Here is a look at the three months since their sweeping offensive began: In early May, NATO begins a final withdrawal of its mission in Afghanistan involving 9,600 soldiers — 2,500 of them American.
Longest war: Were America’s decades in Afghanistan worth it?
To be the dudes that got to open it up first.” In the decade that followed, three more deployments in America’s longest war scoured away that lucky feeling. For Bee, it came down to a night in 2008 in …
U.S. troops’ return to Afghanistan has ominous parallel to recent history in Iraq
As Afghanistan cities fall to the Taliban, will U.S. troops end up like the American forces who returned to Iraq and stayed for years?
Analysis-Taliban gains give investors cause for concern beyond Afghanistan
The Taliban’s rapid advance towards Kabul is not only causing concern about Afghanistan’s future but also about the impact on other countries in the region and their economies. Iran and then Iraq lie …
Qatar urges Taliban to cease fire at meeting in Doha
Qatar said it had urged the Taliban to cease fire and pull back their offensive in Afghanistan during a meeting between the Qatari foreign minister and a top representative of the Afghan insurgents in …
Qatar urges Taliban to cease fire at meeting in Doha
Qatar said it had urged the Taliban to cease fire and pull back their offensive in Afghanistan during a meeting between the Qatari foreign minister and a top representative of the Afghan insurgents in …
Costs of the Afghanistan war, in lives and dollars
At just short of 20 years, the now-ending U.S. combat mission in Afghanistan was America’s longest war. Ordinary Americans tended to forget about it, and it received measurably less oversight from …
Philippines to repatriate Filipinos in Afghanistan
The Philippine government is closely monitoring the situation in Afghanistan, as more cities fall under Taliban control ahead of the United States military pullout next month.
Trump asks ‘DO YOU MISS ME YET’ in a statement about Afghanistan, via a proxy on Twitter
Trump’s spokeswoman tweeted out the former President’s statement on Afghanistan. Twitter rules state that representing a banned person is a violation.
Letting the Taliban Take Over Afghanistan Isn’t Exactly a ‘Win’
Instead of removing a strategic distraction, the U.S. troop withdrawal may just be creating a new bunch of problems to deal with.