Afghanistan
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...
Panjshir resistance is two guys who want war to continue, Taliban...
Aug. 27, 2021
The anti-Taliban forces in northern Afghanistan are a minor nuisance that can be solved either through talks or by military force, a...
End of an American century or start of a new one?
US exit from Kabul is being described as Fall of Saigon (1975) or worse: Fall of Bastille (1789) for the west but it appears...