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ant group's long-held districts in eastern Afghanistan, Taliban commanders and fighters speak not of peace but of toppling the Afghan government in Kabul." To the Post, the "competing visions of a postwar Afghanistan within the Taliban's ranks reveal the difficult task facing the group's leaders as th

FMEP President Lara Friedman; 11:00 AM • NPC Virtual 'Newsmaker' with FRB Dallas president - National Press Club Virtual 'Newsmaker' Event, with Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Robert Kaplan, who discusses the importance of 'continuous and widespread' testing in restoring consumer confidence during the

a Marianne Williamson wants to remember the ladies in Afghanistan Women attend a rally for Afghan President Ashraf Ghani's reelection campaign in Kabul on Aug. 5. He is seeking a second term on promises of ending the 18-year war, but he's been largely sidelined over the past year as the United State

nt to enter talks. Japan's Nikkei gained 0.6% and the Korean Kospi jumped more than 1%. ... Investors will pay close attention to the minutes from the Federal Reserve's latest meeting on Wednesday, as well as any statements from Chairman Jerome Powell ahead of the economic symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyo., starting

ea Marianne Williamson wants to remember the ladies in Afghanistan Women attend a rally for Afghan President Ashraf Ghani's reelection campaign in Kabul on Aug. 5. He is seeking a second term on promises of ending the 18-year war, but he's been largely sidelined over the past year as the United Stat

ent to enter talks. Japan's Nikkei gained 0.6% and the Korean Kospi jumped more than 1%. ... Investors will pay close attention to the minutes from the Federal Reserve's latest meeting on Wednesday, as well as any statements from Chairman Jerome Powell ahead of the economic symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyo., starting

ly and inadvertently, of course, may have been the development of mass corruption," said Ryan Crocker, who twice served as the top U.S. diplomat in Kabul, in 2002 and again from 2011 to 2012. "Once it gets to the level I saw, when I was out there, it's somewhere between unbelievably hard and outright

a hearing in 1980. K. W. Atherton/The Washington Post) WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING: — Paul Volcker, a hard-headed economic statesman who as chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1979 to 1987 shocked the U.S. economy out of a cycle of inflation and malaise and so set the stage for a generation of prosperity, died Dec. 8

" -- Former Afghan leader Hamid Karzai said he grew estranged from his American allies during his 10 years in power. Pamela Constable reports from Kabul: "His version of U.S.-Afghan relations during his tenure is sharply at odds with the American version, and he has often depicted himself as the mal

ent's battle to tamp down the number of people crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. The Associated Press reports: "According to a new rule published in the Federal Register, asylum seekers who pass through another country first will be ineligible for asylum at the U.S. southern border. The rule, expected to go into ef