Tag: Afghanistan

A leading foreign policy analyst has written that “post-American Afghanistan” is becoming a “flashpoint”–not just in the region, but in the world, as emerging powers jockey for position amidst declining U.S. influence.  Robert D. Kaplan, chief geopolitical analyst for Stratfor, notes

The Obama administration’s Afghanistan strategy will fail because the Afghan forces will not be able to maintain security and deal with a resurgence of the Taliban in the their county once the U.S.-NATO-led coalition leaves, according to an expert.  Breitbart

A large crowd of protesters in Afghanistan rallied against U.S. forces, accusing the U.S.-NATO-led coalition of desecrating the Quran, according to media reports.  The crowd was protesting a rumored sacking of a mosque and subsequent desecration of the Quran by

According to Bob Woodward at the Washington Post, Robert Gates, former defense secretary under Barack Obama, makes clear in his new memoir, Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War, that Obama was not as concerned with winning the war in Afghanistan as

The U.S. will pursue complete U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan at the end of 2014, also known as the “zero option,” unless the Afghan president signs the bilateral security agreement (BSA) between Kabul and Washington in the upcoming “weeks… not

The Department of Defense announced the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom Sunday. Sgt. First Class William K. Lacey, 38, of Laurel, Fla., died Jan. 4, 2014, in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained when the

Ignoring U.S. opposition and concerns, Afghanistan found that 88 prisoners deemed a security threat by American officials are, in fact, innocent.  The Afghanistan Criminal Cases Review Commission, charged with the review of inmates at Bagram Prison located north of Kabul,

On Friday, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) reported the death of a Spokane, Washington Marine who died on New Year’s Day.  According to DoD, the death of 22-year-old U.S. Marine Sgt. Jacob M. Hess is “under investigation.” There are

Among the great joys of writing a book is the discovery, as you go, of what it really is about. Rarely does an author know from the beginning what she will discover before it ends. So it was for Phyllis

KABUL (Reuters) – Violent crime against women in Afghanistan hit record levels and became increasingly brutal in 2013, the head of its human rights commission said on Saturday, a sign that hard won rights are being rolled back as foreign

(AP) Soldier snuffs NY Eve fire at crowded Seattle clubSEATTLEThe quick thinking of a U.S. Army staff sergeant likely helped prevent a fire inside a Seattle night club from becoming a tragedy during New Year’s Eve celebrations. Seattle police say

There have been 119 U.S. military fatalities in the Afghanistan war reported for 2013, a dramatic drop of about 60 percent from the 295 that occurred the previous year, according to an Associated Press count.   The 119 American deaths

(AP) Fort Hood shooter’s jail requests: Bible, cheeseDALLASThe former Army psychiatrist who killed 13 people at Fort Hood made several requests of the Texas jail where he was held before he stood trial, including one for a copy of the

(Reuters) – A new U.S. intelligence estimate predicts that gains the United States and allies have made in the Afghanistan war in the past three years will be significantly rolled back by 2017, even if some U.S. troops remain, the

(Breitbart News) — Three soldiers from the U.S.-NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), including an American, were killed by a suicide vehicle bomber in Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital. The international coalition in Afghanistan, known as ISAF, did not reveal the nationalities

U.S. Marine Sergeant Daniel Vasselian was shot and killed outside his Humvee in Afghanistan on December 23rd. He had just celebrated his fourth wedding anniversary with his wife via Skype on December 17th. Vasselian, 27 years old, was from Abington, Massachusetts.

(AP) US drone strike in Pakistan kills 3 militantsBy MUNIR AHMEDAssociated PressISLAMABADA suspected American drone fired two missiles at a home in a northwestern tribal region of Pakistan bordering Afghanistan, killing at least three foreign militants, Pakistani intelligence officials said

Christmas in Afghanistan is not as simple to celebrate as it is stateside, according to a spokesman for the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Joint Command (JC). It takes dedication and heart to celebrate holidays abroad. For one, it takes

As the Obama administration gets closer to pulling all U.S. troops out of Afghanistan, questions still exist about what kind of country we will leave behind and whether the Afghan republic will be able to survive once we are gone.