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Ben Wolfgang

Ben Wolfgang

Ben Wolfgang is a National Security Correspondent for The Washington Times. His reporting is regularly featured in the daily Threat Status newsletter.

Previously, he covered energy and the environment, Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign in 2016, and also spent two years as a White House correspondent during the Obama administration.

Before coming to The Times in 2011, Ben worked as political reporter at The Republican-Herald in Pottsville, Pa.

He can be reached at bwolfgang@washingtontimes.com.

Articles by Ben Wolfgang

U.S soldiers stand guard along a perimeter at the international airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 16, 2021. On Monday, the U.S. military and officials focus was on Kabul's airport, where thousands of Afghans trapped by the sudden Taliban takeover rushed the tarmac and clung to U.S. military planes deployed to fly out staffers of the U.S. Embassy, which shut down Sunday, and others. (AP Photo/Shekib Rahmani)

ISIS threatens Kabul airport, embassy warns Americans to stay away

The U.S. Embassy in Kabul changed course and issued a travel warning Saturday after an apparent threat from Islamic State terrorists, telling Americans not to go to the Afghanistan capital's airport unless advised by an official government representative. Published August 21, 2021

A U.S. Chinook helicopter flies over the city of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021. Taliban fighters entered the outskirts of the Afghan capital on Sunday, further tightening their grip on the country as panicked workers fled government offices and helicopters landed at the U.S. Embassy. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Ghani flees Afghanistan, U.S. diplomats burn documents as Taliban enter Kabul

American diplomats burned documents and the U.S. military rushed to evacuate personnel from Kabul on Sunday morning as Taliban fighters entered the Afghan capital and pushed for the unconditional surrender of the Afghan government, capping a stunning insurgent offensive coinciding with the American military withdrawal after two decades of war. Published August 15, 2021

Afghan security personnel arrives at the area where the director of Afghanistan's Government Information Media Center Dawa Khan Menapal was shot dead in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Aug. 6, 2021. The Taliban shot and killed the director of Afghanistan's Government Information Media Center on Friday, the latest killing of a government official and one that comes just days after an assassination attempt on the acting defense minister. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Taliban fighters seize first provincial capital in Afghanistan

The Taliban on Friday reportedly seized control of its first provincial capital, achieving a key symbolic victory by overrunning Afghan government forces and taking control of Zaranj, capital of the southern province of Nimroz. Published August 6, 2021

A U.S. Coast Guard boat waits near boats flying Cuban and American flags gathering, Friday, July 23, 2021, in downtown Miami. A small group of Cuban Americans launched motorboats from Miami to their homeland to show support for people experiencing hardships on the island. Five boats left the Bayside marina just before 8 a.m. Friday. They plan to refuel in Key West before heading into the Florida Straits. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee) **FILE**

On streets of Washington, activists press Biden on Cuba

Advocates for regime change in Cuba delivered to President Biden on Thursday a petition with over 71,000 signatures urging the White House to take more aggressive steps to help topple the island's longstanding Communist government. Published August 5, 2021

Adm. John C. Aquilino, who is on deck to lead the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, says China is advancing its military capabilities at an alarming rate. (U.S. Navy)

Pentagon’s Pacific commander feels ‘sense of urgency’ to deter China

Beijing's aggressive moves in the South China Sea and elsewhere have sparked a "sense of urgency" inside the Pentagon, the U.S. military's top Pacific commander said Wednesday, pledging that America and its allies will work together to push back on China's quest for global dominance. Published August 4, 2021

Afghan security personnel take a position during fighting between Taliban and Afghan security forces in Herat province, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021. In Herat, the capital of the province by the same name, Afghan forces appeared on Tuesday to be able to push the Taliban back, with the insurgents on the edge of the city. Also, Herat city's civilian airport reopened. (AP Photo/Hamed Sarfarazi)

Taliban ‘emboldened’ by its battlefield success in Afghanistan, U.S. envoy says

The Taliban's success in capturing territory and beating back government troops has emboldened the insurgents as they launch an aggressive urban offensive, the Biden administration's special envoy for Afghanistan warned Tuesday, adding that the Afghan security force needs to quickly "find its military bearings" or risk further losses. Published August 3, 2021

A helicopter carrying President Ashraf Ghani lands at the Darul Aman Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

U.S., Afghan air force unleash massive airstrikes as Taliban threaten key cities

The Afghan air force on Monday pounded the Taliban with repeated airstrikes in an effort to keep insurgent fighters from capturing key cities in southern and western Afghanistan, officials said, as the battle for the country's future moves from the rural countryside toward major population centers. Published August 2, 2021

This photo made available by Safeguard Defenders shows Yidiresi Aishan in Istanbul in 2019. Moroccan authorities have arrested the Uyghur activist in exile based on a Chinese terrorism warrant distributed by Interpol, according to information from Moroccan police and a rights group that tracks people detained by China. Activists fear Yidiresi Aishan will be extradited to China, and say the arrest is part of a broader Chinese campaign to hunt down perceived dissidents outside its borders. (Safeguard Defenders via AP)

Lawmakers move to rein in Interpol ‘abuse’ by autocratic regimes

It's become far too easy for repressive regimes around the world to abuse Interpol and use international law enforcement to target dissidents and political opponents, a bipartisan group of lawmakers said Friday as they rolled out legislation to limit how governments can enlist the group. Published July 30, 2021

This handout photo taken from a video released on Friday, April 23, 2021 by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service shows, Russian military trucks are readied for loading after drills in Crimea. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on Thursday ordered troops back to their permanent bases after a massive military buildup that caused Ukrainian and Western concerns. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) **FILE**

Russian commandos hold major drills along Afghan border

Russian commandos on Friday kicked off a series of military drills along the Uzbekistan-Afghanistan border, fueling questions about a regional power vacuum left by the unfolding U.S. and allied military withdrawal from Afghanistan that Russia and other players will seek to fill. Published July 30, 2021

President Joe Biden speaks during his meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, July 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden to call off U.S. combat mission in Iraq by the end of the year

The U.S. will end its combat mission in Iraq by the end of the year, President Biden announced Monday, with American forces shifting to an advisory and training role but potentially opening the door, critics say, for Iran to gain even more influence in the region. Published July 26, 2021