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Afghan leader flees as invading war chiefs head to presidential palace to demand ‘transfer of power’ after militants take Bagram air base and free 5,000 loyal prisoners

This will go down as another episode in America’s decline as a world power, although U.S. officials are in outright denial

UK to send up to 600 troops to Afghanistan to help evacuate Britons as Taliban closes in on Kabul

Briton assembling force to assist in the evacuation of British nationals and former Afghan support staff as the Taliban begin sweep toward Kabul

Taliban spokesperson warns US against further intervention in Afghanistan

The warning comes after the insurgent group seized control of three provincial capitals within days of each other

Taliban ‘executed 900 people in six weeks including police, village elders and a comedian’ as the Islamists overran Kandahar province

The Taliban had been keen to present the modern group as moderate version of the one that the US went to war with in 2001. However, those on the ground say it is the same brutal regime as before, which is imposing strict Sharia law in captured territory

US forces occupy southwestern Yemeni airbase after leaving Afghanistan

Is the U.S. about to take on a bigger role in the conflict in Yemen? Elements of U.S. forces in Afghanistan have been redeployed to an airbase in Yemen, formerly occupied by forces from the United Arab Emirates.

As Afghan Forces Crumble, an Air of Unreality Grips the Capital

In the wake of the official U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan the Taliban continue their advance. More than a quarter of the country’s 421 districts have now been seized by the insurgents

Era ends, war looms as U.S. forces quit main base in Afghanistan

US forces leave Bagram Airbase after nearly two decades. How long before the original reason that was claimed for their ‘intervention’, the Taliban, return?

US Has Already Started Bombing Afghanistan From Outside of the Country

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Thursday said the US military has already begun so-called “over the horizon capabilities” for operations in Afghanistan, which is Pentagon jargon for spying on and bombing the country from outside its borders

SecDef Austin Hints at Continued US Military Involvement in Afghanistan

U.S. ground forces may pull out of Afghanistan but Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin says U.S. forces will continue to strike targets there “from afar”

Contrary to What Biden Said, US Warfare in Afghanistan Is Set To Continue

There’s no good reason to assume the air war in Afghanistan will be over when – according to President Biden’s announcement – all US forces will be withdrawn from that country. The air war and bombing look set to continue. Norman Soloman explains

The Yankees Are Coming Home: the Taliban Won. Get Over It

Most American soldiers have been and are proud of their service and consider it an honor to defend their country but the key word is “defend.” There was no defending going on in Vietnam nor in Afghanistan

The Endless War: Afghanistan Goes On and On

After two full decades, tens of thousands of lives and billions of dollars there is still no end in sight