Biden has been warned that if U.S. troops leave Afghanistan “before any deal between the Taliban and the Afghan government, the militant group will take over much of the country.”
The U.S. plans to reduce its military presence in Afghanistan from around 4,500 troops to 2,500 by January 15, 2021. As it does so the Afghan government forces are retreating in the face of steady Taliban advances
Afghan Vice President Amrullah Saleh survives attack on convoy, which leaves ten dead and dozens wounded. Crucially however, the Taliban deny responsibility
If you though that a country that had been at war for that much of its existence would be good at it, you’d be wrong
Blocking withdrawal from a hopeless Afghan War opposed even by its veterans, counts as criminally heinous – and par for the congressional course.
Did Russia REALLY offer to pay the Taliban for every UK and U.S. soldier they killed? Or is this yet more disinformation to portray Russia as a threat to the West?
It remains to be seen whether the agreement holds but the so-called “graveyard of empires” may have claimed its latest victim
In the latest such incident, two U.S. soldiers were killed and six wounded when an Afghan soldier opened fire on them Saturday night.
The CIA has yet to confirm that its Iran chief is alive. So is there be some credence to claims that he was killed in a CIA plane that went down over Afghanistan?
If true the Iranians will see this as an example of divine justice. While non-Muslims will see this as a manifestation of karmic retribution
Forget Trump’s pledge to reduce U.S. military activity overseas. Last year the U.S. dropped a record number of bombs in Afghanistan, but the Taliban are fighting back. So far this month they’ve downed four Afghan Army helicopters
Wars that are built on lies rarely end in a clear-cut victory and they depend on deception to sustain them. As witness Vietnam, Iraq or Afghanistan