Afghanistan
Senators now investigating Biden’s withdrawal were mum on ‘Afghanistan Papers’
Selective accountability on failed US foreign policy is a feature of Washington
Written by Ben Armbruster
August 20, 2021
The chairs of the Senate’s leading foreign policy committees...
Pentagon prepared for ‘mass casualty’ attack at Kabul Airport hours before...
Detailed notes of three classified calls provided to POLITICO show top Pentagon officials knew of imminent threat, but struggled to close Abbey Gate.
By LARA...
Afghanistan always defeats the West
A grasp of history might have prevented this disastrous war
By William Dalrymple*
August 30, 2021
Photo: Yam/LA Times
Before the events of this month, the First Anglo-Afghan...
US mainstream media on Biden’s popularity
Most Americans, including half of young Democrats, disapprove of Biden’s handling of recent Gaza crisis
By Shibley Telhami
July 29, 2021
President Joe Biden’s handling...
Afghanistan, One Defeat Breeds Another | By Alain Gresh
Kabul has fallen, and it took the Taliban only a few weeks to sweep away the Afghan army, which had been financed and trained...
The Great Game in central Asia is over – and America...
Biden has very few options to restore US global credibility and counter the rise of the Eurasian power bloc. And all of them are...
US airstrike targets Islamic State member in Afghanistan – Biden warns...
US airstrike targets Islamic State member in Afghanistan
By LOLITA C. BALDOR and ROBERT BURNS
Aug.28, 2021
WASHINGTON (AP) — Acting swiftly on President Joe Biden’s promise...
Taliban planning ‘inclusive caretaker gov’t’ in Afghanistan
Taliban sources tell Al Jazeera the government will include leaders from all ethnicities and tribal backgrounds
By Osama Bin Javaid
27 Aug 2021
The Taliban says it is...
How the Taliban surge exposed Pentagon’s lies
Western politicians and media colluded in duping their publics into believing Afghanistan was a ‘winnable war’
By JONATHAN COOK
Aug 19, 2021
A month ago, as the...
Taliban orders Kabul residents to hand over weapons, ammo & ‘state...
Aug. 27, 2021
The Taliban has ordered people living in the Afghan capital to surrender weapons, ammunition, and “state property” in their possession to the...