Secularists can hope that real change with the Taliban will proceed rapidly, with them reducing their rigid ideology to work in sync with the rest of Afghanistan’s political establishment.
Blinken visits Afghanistan in show of support after Biden announces withdrawal
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken made an unannounced visit to Kabul on Thursday to show support for the Afghan government and civil society a day after President Joe Biden said he was pulling …
‘It’s time to come home’: Kentucky Afghan, Iraq war veterans react to U.S. troop withdrawal
President Biden announced Wednesday he will withdraw the 2,500 remaining United States troops from the war in Afghanistan by this Sept. 11., the day that marks 20 years since the New York City terror …
A Slippery Business
By THOMAS LIPPMAN The Cold War was fought on many fronts. Sometimes it was an actual shooting war, such as the large-scale, extended military engagement in Korea, Vietnam, Angola and Afghanistan. In …
We have won the Afghanistan war and America has lost, say Taliban
According to reports by news broadcaster BBC, the Taliban have taken US’ withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan as a signal that they have won the war. “We have won the war and America has lost,” the …
Afghanistan and Vietnam: How did the US lose two wars?
I doubt the Taliban is going to give the last American solider out of Afghanistan any souvenirs, and I wonder, too, how long Afghanistan’s government can last. In Vietnam’s case, it took just two …
China Warns Biden Focus on Beijing Challenges Reflects ‘Sinister, Deep-Seated Cold War’ Mentality
In withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, Biden said the U.S. needs to focus on challenges that are “in front of us,” including China.
As Biden heads for the exit in Afghanistan, GOP lawmakers mount last-ditch effort change his mind
With the beginning of the end of the U.S. and NATO military presence in Afghanistan to get underway in days and to be completed in a matter of months, Republicans in Congress have only a narrow window …
A Taliban leader told the BBC ‘we have won’ after Biden announced the US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan
Biden plans to take US troops out of the country by September 11. See more stories on Insider’s business page. A Taliban leader said that the US withdrawing troops from Afghanistan means the extremist …
Trump wanted out of Afghanistan. Now, Biden says he’ll withdraw
President Joe Biden doesn’t often agree with his predecessor, but if he follows through on withdrawing from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, he will have fulfilled one of former President Donald Trump’s …