Lawrence Peter ‘Yogi’ Berra, the hall-of-fame New York Yankee, won 13 World Series wins as either a player or manager. He is perhaps better known for his humorous quips, including one of most frequently cited – “It’s déjà vu all over again.” Many Americans who experienced the end of America’s …
Read More »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 responding with warplanes or drones, the New York Times reported, citing senior officials. President Joe Biden has pledged to end US military engagement in the country, including airstrikes, by September, …
Read More »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 American forces had left Afghanistan in a Tuesday press release. “US Central Command estimates that we have completed greater than 50% of the entire retrograde process,” it said, adding that …
Read More »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 and prevail in combat against the Taliban and other Islamic insurgencies, the Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley, was unable to provide a straight answer …
Read More »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 on Air Force One that “a drawdown is underway.” “Potential adversaries should know that if they attack us in our withdrawal, we will defend ourselves, [and] our partners, with all …
Read More »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 the EU from Afghanistan, mainly by expediting the process of deportation. The agreement, which serves as an update of sorts to a 2016 EU-Afghanistan migration agreement dubbed the Joint Way …
Read More »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 target of the attack may have been China’s ambassador to the country, Nong Rong, who was staying in the city of Quetta to meet with an official in the volatile …
Read More »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 it see a “threat” coming from this country again, UK Under Secretary for the Armed Forces James Heappey told MPs on Tuesday. If some part of the Afghan territory turns …
Read More »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 on determining the conditions under which the US might leave Afghanistan, has announced that he is ordering all US military forces out of Afghanistan by September 11, 2021 – the …
Read More »‘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 for our withdrawal, expecting a different result,” Biden said on Wednesday afternoon. “I am now the fourth US president to preside over an American troop presence in Afghanistan. Two Republicans. …
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