AFGHANISTAN/FOREIGN POLICY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “US President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union touched on a number of international issues, including North Korea and the battle to defeat ISIS, but he didn’t offer any specifics and barely mentioned Russia or China… Here’s what he did include: Afghanistan Amid a deteriorating security situation on the ground, […]
Category: Afghanistan
1/27/2018
AFGHANISTAN/TERRORISM: “Taliban targeted innocent Afghans, brave police in Kabul today. Our thoughts and prayers go to the victims, and first responders. We will not allow the Taliban to win!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Jan. 27, 2018 05:59pm […]
1/23/2018
AFGHANISTAN/LEGAL/MILITARY: “On 5,753 occasions from 2010 to 2016, the United States military reported accusations of ‘gross human rights abuses’ by the Afghan military, including many examples of child sexual abuse. If true, American law required military aid to be cut off to the offending unit. Not once did that happen. That was among the findings […]
1/11/2018
AFGHANISTAN/MILITARY: “The Pentagon is planning to double down on the Trump administration’s new approach in Afghanistan by reallocating drones and other hardware while sending in approximately 1,000 new combat advisers, according to U.S. and military officials. The idea is to bulk up the U.S. military presence in Afghanistan by the time the traditional fighting season […]
11/9/2017
AFGHANISTAN/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Nearly three months after President Trump announced his new strategy for the war in Afghanistan, the United States and its international allies are still trying to come up with the troops required to carry it out. The relatively few American and international troops in Afghanistan are charged with training the Afghan military […]
11/4/2017
AFGHANISTAN/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Airstrikes carried out by the American military killed at least 13 civilians on Saturday in the northern Afghan province of Kunduz, according to residents and officials in the area, a difficult battleground for both Afghan and American forces. The airstrikes took place in the Chardara district, where Afghan commandos, often advised by […]
11/2/2017
AFGHANISTAN/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Aides to President Donald Trump have considered reviving an office it shut down months ago that was dedicated to resolving the conflict in Afghanistan, a sign that the Trump administration’s policy there remains unsettled. Multiple sources said that senior Trump aides have discussed resurrecting the Office of the Special Representative for Afghanistan […]
10/23/2017
AFGHANISTAN/REX TILLERSON/STATE: “Rex Tillerson made his first trip as secretary of state to Afghanistan on Monday [10-23-17], jetting in and out of the country on a secret visit to meet top U.S. military and Afghan officials battling the Taliban and an offshoot of Islamic State. Mr. Tillerson, speaking from Bagram Air Field north of Kabul […]
10/1/2017
AFGHANISTAN/STATE/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration is considering a plan that would aim to close the Taliban political office in Qatar, a move that triggered an unusual internal protest by State Department officials who said it would undermine U.S. interests in Afghanistan, according to current and former U.S. officials. A group of State Department specialists […]
9/21/2017
AFGHANISTAN/MILITARY: “The U.S. has invested 16 years and more than $70 billion to train Afghan security forces, but the effort has been undermined by poor planning, training and oversight, a government watchdog said in a report Thursday. The 259-page report by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, or Sigar, offered a critical assessment of […]
9/21/2017
AFGHANISTAN/FOREIGN POLICY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It was a pleasure to have President Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan with us this morning! #USAatUNGA #UNGA https://t.co/HOEVfnMn14” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 21, 2017 10:15am […]
9/11/2017
AFGHANISTAN/MILITARY/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan said on Monday [9-11-17] Washington would never allow militants to use the country as a sanctuary, as American and allied troops in Kabul commemorated the Sept. 11 attacks. U.S. President Donald Trump in August committed nearly 4,000 additional troops to Afghanistan as part of an open-ended campaign […]
9/6/2017
AFGHANISTAN/MILITARY: “The U.S. military in Afghanistan apologized Wednesday [9-6-17] for dropping leaflets in a northern province of the country that it said mistakenly contained an image deeply insulting to Muslims. Maj. Gen. James Linder, commander of the Special Operations Joint Task Force in Afghanistan, didn’t describe the derogatory image, saying in a statement only that […]
8/30/2017
AFGHANISTAN/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The United States has about 11,000 troops in Afghanistan, the Pentagon said on Wednesday [8-30-17], acknowledging for the first time publicly that the total forces there are higher than formally disclosed in recent years. Previously, Defense Department officials had said 8,400 troops were in Afghanistan as part of NATO’s Resolute Support mission. […]
8/22/2017
AFGHANISTAN/MILITARY: “The Pentagon maintains more than 12,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan, defense officials said, currently about 3,500 more than it publicly acknowledges, a critical factor as military planners weigh how many additional forces to deploy under a new strategy. The actual number of troops, which hasn’t been previously disclosed, reflects the true U.S. force level […]
8/22/2017
AFGHANISTAN/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump’s appeal for India’s help on Afghanistan set off alarm bells on Tuesday [8-22-17] in Pakistan, where officials warned that the approach risked jolting a tumultuous relationship. They also expressed relief that Mr. Trump did not call for abrupt reductions in military aid to Pakistan, which the United States has long […]
8/21/2017
AFGHANISTAN/MILITARY/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump’s skepticism about America’s involvement in Afghanistan was no secret to his staff. But his top national security officials were still taken aback at a meeting in the Situation Room on July 19, when an angry Mr. Trump began ripping apart their latest proposal to send thousands of additional American […]
8/21/2017
AFGHANISTAN/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump put forward on Monday [8-21-17] a long-awaited strategy for resolving the nearly 16-year-old conflict in Afghanistan, but he declined to specify either the number of troops that would be committed, or the conditions by which he would judge the success of their mission there. In a nationally televised prime-time speech […]
8/20/2017
AFGHANISTAN/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump will give a nationally televised address Monday [8-21-17] night to unveil his strategy for the long-running war in Afghanistan, the White House said, a plan expected to include sending as many as 4,000 more troops to the country. He’ll deliver the prime-time speech from Fort Myer in Arlington, Va., […]
8/15/2017
AFGHANISTAN/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The United States should withdraw all its troops from Afghanistan and stop listening to ‘stooges; in Kabul, the Taliban warned in an open letter to U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday [8-15-17]. The Trump administration is working to finalize a regional strategy that could include nearly 4,000 additional U.S. troops, part of […]
8/7/2017
AFGHANISTAN/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “To understand the Trump administration’s struggle to agree on a strategy to reverse the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan, it’s useful first to look back in time. In early 2013, Donald Trump tweeted: ‘We should leave Afghanistan immediately. No more wasted lives.’ Early the following year, when President Barack Obama was trying to […]
7/30/2017
AFGHANISTAN/MILITARY: “President Donald Trump’s reservations about sending more troops to Afghanistan have triggered a new exploration of an option long considered unlikely: withdrawal. Unable to agree on a plan to send up to 3,900 more American forces to help turn back Taliban advances in Afghanistan, the White House is taking a new look at what […]
7/23/2017
AFGHANISTAN/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As the U.S. administration prepares its new strategy for Afghanistan, the Kabul government and its Western allies are working hard to develop an air force that gives government forces the advantage in their war against Taliban militants. The level of equipment, training and assets falls far short of matching the air assets […]
7/20/2017
AFGHANISTAN/MILITARY/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump, arriving at the Pentagon to huddle with national security leaders Thursday, said ‘we’ll see’ if more U.S. troops are going to be sent to Afghanistan. Trump convened a closed ‘political-military’ meeting that lasted about 90 minutes and covered a range of national security topics, including a review of Afghanistan […]
7/17/2017
AFGHANISTAN/MILITARY/UN: “The long war in Afghanistan continues to set records for civilian casualties, the United Nations mission in the country said on Monday [7-17-17], even as the violence is expected to intensify in the coming months with no hope of peace talks anytime soon. In the first six months of 2017, 1,662 civilians were killed, […]
7/10/2017
AFGHANISTAN/FOREIGN POLICY/MILITARY/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump’s advisers recruited two businessmen who profited from military contracting to devise alternatives to the Pentagon’s plan to send thousands of additional troops to Afghanistan, reflecting the Trump administration’s struggle to define its strategy for dealing with a war now 16 years old. Erik D. Prince, a founder of the private […]
5/8/2017
AFGHANISTAN/FOREIGN POLICY/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senior Trump administration and military officials are recommending sending several thousand additional American troops to Afghanistan to try to break a military deadlock in the 15-year war there, in part by pressuring the Taliban to negotiate with the Afghan government. The added troops would allow American advisers to work with a […]
4/24/2017
AFGHANISTAN/CABINET/DEFENSE/FOREIGN POLICY/TRUMP PEOPLE/JAMES MATTIS: “Defense Secretary Jim Mattis made an unannounced trip to Afghanistan to meet with Afghan leaders and U.S. military officials Monday [4-24-17], taking a fresh look at a 15-year war where he served during its first optimistic months. Mattis’ visit capped a six-country tour through the Middle East, his first as secretary […]
04/12/2017
AFGHANISTAN/FOREIGN POLICY/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The dropping of a ‘mother of all bombs’ Thursday [4-13-17] by the United States on an ISIS cave and bunker complex in Achin district in eastern Afghanistan should be understood as part of an effort to reverse a war that is not going well for the Afghan government and, by extension, […]
12/21/2015
AFGHANISTAN/GOVERNMENT/MILITARY/TERRORISM: “A suicide bomber has just killed U.S. troops in Afghanistan. When will our leaders get tough and smart. We are being led to slaughter!” – 12/21/2015, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, 12/21/2015 […]
12/1/2014
AFGHANISTAN/OBAMA/WAR: “Now Obama is keeping our soldiers in Afghanistan for at least another year. He is losing two wars simultaneously.” – 12/1/2014, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 12/1/2014 […]
6/23/2014
AFGHANISTAN/CLIMATE CHANGE/IRAQ/OBAMA ADMIN: “I wonder if when Secy. Kerry goes to Iraq and Afghanistan he pushes hard for them to look at GLOBAL WARMING and study the carbon footprint?” – 6/23/2014, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 6/23/2014 […]
2/13/2014
AFGHANISTAN: “Do you believe the way Karzai talks down to the United States – zero respect!” – 2/13/2014, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 2/13/2014 […]
11/28/2013
AFGHANISTAN: “Can you believe that ‘President’ Karzai of Afghanistan is holding out for more, more, more and refuses to sign deal. Tell him to go to hell!” – 11/28/2013, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 11/28/2013 […]
11/21/2013
AFGHANISTAN/MEDIA: “@morningmika I’m watching Joe (who is 100% correct on Afghanistan) fondling the once great Time Magazine-so sad to see how skimpy it is!” – 11/21/2013, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 11/21/2013 […]
11/21/2013
AFGHANISTAN/WAR: “Do not allow our very stupid leaders to sign a deal that keeps us in Afghanistan through 2024-with all costs by U.S.A. MAKE AMERICA GREAT!” – 11/21/2013, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 11/21/2013 […]
11/21/2013
AFGHANISTAN/WAR: “We have wasted an enormous amount of blood and treasure in Afghanistan. Their government has zero appreciation. Let’s get out!” – 11/21/2013, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 11/21/2013 […]
11/20/2013
AFGHANISTAN/MILITARY: “Afghanistan leaders want the U.S. to keep 20, 000 troops there for many more years, fully paid for by the U.S., but first they want apology.” – 11/20/2013, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 11/20/2013 […]
5/8/2013
AFGHANISTAN/MILITARY: “We continue to lose our nation’s finest in Afghanistan almost daily. The Rules of Engagement are costing lives.” – 5/8/2013, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 5/8/2013 […]
4/29/2013
AFGHANISTAN/MIDDLE EAST/USA: “Afghan Leader Karzai has received tens of millions of dollars IN CASH from the U.S. Government- how stupidly is our Country being run?” – 4/29/2013, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 4/29/2013 […]
4/17/2013
AFGHANISTAN/TERRORISM: “Our gov’t is so pathetic that some of the billions being wasted in Afghanistan are ending up with terrorists http://t.co/bso3k1pR7l” – 4/17/2013, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 4/17/2013 […]
4/3/2013
AFGHANISTAN/MILITARY/OBAMA: “Obama just bought the Afghan Police $288M in ammo http://t.co/PpW4oXKM0K Make no mistake, some of these will be shot at our troops.” – 4/3/2013, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 4/3/2013 […]
3/1/2013
AFGHANISTAN: “We should leave Afghanistan immediately. No more wasted lives. If we have to go back in, we go in hard & quick. Rebuild the US first.” [02:10:00 PM] – 3/1/2013, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Trumptwitterarchive.com, 3/1/2013 […]
1/14/2013
AFGHANISTAN/USA: “Can you believe that the Afghan war is our ‘longest war’ ever—bring our troops home, rebuild the U.S., make America great again.” [05:07:46 PM] – 1/14/2013, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Trumptwitterarchive.com, 1/14/2013 […]
1/14/2013
AFGHANISTAN/OBAMA/USA: “I agree with Pres. Obama on Afghanistan. We should have a speedy withdrawal. Why should we keep wasting our money — rebuild the U.S.!” [03:59:43 PM] – 1/14/2013, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Trumptwitterarchive.com, 1/14/2013 […]
1/14/2013
AFGHANISTAN/OBAMA/USA: “I agree with Pres. Obama on Afghanistan. We should have a speedy withdrawal. Why should we keep wasting our money — rebuild the U.S.!” – Twitter.com, Jan 14, 2013, Donald Trump, 1/14/2013 […]
1/11/2013
AFGHANISTAN: “Let’s get out of Afghanistan. Our troops are being killed by the Afghanis we train and we waste billions there. Nonsense! Rebuild the USA.” [01:55:36 PM] – 1/11/2013, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Trumptwitterarchive.com, 1/11/2013 […]
1/4/2013
AFGHANISTAN/FOREIGN POLICY: “Can you believe that the Afghan war is our ‘longest war’ ever—bring our troops home, rebuild the U.S., make America great again.” – Twitter.com, Jan 14, 2013, Donald Trump, 1/4/2013 […]
12/6/2012
AFGHANISTAN: “Karzai of Afghanistan is not sticking with our signed agreement. They are dropping us like dopes. Get out now and re-build U.S.!” [12:14:00 PM] – 12/6/2012, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Trumptwitterarchive.com, 12/6/2012 […]
10/2/2012
AFGHANISTAN/MILITARY: “How many more of our soldiers have to be shot by the Afghanis they are training? Let’s get the hell out of there and focus on U.S.” [9:23:59 AM] – 10/2/2012, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Trumptwitterarchive.com, 10/2/2012 […]
9/18/2012
AFGHANISTAN/MILITARY: “Our soldiers can’t even have any more joint exercises with Afghan soldiers because they are getting shot in the back. What are we doing there? Spend the money rebuilding the US (& our military).” [4:33:34 PM] – Sept. 18, 2012, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Trumptwitterarchive.com, Twitlonger.com, 9/18/2012 […]
9/11/2012
AFGHANISTAN/MILITARY/OBAMA: “84% of US troops wounded & 70% of our brave men & women killed in Afghanistan have all come under Obama. Time to get out of there.” [2:40:14 PM] – Sept. 11, 2012, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Trumptwitterarchive.com, 9/11/2012 […]
9/6/2012
AFGHANISTAN/MILITARY/OBAMA: “Remember while @BarackObama is lauding himself tonight with self-indulgent compliments we have our brave soldiers fighting in Afghanistan.” [2:52:14 PM] – Sept. 6, 2012, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Trumptwitterarchive.com, 9/6/2012 […]
5/7/2012
AFGHANISTAN/OBAMA: “No wonder Afghanistan is a mess! @BarackObama is releasing high level insurgents in exchange for pledges of peace. http://t.co/clTDHlZ8” [4:01:49 PM] – 5/7/2012, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Trumptwitterarchive.com, 5/7/2012 […]
3/28/2012
AFGHANISTAN/MILITARY: “The Afghan Security Forces who we are training have killed 52 U.S. soldiers http://t.co/QDSnRVAj Time to get out of there!” [4:15:19 PM] – 3/28/2012, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Trumptwitterarchive.com, 3/28/2012 […]
3/16/2012
AFGHANISTAN/MILITARY: “Afghani soldiers–those on our side–killed 7 Marines last month. http://bit.ly/yzR9np They don’t want us, what are we doing there? It’s time to get out.” [1:57:29 PM] – 3/16/2012, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Trumptwitterarchive.com, Twitlonger.com, 3/16/2012 […]
3/12/2012
AFGHANISTAN: “Afghanistan is a total disaster. We don’t know what we are doing. They are, in addition to everything else, robbing us blind.” [2:17:57 PM] – 3/12/2012, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Trumptwitterarchive.com, 3/12/2012 […]
3/12/2012
AFGHANISTAN/CRIME/MILITARY: “Maniac Sergeant who went on a killing spree in Afghanistan must be punished, big time, and quickly.” [1:46:27 PM] – 3/12/2012, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Trumptwitterarchive.com, 3/12/2012 […]
3/1/2012
AFGHANISTAN/MILITARY/OBAMA: “@BarackObama claims that his Koran apology ‘calmed things down’ http://abcn.ws/wWfyGY US troops were killed by Afghan AFTER he apologized. @Barack Obama” [3:21:22 PM] – 3/1/2012, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Trumptwitterarchive.com, Twitlonger.com, 3/1/2012 […]
2/29/2012
AFGHANISTAN/CHINA/MILITARY: “China is getting minerals from Afghanistan http://t.co/uNxQYQWi We are getting our troops killed by the Afghani govt’t. Time to get out.” [3:54:06 PM] – 2/29/2012, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Trumptwitterarchive.com, 2/29/2012 […]
2/28/2012
AFGHANISTAN/OBAMA: “He was quick to issue an apology on behalf of America to Karzai. Why won’t he release the letter? @BarackObama http://t.co/ueHE0mog” [2:51:05 PM] – 2/28/2012, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Trumptwitterarchive.com, 2/28/2012 […]
2/27/2012
AFGHANISTAN: “It is time to get out of Afghanistan. We are building roads and schools for people that hate us. It is not in our national interests.” [3:34:27 PM] – 2/27/2012, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Trumptwitterarchive.com, 2/27/2012 […]
10/7/2011
AFGHANISTAN: “When will we stop wasting our money on rebuilding Afghanistan? We must rebuild our country first.” [3:43:15 PM] – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Trumptwitterarchive.com, Oct. 7, 2011 03:43pm […]
8/17/2011
AFGHANISTAN/IRAQ/RON PAUL: “Ron Paul is right when he says we are wasting lives and money in Iraq and Afghanistan.” [4:04:27 PM] – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Trumptwitterarchive.com, Aug. 17, 2011 […]
8/13/2011
AFGHANISTAN/IRAQ/RON PAUL: “Ron Paul is right that we are wasting trillions of dollars in Iraq and Afghanistan.” [9:28:58 AM] – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Trumptwitterarchive.com, Aug. 13, 2011 09:28am […]