“The Taliban are attempting to create a sense of inevitability about their campaign. They are wrong,” General Kenneth McKenzie told reporters in Kabul over the weekend. Since the US began its withdrawal in May, the advance by the Taliban has intensified, with militants now claiming to have gained control of …
Read More »The resurgence of the Taliban in Afghanistan is simply America’s chickens coming home to roost
The Taliban and the Afghan government are negotiating a power-sharing agreement, but making little progress. In negotiations, the government has pushed Taliban leader Mawlawi Hibatullah Akhundzada for a promise on the treatment of women, but he has been willing to concede very little. The government supporters’ biggest fear is the …
Read More »As US troops are flown out of Afghanistan, the graveyard of great empires is now once again at the center of a battle for Eurasia
In early July, American and coalition forces left Bagram Airfield, once Washington’s largest base of operations in Afghanistan. Already at 90% completion, the withdrawal is expected to be concluded by August 31, 2021, ahead of President Joe Biden’s initial September 11 deadline. Meanwhile, Taliban forces are advancing, recapturing and, crucially, …
Read More »Afghanistan recalls ambassador, top diplomats from Pakistan in wake of envoy’s daughter kidnapping and torture
“The Leadership of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan called back Afghanistan’s Ambassador and senior diplomats from Pakistan until all security threats are addressed including the arrest and trial of the perpetrators of abduction,” the Afghan Foreign Ministry said in a brief statement on Sunday. An Afghan delegation will be sent …
Read More »George W. Bush is HEARTBROKEN over Biden’s decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan, frets over dangers to women and girls
Instead, Bush said in an interview released on Wednesday by Germany’s DW media outlet that he fears the “unspeakable harm” that Afghan women and girls may suffer as the Taliban retakes control over large swaths of the country. He also worries over the interpreters who assisted US forces. “They’re just …
Read More »As Taliban runs riot in Afghanistan, new commander of withdrawing US & NATO troops vows to support ‘abandoned’ Afghan forces
US Army General Austin ‘Scott’ Miller officially handed off his role as commander in a ceremony on Monday in Kabul, calling his nearly three-year stint the “highlight of my military career.” That assessment might ring hollow to the Afghan people, who continue to endure massive civilian casualties, caused by both …
Read More »India pulls diplomats from Afghanistan’s second-largest city as Taliban boast rapid territorial gains
A special aircraft operated by the Indian Air Force was reportedly dispatched on Saturday to retrieve around 50 diplomats and security forces from Afghanistan’s second-largest city. India’s foreign ministry said in a statement that Indian nationals working at the consulate had been “brought back for the time being” due to …
Read More »Australia completes full withdrawal from Afghanistan, leaving behind trail of war crime allegations
Defense Minister Peter Dutton announced on Sunday that over the past several weeks, Australia had pulled 80 support personnel from Afghanistan, formally ending the country’s military presence there. Canberra said in April that it would follow Washington’s lead by pledging to remove its remaining troops by September. Dutton noted Australia …
Read More »Joe Biden’s precipitous retreat from Afghanistan abandons both the Afghan people and America’s credibility as an ally
Joe Biden is living proof that American politicians live in an artificial universe of their own construct. In a televised presentation to the American people on July 8, 2021, the US President discussed the status of the ongoing withdrawal of US military forces from Afghanistan, announcing that this mission would …
Read More »The failed US war in Afghanistan has sparked a new generation of American anti-interventionist, pro-Putin conservatives
This week, when asked whether the US mission in Afghanistan was a failure as American and NATO troops handed over Bagram airfield to the Afghan army, President Joe Biden replied by citing purportedly achieved goals: “One, to bring Osama bin Laden to the gates of hell as I said at …
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