Afghanistan

‘That’s America’: Pentagon bigwigs say they ‘understand’ post-Afghanistan rage amid resignations & fury of dead troops’ parents

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley spoke with reporters at the…

3 years ago

Half of Americans & one THIRD OF DEMS think Biden should resign over Afghanistan exit, but many worry VP Harris is no better

While the majority seem to want Biden to pay for his failures in Afghanistan, 39% of Rasmussen’s poll respondents think…

3 years ago

Pope quotes Putin’s criticism of Western intervention in Afghanistan… believing broadside against imposing values came from Merkel

In an interview with Spanish radio station COPE on Wednesday, the head of the Catholic Church was asked his views…

3 years ago

EU should work towards ‘strategic autonomy’ to avoid another Afghanistan-like US-led quagmire, European Council president suggests

Speaking at the Bled Strategic Forum in Slovenia on Wednesday, Michel said that asserting European influence will be the “greatest…

3 years ago

US has nothing to show for two decades of fighting in Afghanistan, Putin says, despite efforts to impose Washington’s own values

In a meeting with students on Wednesday, Putin criticized what he said amounted to the US' mishandling of its presence…

3 years ago

Congressman Rambo? GOP lawmaker tried to take helicopter into Afghanistan as part of rogue evacuation mission – reports

The daring rescue mission, which reads like a script for a corn-fed Hollywood action film, was first reported by Тhe…

3 years ago

Biden doubles down on Afghanistan exit ‘triumph’ in belated, recycled and rambling speech

Almost 24 hours after the last US airplane departed Kabul, Biden appeared before the White House press corps and began…

3 years ago

America’s catastrophic miscalculation: 20 years of disaster in Afghanistan, by the numbers (PHOTOS)

The last three US military transport departed the Hamid Karzai Airport late on Monday, just ahead of the August 31…

3 years ago

Despite US humiliation in Afghanistan, Russia not gloating over chaos & only ‘worried about region,’ Moscow’s top diplomat says

Speaking as part of a campaign event ahead of next month’s parliamentary elections, Sergey Lavrov warned that regional instability is…

3 years ago

Billions from Biden: Ukraine expects a lump sum from US taxpayers this week but, after Afghanistan, the timing couldn’t be worse

The meeting, however, comes at the worst possible time. And it isn’t even really Ukraine’s fault. As even the staunchly…

3 years ago