List of Afghanistan articles
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Task Force Flying Dragons Aviators Fly to Operating Base Fenty Here we go again in Afghanistan
The newly announced Afghanistan strategy differs only in style, not substance, from the strategies of the past, and certainly from the current strategy.
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Boot1 My Summer Holiday to the Forever War
America's military is scattered around the world fighting a battle they can't afford to lose — and don't have the resources to win.
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US President Donald Trump speaks during his address to the nation from Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall in Arlington, Virginia, on August 21, 2017. Trump warned Monday that the Afghan government should not view US support as a "blank check," in an address to the nation on the 16-year conflict. "America will work with the Afghan government as long as we see determination and progress," Trump said. / AFP PHOTO / Nicholas Kamm (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images) Trump’s Afghanistan Strategy Could Actually Work
Critics might be surprised by its effectiveness.
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AAAafghan Pentagon Admits Thousands More Troops in Afghanistan Than Previously Reported
Military officials had long hid the real numbers
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Taliban Mapped: The Taliban’s Strongholds in Afghanistan
Trump just announced a troop surge. Here’s what he's up against.
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An Afghan security personnel walks as he keep watch near the site of an attack by gunmen inside the Kart-e- Sakhi shrine in Kabul on October 11, 2016. Gunmen targeted Shiite pilgrims in Kabul killing at least 14 people as they gathered to celebrate Ashura, one of the most important festivals on the Shiite calendar, officials said.The attack in the Afghan capital marked unravelling security as the resurgent Taliban continued to pressure Afghan forces, with hundreds of commandos sent to reinforce the provincial capital Lashkar Gah in the south.Some 36 people were wounded and at least one attacker killed in the Kabul attack, interior ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said. / AFP / WAKIL KOHSAR (Photo credit should read WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP/Getty Images) There Is No War in Afghanistan
And that's why the United States can't win.
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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - MAY 18: Abdul examines emeralds from the Panjshir at Shams market on May 18, 2011, in Kabul, Afghanistan. The mineral resources of Afghanistan are relatively unexplored even with Afghanistan's mineral wealth of coal, copper, gold and iron ore, with precious and semiprecious stones, including high-quality emerald, lapis lazuli, red garnet and ruby. Given the country's remote and rugged terrain, on-going instability plus an inadequate infrastructure and transportation means that mining is still difficult. While many are trying to bring positive changes, Afghanistan's mining industry uses unregulated, primitive methods and outdated equipment. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images) Despite Risks, Trump Administration Moves Forward With Afghanistan Mining Plan
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross says the mining industry is key to Kabul’s future.
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US General John Nicholson, incoming commander of Resolute Support forces and United States forces in Afghanistan, salutes during a change of command ceremony at Resolute Support headquarters in Kabul on March 2, 2016. Just over one year ago, the US and NATO-led mission in Afghanistan transitioned into an Afghan operation, with allied nations assisting in training and equipping local forces to tackle Taliban and other groups. AFP PHOTO / Rahmat Gul / POOL / AFP / POOL / Rahmat Gul (Photo credit should read RAHMAT GUL/AFP/Getty Images) -
German Chancellor Angela Merkel greets US President Donald Trump prior to the start of the first working session of the G20 meeting in Hamburg, northern Germany, on July 7. Leaders of the world's top economies will gather from July 7 to 8, 2017 in Germany for likely the stormiest G20 summit in years, with disagreements ranging from wars to climate change and global trade. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / IAN LANGSDON (Photo credit should read IAN LANGSDON/AFP/Getty Images) Rational Security on the E.R.: The “Everything Old is New Again” Edition
America’s longest war stumbles into its next phase.
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Ukrainian Minister of Defence Stepan Poltorak (L-back) speaks to US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis (C) before a military parade in Kiev on August 24, 2017 to celebrate the Independence Day, 26 years since Ukraine gained independence from the Soviet Union. / AFP PHOTO / Genya SAVILOV (Photo credit should read GENYA SAVILOV/AFP/Getty Images) -
US soldiers walk at the site of a Taliban suicide attack in Kandahar on August 2, 2017. A Taliban suicide bomber on August 2 rammed a vehicle filled with explosives into a convoy of foreign forces in Afghanistan's restive southern province of Kandahar, causing casualties, officials said. "At around noon a car bomb targeted a convoy of foreign forces in the Daman area of Kandahar," provincial police spokesman Zia Durrani told AFP. / AFP PHOTO / JAVED TANVEER (Photo credit should read JAVED TANVEER/AFP/Getty Images) -
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.
