagers gather near a house destroyed in an apparent NATO raid in Logar province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, June, 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Ihsanullah Majroh)

National Security

Airstrikes obliterate ISIS in Afghanistan

Barbara Boland · July 11, 2015 10:04 pm

Hafiz Saeed, center, head of religious group Jamaat-ud-Dawa leaves after addressing a rally against caricatures published in French magazine Charlie Hebdo, in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2015. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

U.S. drone kills former Taliban, current ISIS leader

Kelly Cohen · July 11, 2015 2:48 pm

US Marine Robert Dewiit from Maryland (C) stands guard at post three inside the US embassy December 21, 2001 in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)

Congress blasts State Dept. for wasteful Afghan embassy project

Sarah Bedford · July 9, 2015 6:09 pm

In this Friday, May 22, 2015 photo, an Afghan police stops a motorbike at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Kunduz, north of Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Audit: Government has no rule-of-law strategy for Afghanistan

Nicole Duran · July 9, 2015 3:39 pm

Code Pink ambushes CNN interview with Lindsey Graham

Code Pink ambushes CNN interview with Lindsey Graham

Becket Adams · July 8, 2015 6:30 pm

Afghan Government Negotiating With the Taliban

Benjamin Parker · July 7, 2015 4:55 pm

In exchange for rigging contracts, Ramiro Pena, Jr., received a Rolex watch and $100,000 cash, according to the Justice Department. (AP Photo)

Army sergeant admits taking Afghan bribes

Nicole Duran · July 3, 2015 9:27 pm

Top General: Prepare for a Long War

Top General: Prepare for a Long War

Geoffrey Norman · July 2, 2015 7:35 pm

A worker walks past electrical transformers at the U.S.-built 105MW Tarakhil Power Plant on September 8, 2011 in Tarakhil, Afghanistan, on the outskirts of Kabul. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

Failed Afghan project highlights Clinton’s contractor ties

Sarah Bedford · June 26, 2015 4:01 am

Setbacks in the ‘Good War’

Setbacks in the ‘Good War’

Geoffrey Norman · June 23, 2015 6:45 pm

Fire and smokes rise at the site of a suicide attack during clashes with Taliban fighters in front of the Parliament, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, June 22, 2015. The Taliban launched a complex attack on the Afghan parliament Monday, with a suicide car bomber striking at the entrance and gunmen battling police as lawmakers were meeting inside to confirm the appointment of a defense minister, police and witnesses said. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

National Security

Taliban attacks Afghanistan parliament

Kelly Cohen · June 22, 2015 11:13 am