Michael Hughes: President Joe Biden’s lack of empathy for the people of Afghanistan comes through in vivid detail in a new book by The Atlantic’s Franklin Foer. From annoyance over Hillary Clinton trying to save Afghan women to his disappearance to Camp David when advisers awaited an evacuation order, the book provides a scathing indictment
Khaama: During an interview with Fox News, General Frank McKenzie, the head of United States Central Command during the withdrawal from Afghanistan, expressed regret over the U.S. decision to remain in Afghanistan until the very end. He highlighted that this choice had sometimes led and did lead the country into an “extremist situation.” “I think
Akmal Dawi VOA News September 7, 2023 WASHINGTON — The Taliban, facing international sanctions and a dire economic outlook at home, have intensified efforts to leverage Afghanistan’s vast natural resources. From oil to copper, gold and lithium, the Islamist leadership, unrecognized by any nation as Afghanistan’s legitimate government, has inked multibillion-dollar mining deals with Chinese and
Ariana: A top US official said on Wednesday no military equipment had been left behind by American forces in Afghanistan, in response to a question about reports that $7 billion worth of weapons reportedly were abandoned in the war-torn country when US forces withdrew in August 2011. The comments by John Kirby, US National Security
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 26, 2023 U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on August 26 recalled the “horrific terrorist attack” two years ago outside Kabul’s airport that killed 13 Americans and an estimated 170 Afghan citizens. The attack took place at Abbey Gate, where thousands of people had gathered amid the chaotic withdrawal of
Michael Hughes AOPNEWS August 25, 2023 U.S. Congressman Cory Mills, a Republican, introduced articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to mark the second anniversary of the 2021 Abbey Gate attack at Kabul airport that left almost 200 dead, including thirteen American troops. Mills, an Army veteran, is the only member of Congress involved
Carla Babb Akmal Dawi VOA News August 24, 2023 PENTAGON — This month, the Taliban are marking two years since they retook control of Kabul, a swift blow that shocked the international community and set in motion a frantic evacuation led by the United States. The violent and chaotic final phase of the U.S. withdrawal in
The Guardian (UK): Yalda Azamee blinked back tears as she stared down at the American consular officer. “He did not even give me a chance to explain myself; he rejected me right away. He didn’t even look at my documents,” she said, rushing out of the US embassy building on to the streets of Islamabad
VOA News Aline Barros August 16, 2023 ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON — Sitting on the carpet in a small, third-floor apartment of a crowded building on the edge of the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, six Afghan men sip traditional green tea as they scroll through messages and videos on their phones. All of them are anxiously awaiting the same thing
Aline Barros VOA News August 16, 2023 WASHINGTON — Two years ago, when the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, the U.S. Embassy in Kabul closed and the U.S. military evacuated more than 100,000 Afghans in a chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan. A significant number of evacuees who worked for the U.S. government during the war are still