List of Afghanistan articles
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Pakistani army soldiers board a army vehicle during a search operation against militants outskirts of Peshawar on June 24, 2017. Multiple blasts and a gun attack killed more than 50 people and wounded at least 170 in three Pakistani cities on the last Friday of Ramadan, Islam's holiest month, as officials warned the toll could rise. / AFP PHOTO / ABDUL MAJEED (Photo credit should read ABDUL MAJEED/AFP/Getty Images) Trump Administration Threatens to Cut Aid to Pakistan. Does It Matter?
U.S. aid to Pakistan was falling even before the president’s speech
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US President Donald Trump disembarks from Air Force One upon arrival at Hagerstown Regional Airport in Hagerstown, Maryland, August 18, 2017, as he travels for meetings at Camp David before returning to Bedminster, New Jersey to continue his vacation. US President Donald Trump is assembling his national security team at the Camp David presidential retreat Friday to forge a way ahead in Afghanistan, almost 16 years after the war began. Trump must decide if he wants to continue on the current course, which relies on a relatively small US-led NATO force to help Afghan partners push back the Taliban, or if he wants to try a new tack such as adding more forces -- or even withdrawing altogether. / AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images) Trump Is Right About Afghanistan
Those of us who have criticized the president when he has made mistakes should give him credit when he makes the right call.
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KORENGAL VALLEY, AFG - OCTOBER 27: U.S. soldiers board an Army Chinook transport helicopter after it brought fresh soldiers and supplies to the Korengal Outpost October 27, 2008. The military spends huge effort and money to fly in supplies to soldiers of the 1-26 Infantry based in the Korengal Valley, site of some of the fiercest fighting of the Afghan war. The unpaved road into the remote area is bad and will become more treacherous with the onset of winter. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) Back to the Future in Afghanistan
Trump’s “new approach” isn’t new at all, but it’s the least worst option.
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<> on July 2, 2009 in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Trump’s Presidential Afghanistan Speech
Details may be slim, but the president nailed the "why" of America's longest war — and boldly went against his political base.
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EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / This photo taken on July 17, 2017 shows Afghan security personnel gathered around the body of a suspected Taliban militant after he was killed during a security operation in the Nawa district in Helmand province. Afghan security forces supported by US air power have retaken the center of volatile Nawa district from the Taliban in southern Helmand province, US officials said on July 17. / AFP PHOTO / NOOR MOHAMMAD (Photo credit should read NOOR MOHAMMAD/AFP/Getty Images) -
In this photograph taken on September 29, 2016, an Afghan pilot stands next to a line of US-made MD-530 Helicopters in Kabul. Under pressure from the Taliban, Afghanistan's military is increasingly relying on the country's young air force, and, together with Western allies, is speeding up its training of pilots and ground controllers in order to strike the enemy. / AFP / SHAH MARAI (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images) Building the Afghan Air Force Will Take Years
Will Afghans ever be able to take over from U.S. Forces?
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US President Donald Trump disembarks from Air Force One upon arrival at Hagerstown Regional Airport in Hagerstown, Maryland, August 18, 2017, as he travels for meetings at Camp David before returning to Bedminster, New Jersey to continue his vacation. US President Donald Trump is assembling his national security team at the Camp David presidential retreat Friday to forge a way ahead in Afghanistan, almost 16 years after the war began. Trump must decide if he wants to continue on the current course, which relies on a relatively small US-led NATO force to help Afghan partners push back the Taliban, or if he wants to try a new tack such as adding more forces -- or even withdrawing altogether. / AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images) Afghanistan Is Now Trump’s War
But does the president know what he wants to do with it?
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Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers patrol on the Kandahar-Uruzgan highway on October 16, 2016. / AFP / JAVED TANVEER (Photo credit should read JAVED TANVEER/AFP/Getty Images) -
Is There A Way Out Of Afghanistan?
Trump is frustrated with the lack of options.
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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 09: U.S. President Donald Trump meets with members of the airline industry at the White House February 9, 2017 in Washington, DC. Trump held a listening session with the group to advance issues relative to the airline industry. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) Inside Trump’s Tortured Search for a Winning Strategy in Afghanistan
Can Trump close the deal in Afghanistan?
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WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 25: Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani reacts to a standing ovation at the conclusion of his address to a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress March 25, 2015 in Washington, DC. Ghani told members of Congress his country owed the United States a 'profound debt' for the more than 2,300 U.S. soldiers who have died to 'advance the cause of freedom'. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) In Afghanistan, Reform Can’t Come Fast Enough
The Ghani government is embarking on an ambitious plan to combat corruption and incompetence. It’s going to need America’s help.
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NEW LONDON, CT - MAY 17: US President Donald Trump salutes members of the U.S. Coast Guard as he exits the commencement ceremony for the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, May 17, 2017 in New London, Connecticut. This is President Trump's second commencement address since taking office and comes amid controversy after his firing of FBI Director James Comey. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) The Top Five Foreign-Policy Blunders Trump Hasn’t Made Yet
(But still might.)
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Washington, UNITED STATES: FBI Director Bob Mueller (L), US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (C) and Central Intelligence Dircetor Michael Hayden applaud during the swearing in ceremony for Mike McConnell as National Intelligence Director 20 February 2007 at the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) at Bolling Air Force Base in Washington, DC. AFP PHOTO/Jim WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images) -
US President Donald Trump shakes hands with US Army Lieutenant General H.R. McMaster (L) as his national security adviser at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, on February 20, 2017. / AFP / NICHOLAS KAMM (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images) -
IA4_1520 The Things They Carried: The Afghan Field Medic
On the frontlines of war, there are only the briefest of moments to save lives—or lose them.
