Afghanistan

Latest Stories

In this Monday, Jan. 21, 2019, photo, Afghan security forces inspect the site of a Taliban attack in Maidan Shar, capital of Maidan Wardak province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghan official said Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019, scores of people mostly military personals were killed in the Taliban assault on a military base and a pro-government militia training center a day earlier in the province. (AP Photo)

Dozens of Afghan intel personnel killed in Taliban attack

By Amir Shah and Rahim Faiez - Associated Press

An Afghan man stands inside his destroyed house after an attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019. A Taliban suicide bomber detonated an explosive-laden vehicle in the capital Kabul on Monday evening, according to officials. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) ** FILE **

Taliban attack kills more than 100 near Kabul: Reports

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE- In this Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019, file photo President Donald Trump tours the U.S. border with Mexico at the Rio Grande on the southern border in McAllen, Texas. With the standoff over paying for his long-promised border wall dragging on, the president’s Oval Office address and visit to the Texas border over the past week failed to break the logjam and left aides and allies fearful that the president has misjudged Democratic resolve and is running out of negotiating options. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)

Terrorism suspect caught at U.S.-Mexico border roils immigration debate

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Nov. 9, 1979 file photograph, one of the hostages seized when Islamic radicals stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, blindfolded and with his hands bound, is displayed to a crowd in Tehran, Iran. This climactic event and others in 1979, which dominated television sets and newspaper front pages 40 years ago, helped shape the modern Middle East. (AP Photo, File)

AP Analysis: Climactic events in 1979 shaped modern Mideast

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

US peace envoy: Washington wants to see peace in Afghanistan

Associated Press

Pentagon IDs US Army Ranger killed in Afghanistan

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Pelosi: ‘Very irresponsible’ of Trump to leak trip details

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 15, 2018, file photo, U.S. Marines stand guard during the change of command ceremony at Task Force Southwest military field in Shorab military camp of Helmand province, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini) ** FILE **

Pentagon identifies U.S. Army casualty in Afghanistan; first of 2019

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

FILE - In this March 13, 2009 file photo, Zalmay Khalilzad, special adviser on reconciliation speaks during a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan. Khalilzad arrived in Pakistan on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019 on the last leg of a regional tour aimed at finding a negotiated end to Afghanistan's 17-year war, which would allow American troops to go home, ending the U.S.'s longest military engagement. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

US envoy for Afghan peace in Pakistan after talks in Kabul

By MUNIR AHMED - Associated Press

Vice President Mike Pence, center, listens as President Donald Trump argues with House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

White House slams Nancy Pelosi for ‘lie’ in accusing Donald Trump of revealing her travel plans

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

An Air Force bus waits on the plaza of the Capitol after President Donald Trump used his executive power to deny military aircraft to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi just before she was depart to visit troops abroad, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

AP Explains: Can Trump ground Pelosi’s plane?

Associated Press

Vice President Mike Pence, center, looks on as House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and President Donald Trump argue during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump cancels Nancy Pelosi’s jet to Brussels, blames government shutdown

By Stephen Dinan and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this March 13, 2009 file photo, Zalmay Khalilzad, special adviser on reconciliation speaks during a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan. Khalilzad arrived in Pakistan on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019 on the last leg of a regional tour aimed at finding a negotiated end to Afghanistan's 17-year war, which would allow American troops to go home, ending the U.S.'s longest military engagement. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

US peace envoy in Pakistan seeking end to 17-year Afghan war

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

Pakistan kills 2 men linked to 2011 abduction of American

By ASIM TANVEER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, April 4, 2018 file photo, a U.S. soldier, left, sits on an armored vehicle behind a sand barrier at a newly installed position near the front line between the U.S-backed Syrian Manbij Military Council and the Turkish-backed fighters, in Manbij, north Syria. An American military official said Friday, Jan. 11, 2019 that the U.S.-led military coalition has begun the process of withdrawing troops from Syria. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

US starts withdrawing supplies, but not troops, from Syria

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

Syria Troop Removal Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

How Trump must contend with intransigent Washington elites

By Willis Krumholz

Afghanistan National Security Advisor Hamdullah Mohib, left, shakes hands with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi before proceeding to their meeting at the Zhongnanhai Leadership Compound in Beijing, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, Pool)

Afghan adviser in China amid push for ‘long-term stability’

Associated Press

Afghan president's special peace envoy Mohammad Omer Daudzai speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019. Daudzai expressed hope Tuesday that the war that has ravaged Afghanistan for over 17-years and cost the United States an estimated one trillion dollars will end in 2019. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

Afghan envoy hopes 2019 to be year of peace for Afghanistan

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

Officials say Pakistan on track to eradicate polio in 2019

Associated Press

Leaving Afghanistan Behind Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

U.S. military forces are over-extended worldwide

By Peter Vincent Pry