As Labor Day marks the traditional close to summer, President Biden’s poll numbers are taking a hit. Facing a barrage of bipartisan criticism for weeks over his handling of the turbulent U.S. withdrawal and evacuation from Afghanistan, and with a surge in new COVID … Read More
U.S.-Funded Military Gear Into Afghanistan 2003-2016. Source: GAO OPENTHEBOOKS.COM The U.S. provided an estimated $83 billion worth of training and equipment to Afghan security forces since 2001. This year, alone, the U.S. military aid to Afghan forces was $3 billion. Putting … Read More
The deputy head of the Taliban political office in Qatar, Mullah Baradar has said that Taliban are expected to form new government in coming days. In an interview to BBC, he said that women could continue their work, including at … Read More
BERLIN, Sept 1 (Reuters) – Germany called on Iran to resume nuclear talks with six world powers “as soon as possible” to revive a 2015 nuclear deal, the foreign ministry said, after a break in discussions following the election of … Read More
Greetings from Tyler, This might have been our worst week since the terrorists knocked down the World Trade Center. The extent of this humiliation will reverberate around the world. The vaunted United States has lost stature with enemies and allies … Read More
Would you trust Joe Biden in a crisis? That’s the question the United States’ allies around the world are asking themselves these days, thanks to the president’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan. In what can only be seen as a purely political decision—rather … Read More
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby listens to a question about Afghanistan at a briefing on Aug. 13, 2021. (Susan Walsh/AP) LONDON — The Taliban’s stunningly swift advances across Afghanistan have sparked global alarm, reviving doubts about the credibility of U.S. foreign … Read More
A crowd gathering on the tarmac of Kabul’s airport. WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP via Getty US evacuation flights from Afghanistan will stop on August 31. The US is reportedly evacuating people from Kabul at a rate of 20,000 a day. Based on one … Read More
The war chest included at least 600,000 infantry weapons — including M16 assault rifles. Rahmat Gul/AP The Taliban has seized US weapons left in Afghanistan worth billions — possibly including 600,000 assault rifles, some 2,000 armored vehicles, and 40 aircraft, including Black … Read More