Afghanistan

The Taliban tide rolls on ahead of US withdrawal from Afghanistan – déjà vu all over again

Lawrence Peter ‘Yogi’ Berra, the hall-of-fame New York Yankee, won 13 World Series wins as either a player or manager.…

3 years ago

As US military exits from Afghanistan, Pentagon considering airstrikes if Taliban threaten to take Kabul – media

In the event of a Taliban offensive that threatens the capital, Kabul, the US military is weighing the possibility of…

3 years ago

Pentagon says US exit from Afghanistan halfway done, but won’t give ‘specifics’ on progress going forward

US Central Command (CENTCOM), the military body that oversees the Middle East and Central Asia, said more than half of…

3 years ago

The US withdrawal from Afghanistan presages the total collapse of the Afghan Army

After two decades and trillions of dollars dedicated to training the Afghan military to stand on its own two feet…

3 years ago

US begins much-touted ‘withdrawal’ from Afghanistan… by sending MORE troops & gear for ‘temporary force protection’

The White House confirmed that the exit had begun on Thursday night, with deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre telling reporters…

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The EU-Afghanistan accord on forced deportation of ‘irregular migrants’ is destabilizing the country at exactly the wrong time

On April 26, the EU and Afghanistan finalized their Joint Declaration on Migration Cooperation, designed to combat “irregular migration” to…

3 years ago

Is America hoping its withdrawal from Afghanistan makes that war-ravaged country China’s problem now?

On Wednesday evening a deadly blast struck a Pakistan hotel stemming from a car bomb, claiming four lives. The apparent…

3 years ago

UK ‘reserves right’ to return to Afghanistan if terrorism flourishes in ‘ungoverned spaces’ – minister

The UK “reserves the right” to send its troops back to Afghanistan, including as part of a “unilateral” action, should…

3 years ago

US to withdraw from Afghanistan after two decades of war leaving behind a tortured wasteland and having accomplished… NOTHING

President Joe Biden, in a departure from a policy embraced by four successive US presidential administrations which placed stringent conditions…

3 years ago

‘Time to end America’s longest war’: Biden announces US pullout from Afghanistan by 9/11 anniversary

“We cannot continue the cycle of extending or expanding our military presence in Afghanistan, hoping to create the ideal conditions…

3 years ago