Topic: Afghanistan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate voted on Wednesday to require President Barack Obama to devise a plan for expediting the pullout of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, signaling growing impatience in Congress.Obama in June called for about a third of U.S. forces, or ...
The Obama administration is considering placing the Haqqani network on its list of terror groups after blaming the militants for deadly attacks in Afghanistan, a US official said Monday.Seven leaders of the Haqqani network, which operates from safe havens in Pakistan and ...
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said on Wednesday that as president he would draw down U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan as quickly as possible."As rapidly as the generals think is safe," Gingrich ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tea Party movement-backed lawmakers have marched in lockstep toward the goal of shrinking the government but that unity dissolves when it comes to America's role in the world.Republicans who were elected to Congress with support of the grassroots movement ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Senator John McCain, his party's 2008 presidential nominee, ripped into the current crop of Republican White House contenders, accusing them of breaking party tradition by preaching "isolationism."McCain said if former President Ronald Reagan were still alive he would ...
The US military is asking President Barack Obama to maintain its troop surge in Afghanistan until the fall of 2012, a month before a scheduled withdrawal, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday.The timeline would mean the president could promise large troop reductions ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hamid Karzai has said privately he intends to step down in 2014 as president of Afghanistan as required by the country's constitution, Defense Secretary Robert Gates told a Senate panel on Wednesday.Afghanistan's constitution limits a president to two terms ...
President Barack Obama's pick for envoy to Kabul warned America could not afford the "disastrous" consequences of walking away from Afghanistan, as debate raged over a pending US troop drawdown.Ryan Crocker acknowledged at his Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday that making progress in ...
Influential US Senator John Kerry arrived in Afghanistan on Saturday, the embassy in Kabul said, ahead of a visit to neighbouring Pakistan following the death of Osama bin Laden.The White House said it was endorsing the trip by Kerry to Pakistan to ...
US House Speaker John Boehner wrapped up a visit to Afghanistan Wednesday and assailed President Barack Obama's plan to begin pulling US troops out in July a risk to fragile security gains."Any drawdown of US troops must be based on the conditions ...
Photo Gallery
From Around the Web
Video Gallery
-
Officer breaks ranks to condemn US ...
A US military officer has sparked fresh debate about his ...2012-02-09 -
The Road to Nowhere in Afghanistan
As the American involvement in Afghanistan winds down in advance ...2012-02-10 -
News Wrap: NATO Says Afghanistan Airstrike ...
In other news Monday, Syrian rebels pushed back against government ...2012-02-14
