OPINION: Our troops were in Afghanistan for 20 years, but Paula Penfold questions whether they had any long-term impact.
Looking Back On 20 Years At War In Afghanistan
Yet American troops and their allies stayed in Afghanistan for another 20 years, even though president after president said it was time to leave ― and the Taliban regained ground while U.S.-backed …
Young Bangladesh radicals abandon home to join Afghan militancy
In the 1980s, groups of young men from Bangladesh fled to Afghanistan to join the jihad targeting the Soviet occupation forces …
As the US leaves Afghanistan, it must fulfill its obligation to interpreters
The US military is departing, but Afghans who worked as interpreters and in other capacities remain at risk, former Director of National Intelligence Gen. James Clapper and activist Keith Saddler warn …
The endgame in Afghanistan
There’s a host of implications emanating from the withdrawal of American troops from that country, and India needs to watch out The latest available estimates of the number of people, mostly …
As US pulls out of Afghanistan, China sees opportunities — and potential for chaos
China is conflicted about Afghanistan. Speaking at a forum of Central Asian leaders this week, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Beijing supports the withdrawal of foreign troops from Afghanistan …
Pipeline Politics: From Afghanistan to Gaza
It’s too early to tell if the bombing deaths of over 60 Afghan schoolgirls will change President Biden’s trajectory for withdrawing American forces from Afghanistan. So far he’s adhered to the tired …
China looks to Central Asia on security to create ‘safe Silk Road’
Beijing is seeking cooperation with neighbours amid fears of a potential resurgence of terrorism in Afghanistan as the US pulls out troops.
No pot of gold at the end of the Afghanistan pullout
Contrary to the Secretary of Defense’s claim that there will be opportunities to redirect funding to other higher priorities after withdrawing from Afghanistan, such a windfall is unlikely to …
America’s shadow army is leaving Afghanistan too
The thousands of US contractors sent overseas were a massive experiment in how Uncle Sam could lean on the private sector help it wage war.