Tag: Taliban

Sending More Troops To Afghanistan Is a Good Start

Thomas Joscelyn, Bill Roggio · August 21, 2017 12:15 pm

Can We Still Right Our Wrongs in Afghanistan?

Andrew Egger · August 18, 2017 4:43 pm

A Fateful Decision

Thomas Joscelyn · August 12, 2017 2:00 pm

White House Divided

Peter J. Boyer · August 12, 2017 12:57 pm

White House Divided

Peter J. Boyer · August 11, 2017 6:20 am

A Fateful Decision

Thomas Joscelyn · August 11, 2017 6:20 am

The situation in Afghanistan continues to deteriorate, and I have urged the Pentagon to consider new strategies. It's time to act creatively and aggressively so that all of America's sacrifices there since 9/11 will not have been in vain. (AP Photos/Rahmat Gul)

Dana Rohrabacher: We need a new Afghanistan strategy

Rep Dana Rohrabacher · August 11, 2017 4:01 am

Had certain terrorism plots come to fruition, hundreds, possibly thousands, of innocent people would have died. Unfortunately, that reality has been lost as most of the media laps the ACLU's claims at face value.

Beltway Confidential

The ACLU is suing two CIA contractors for saving American lives

Tom Rogan · August 8, 2017 9:33 pm

White House Watch: Who’s Trying to Knife H.R. McMaster?

Michael Warren · August 7, 2017 11:12 am

Leaving aside for the moment whether a terrorist-free Afghanistan is even possible, the suggestion that the U.S. will be safe from terrorism only if the U.S. and the Afghan government drive all terrorist groups out of the country is ludicrous. (AP Photos/Rahmat Gul)

Beltway Confidential

There’s nothing left for the US to win in Afghanistan

Daniel DePetris · August 2, 2017 5:51 pm

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's team mocked CNN for featuring footage of the Taliban weaponry. "It is impossible to take videos that show obsolete weapons of unidentifiable origin seriously," the Foreign Ministry said. (Ibrahim Laleli/DHA via AP)

Russia rips CNN for report about arming Taliban fighters

Joel Gehrke · July 26, 2017 7:20 pm

John Bass is currently the U.S. ambassador to Turkey and is a former ambassador to Georgia. Former President Barack Obama nominated Bass to both positions.
(AP Photo/Adem Altan, Pool)

Trump chooses longtime diplomat John Bass as ambassador to Afghanistan

Josh Siegel · July 20, 2017 11:28 pm