The Asian Development Bank (ADB) forecasts that Afghanistan’s gross domestic product GDP growth will increase by 3% in 2021 and 4% in 2022 after the normalization of business activity and market …
Pakistan, US Discuss Afghan Drawdown, Regional Security
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke Wednesday by phone with Pakistan’s top military official to discuss regional security and the foreign troop drawdown in neighboring Afghanistan. Austin’s …
Leaving Afghanistan will be more expensive than anyone expects
U.S. President Joe Biden has announced the full withdrawal of U.S. and coalition forces from Afghanistan by Sept. 11 this year. This policy has some in Washington banking on a windfall of freed-up …
California Man Guilty in $100M Afghanistan Fraud Scheme
A California man has pleaded guilty in a scheme to bilk the Afghanistan government out of more than $100 million with a phony bid to build an electric grid.
California Man Guilty in $100M Afghanistan Fraud Scheme
A California man has pleaded guilty in a scheme to bilk the Afghanistan government out of more than $100 million with a phony bid to build an electric grid.
Indonesia police seize meth worth $82 million, arrest 17
Indonesian police said Wednesday they have smashed a drug smuggling ring that moved 2.5 tons of methamphetamine into the country from Afghanistan, a haul worth about $82 million.
I Commanded a NATO Brigade in Afghanistan. Now Is Not the Time to Leave.
Leaving Afghanistan this September will compromise the gains achieved to date and render useless the sacrifices of thousands of soldiers, international aid workers, civilians, and young Afghanis …
How Afghanistan’s President Helped His Brother Secure Lucrative Mining Deals with a U.S. Contractor
With the stroke of a pen, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani put his sibling into the chromite business with a tarnished U.S. defense contractor.
There Are No Winners in Afghanistan
The U.S. has all the watches, but we have all the time.” This quote, sometimes attributed to a captured Taliban fighter, is among the handful of now-famous anecdotes produced by the Afghan War. “The U …
There Are No Winners in Afghanistan
The U.S. has all the watches, but we have all the time.” This quote, sometimes attributed to a captured Taliban fighter, is among the handful of now-famous anecdotes produced by the Afghan War. “The U …