Tim Craig

President Ashraf Ghani speaks during a joint meeting of the National Assembly in Kabul, Afghanistan, on April 25, 2016.

Afghan leader sets aside peace bids, vows harsher fight against Taliban

June 25, 2019 at 8:42 a.m.

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani stepped back Monday from attempts to engage Taliban insurgents in peace talks, vowing Afghanistan will instead "execute" enemies of the state and undertake preparations for an...

Europe plans to speed up deportation of tens of thousands of Pakistanis

June 22, 2019 at 10:40 a.m.

Europe plans to accelerate the deportation of tens of thousands of illegal Pakistani migrants in a bid to free up space and resources for refugees with more legitimate asylum requests,...

Schoolchildren hold posters condemning the attack by Taliban militants on Pakistani mourners hold a funeral ceremony for victims of an attack by Taliban militants at the Army Public School in Peshawar.

After school attack, Pakistan vows to pursue militants outside its borders

June 23, 2019 at 8:15 p.m.

As the death toll rose to 148 from Tuesday's massacre at a military-funded high school, the crisis sent Pakistani leaders rushing to Kabul on Wednesday to make a rare request...

Va. Tech never knew of gunman’s disability

August 21, 2021 at 9:14 p.m.

Fairfax County, Va., school officials determined that Seung Hui Cho suffered from an anxiety disorder so severe that they put him in special education and devised a plan to help...

CareFirst changes OK'd

March 28, 2019 at 4:09 p.m.

Defying pressure from Maryland's largest health insurer and the White House drug czar, Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. signed bills yesterday to take greater state control over CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield...

Groups urge Ehrlich to sign appliance bill

July 1, 2019 at 8:02 a.m.

A coalition of environmental organizations is mounting a last-ditch effort to persuade Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. to ignore a plea by The Home Depot Inc. that he veto a...

Driver's license bill veto is urged

June 1, 2019 at 4:21 a.m.

The annual campaign by interest groups to persuade Maryland's governor to sign -- or veto -- legislation sitting on his desk is taking an unusually emotional twist this spring. In...

Ehrlich's proposal to ease crabbing limits toughened

July 1, 2019 at 3:26 a.m.

Bowing to pressure from environmentalists, Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s administration yesterday altered its plans to relax crabbing restrictions on the Chesapeake Bay. The new restrictions, which take effect today,...

Marijuana debate becomes personal

June 29, 2019 at 1:26 a.m.

After a gripping debate in which senators described watching friends and family members die in pain, the Maryland Senate voted yesterday to reduce punishment for the very ill who use...

Budget bill moves on to the Senate

June 29, 2019 at 8:16 p.m.

Partisanship splintered the House of Delegates yesterday as Republicans unsuccessfully tried to block a budget plan that includes higher taxes and cuts to many state agencies. The 94-45 vote sends...

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