Tag: Taliban

A U.S. Air Force C-130J crashed near Jalalabad Airfield in Afghanistan, killing six U.S. troops and five civilian contractors. (AP Photo)

National Security

Pentagon: No evidence Taliban shot down C-130

Jacqueline Klimas · October 2, 2015 7:02 pm

JoshÂ Earnest would not say whether U.S. commanders have formally recommended leaving behind a large troop contingent. (AP Photo)Â

Obama won’t adjust troops after Afghan city falls

Nicole Duran · September 30, 2015 7:15 pm

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

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani speaks during a press conference at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 10, 2015. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

National Security

Afghan president slams Pakistan as Taliban attacks continue

Charles Hoskinson · August 10, 2015 2:03 pm

In this Tuesday, June 30, 2015 file photo, an Afghan woman cries out at the site of a suicide attack on a NATO convoy in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

National Security

Taliban suicide bomber kills dozens, one U.S. soldier, in Kabul

Nicole Duran · August 8, 2015 10:39 pm

In this Tuesday, June 30, 2015 file photo, Afghan security personnel investigate site of a suicide attack on a NATO military convoy in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

National Security

Former Russian soldier fighting with Taliban could get life

Nicole Duran · August 8, 2015 8:32 pm

Tom Joscelyn on Death of Mullah Omar

Tom Joscelyn on Death of Mullah Omar

Daniel Halper · July 31, 2015 1:33 pm

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)

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Reports: Taliban leader Mullah Omar dead

Kelly Cohen · July 29, 2015 12:34 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

Afghan Government Negotiating With the Taliban

Benjamin Parker · July 7, 2015 4:55 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

Captain Jason Amerine, 5th Special Forces Group, adresses the audience during a September 11th Commemorative Ceremony at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, southern Germany, on Tuesday Dec.11, 2001. (AP Photo/Thomas Kienzle)

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Green Beret faced retaliation after talking to Congress about Bergdahl swap

Susan Crabtree · June 11, 2015 6:15 pm