afghanistan
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PublishedNovember 17, 2020
Pentagon to cut troop levels to 2,500 each in Iraq, Afghanistan
Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller says the withdrawals will be made 5 days before Joe Biden takes office as president, despite arguments from senior military officials in favor of a slower pullout.
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PublishedNovember 16, 2020
Trump to order troops reduced, but not withdrawn, in Afghanistan, Iraq
The decisions come as no surprise, following Trump’s shakeup of the Pentagon leadership last week in which he installed loyalists who share his frustration with the continued troop presence in the war zones.
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PublishedSeptember 26, 2020
Another View: A better way to end America’s ‘endless wars’
Focus on safeguarding U.S. interests in Iraq and Afghanistan, not on getting troop levels to zero.
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PublishedJuly 11, 2020
Commentary: War on terror survives Rand Paul’s attempt to end it
Yet the senator from Kentucky is right to point out that Congress is abdicating its responsibility.
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PublishedJune 15, 2020
Another View: Don’t bungle the ending of America’s longest war
The U.S. should let progress, not politics, guide the pace of its withdrawal from Afghanistan.
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PublishedMarch 6, 2020
Gunmen kill 32 at ceremony in Afghan capital
ISIS claims responsibility for the attack in Kabul on prominent political leaders, who included Shiites.
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PublishedFebruary 29, 2020
Another View: Deal with Taliban a painful price for ending war in Afghanistan
Justifiable doubts exist about whether the Taliban's possible return to power will provide a haven for al-Qaida and erase gains for women and girls.
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PublishedFebruary 28, 2020
U.S. poised to ink peace deal with Taliban
U.S. troops in Afghanistan are to be withdrawn to 8,600 from about 13,000 in the weeks following Saturday's signing in Qatar.
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PublishedJanuary 12, 2020
‘Putin’s favorite congressman’ moves to Maine
Dana Rohrabacher, who once arm-wrestled the now-Russian president and represented Orange County, Calif., for 30 years in the U.S. House, now lives in York.
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PublishedDecember 15, 2019
Insight: What we learned from the Afghanistan papers
Experts discuss what was uncovered in an investigative journalism project by The Washington Post.
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