List of Afghanistan articles
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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.
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Fighters with Afghanistan's Taliban militia stand with their weapons in Ahmad Aba district on the outskirts of Gardez, the capital of Paktia province, on July 18, 2017. Civilian deaths in Afghanistan hit a new high in the first half of 2017 with 1,662 killed and more than 3,500 injured, the United Nations said July 17. The majority of the victims were killed by anti-government forces -- including the Taliban and in attacks claimed by the Islamic State, the report said. / AFP PHOTO / FARIDULLAH AHMADZAI (Photo credit should read FARIDULLAH AHMADZAI/AFP/Getty Images) Pentagon Stops $300 Million Payment to Pakistan, Citing Terrorist Fight
U.S. officials promised a regional approach to the new Afghanistan strategy, including pressuring Pakistan
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Afghan politician and former finance minister Ashraf Ghani (C) talks as his two vice-presidential candidates, former warlord Abdul Rahid Dostum (L), and former justice minister, Sarwar Danish (R), look on during registration for the forthcoming presidential elections at the Independent Election Commission (IEC) in Kabul on October 6, 2013. Afghanistan's presidential election race sparked a last-minute rush of candidates as nominations closed for next April's poll, with former finance minister Ashraf Ghani among the leading names to register. AFP PHOTO/ Massoud HOSSAINI (Photo credit should read MASSOUD HOSSAINI/AFP/Getty Images) The Afghan Vice President Was Just Denied Entry to Afghanistan
It’s the latest sign of a political crisis roiling the country.
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011214-D-2842B-002 The Joint Chiefs of Staff photographed in the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gold Room, more commonly known as The Tank, in the Pentagon on December 14, 2001. From left to right are: U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. John P. Jumper, U.S. Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James L. Jones Jr., Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Peter Pace, U.S. Marine Corps, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard B. Myers, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Eric K. Shinseki, U.S. Navy Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Vern E. Clark. DoD photo by Mamie Burke. (Released) Our generals failed in Afghanistan
The United States military failed America in Afghanistan. It wasn’t a tactical failure. It was a failure of leadership.
