World Governments Hash Out Positions on New Taliban Government and Evacuation Crisis
PICTURED: Taliban fighters take pictures with their weapons in the vacant presidential office in Kabul. PC: Taliban (disputed), retrieved…
Tag: Afghanistan
Afghan War Wraps Up: Kabul Falls: New President Named: Country Holds its Breath
PICTURED: Taliban fighters take pictures with their weapons in the vacant presidential office in Kabul. PC: Taliban (disputed), retrieved…
Bagram Air Base “Symbol of Afghan Occupation” Abandoned in the Middle of the Night
PICTURED: The air traffic control tower in Bagram Air Base, Parwan Province, Afghanistan. Story at a glance… The U.S.…
Germany, Italy, Poland, UK: More than 5,000 NATO Troops Leave Afghanistan—U.S. Nearly Finished
KABUL, Afghanistan. June 30th, 2021. Despite efforts to try and keep the Afghan occupation going by right wing hawks,…
Brown U. Reports $2.26 Trillion and 240,000 Lives Spent in Afghanistan
The latest group of researchers attempting to quantify the costs of the Afghan War, launched in the autumn of…
‘America is Back’ Is Equal To or Greater than ‘Make America Great Again’
WASHINGTON D.C., March 30th, 2021. In the span of two days, any credibility that the United States will commit…
The War in Afghanistan “Should Continue” Says Pentagon, Congressional Panel, and State Dep.
WASHINGTON D.C., February 3rd, 2021. Congress’ mandated Afghanistan panel has recommended to the Biden Administration that the War in…
Biden Tentatively Picks up the Afghan Peace Process Rugby Ball
DOHA, Qatar. February 29th, 2020. PICTURED: Zalmay Khalilzad and Taliban negotiators put pen to paper on a pre-peace agreement.…
The President has Vetoed the 2021 Military Budget Prompting Rare Capitol Hill Standoff
WASHINGTON D.C., December 23rd, 2020. Exercising his presidential veto, President Trump has sent back the National Defense Authorization Act…
Biden Has a Chance to Correct the Mistakes He Doesn’t Believe He Made in Afghanistan
2020 has been a difficult year for Afghan politics. After negotiations by Zalmay Khalilzad in February on behalf of…
Trump Rushes to Fulfill Foreign Policy Promises Before November Elections
PICTURED: William Ruger, speaking with attendees at the 2017 Young Americans for Liberty National Convention. Photo credit: Gage Skidmore.…
President Ghani Claims Afghanistan is Close to a “Dignified Peace”
KABUL, Afghanistan. August 19th, 2020. Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani said on Thursday he sees the country close to a…
Trump Attempts to Hold Fast to Troop Withdrawals from the World’s Most Corrupt Nation
PICTURED: U.S. Soldiers depart Forward Operating Base Baylough, Afghanistan. Photo credit: U.S. Army. CC 2.0. KABUL, Afghanistan. June 27th,…
New 2021 Defense Budget Standouts – The Global War on Terror
PICTURED: Aerial view of Camp Phillips at Windward Point, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The National Defense Auth. for FY 2021…
Eid al-Fitr Brings Welcomed 3-day Ceasefire in Afghanistan and Promise of 2,000 Prisoner Release
KABUL, Afghanistan. May 25th, 2020. After the Taliban proposed a 3-day ceasefire to take effect over the Eid al-Fitr…
Taliban File Official Complaint Counting 50 U.S. Violations of the Treaty Signed Late February
PICTURED: Taliban fighters. Photo credit: Tolo News. DOHA, Qatar. April 19th, 2020. The office of the Taliban delegation, Doha,…
Afghanistan Peace Seems to have Collapsed: Fighting Resumes and Pompeo Threatens to Leave the Country
PICTURED: Taliban fighters. Photo credit: Tolo News. KABUL, Afghanistan. March 23rd 2020. Sec. of State Mike Pompeo arrived for…
The Last Major Roadblock to Peace in Afghanistan Seems to be Out of the Way as Ghani Government Agrees to Prisoner Exchange
PICTURED: Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani, who contested the prisoner exchange as being not something his government had agreed to.…
Who’s Done What to Achieve the Pre-Peace Deal in Afghanistan?
Doha, Qatar. February 29th, 2020. As the Taliban delegation joined in representatives from the United States, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and…
Taliban Peace Talks According to the Taliban
PICTURED: Suhail Shaheen, the deputy Taliban envoy and part of the negotiating team in Doha. Photo: Ariananews. February 20th,…