Raz made her comments during an appearance on ‘Axios on HBO’ on Sunday. She added that not only does she believe many in her country do not trust the US government and Biden’s administration, but she doesn’t, either. “I trust and believe the [American] people. I mean, I’ve lost some …
Read More »EU foreign policy chief says ‘people on the ground’ needed in Afghanistan alongside humanitarian workers
“We need to have people on the ground in Afghanistan, in addition to our humanitarian workers,” Borrell wrote in a blogpost on Sunday, without specifying who those “people” might be. “So, the question is not if we should have a minimal EU presence on which all member states agree, but …
Read More »From Syria to Afghanistan, the Pentagon really is ‘chronically bad’ at winning wars – and Matt Gaetz got them to admit it
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley, and Central Command head General Kenneth McKenzie proved much more adept at dodging questions from senators and congressmen over the past two days, than at fighting and winning wars abroad. That is, until they ran into …
Read More »Turkey’s Erdogan set for Sochi talks with Putin on Syria & Afghanistan after pledging closer ties with Russia to fight terrorism
The meeting comes just a week after Erdogan expressed frustration at talks with his NATO ally, US President Joe Biden, and announced that he would instead try to build closer ties with Russia. The Turkish leader felt that the discussions in New York went badly. The fact Ankara is a …
Read More »Biden accused of LYING about Afghanistan withdrawal after generals contradict him on troop advice
During congressional testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday, both Gen. Frank McKenzie, head of US Central Command, and Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, confirmed that they had recommended 2,500 troops remain in Afghanistan past the pullout date to prevent the destabilization of …
Read More »US Marine who criticized Afghanistan withdrawal in viral video sent to the brig & awaiting trial
“Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller Jr. is currently in pre-trial confinement in the Regional Brig for Marine Corps Installations East aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune pending an Article 32 preliminary hearing,” the Marine Corps Training and Education Command spokesperson Captain Sam Stephenson said in a statement to news website Task …
Read More »Pentagon names alleged ‘ISIS-K facilitator’ killed in Afghanistan drone strike, after admitting Kabul op killed 10 civilians
An August 27 drone strike in the eastern province of Nangarhar killed a “high profile… lethal aid facilitator” for the Islamic State’s ‘Khorasan’ cell named Kabir Aidi, CENTCOM spokesman John Rigsbee told the Military Times on Thursday, noting the man also went by the alias “Mustafa.” “Post-strike reflections indicate that …
Read More »How do you deal with the Taliban? With West still reeling from militants’ victory in Afghanistan, Russia & China are taking charge
The lasting effects of the Taliban’s rapid re-conquest of Afghanistan, ending with their seizure of the city in the middle of August, are still unfolding. What comes next for the country, and for its place in the world, is still to be decided. One piece of wishful thinking already debunked …
Read More »Girls will return to secondary schools in Afghanistan, but only after ‘safe environment’ is set up, Taliban tells media
“We are not against education of girls, but we are still working on mechanisms of how their school attendance can be possible,” Taliban spokesperson Zabiullah Mujahid told Germany’s Der Spiegel magazine. Mujahid said that a safe environment and transportation must be guaranteed for female students before they are allowed back in …
Read More »Washington’s scapegoating of Pakistan for US failure in Afghanistan was ‘most painful thing,’ PM Khan tells RT
Speaking to RT, Khan expressed his anger towards American officials who have pointed fingers at Islamabad when apportioning blame for the US failure in Afghanistan. He highlighted the recent Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearings as an example of this frustrating rhetoric. “As a Pakistani, I felt deeply hurt by some …
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