The war in Afghanistan has cost more than $2 trillion and more than 2,300 American lives. More than 38,000 Afghan civilians have been killed.
US troop pullout will leave behind an uncertain Afghanistan
The Biden administration’s surprise announcement of an unconditional troop withdrawal from Afghanistan by September appears to strip Taliban insurgents and the Afghan government of considerable levera …
US Allies Announce Afghanistan Troop Withdrawal
U.S. allies have announced they will begin pulling troops out of Afghanistan following Washington’s confirmation that it intends to withdraw all its armed forces by September 11, the 20th anniversary …
Biden made the right call on Afghanistan
As we rightly end this war, the government and the people will move on, writes Mark Hertling, but those who fought will be haunted by so many thoughts and experiences, and by the faces of those who …
Will Pashtun Secularists Be Overlooked After the Afghanistan Peace Process? | Opinion
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 …