
Joe Biden (father of Hunter Biden)
Ariana: In a wide-ranging interview aired Monday on The Shawn Ryan Show podcast, the former first son described the execution of the Afghanistan withdrawal as a failure, while maintaining that ending the war itself was the right decision. “I think the failure — one of the failures — was the way in which they executed the withdrawal from Afghanistan,” Hunter Biden said, calling it an “obvious failure” that resulted in the deaths of 13 U.S. service members. He added that while responsibility could be shared among military leaders and officials, “the buck stops with the president.” Click here to read more (external link).

Amu: The four-day competition is being held in the traditional Giro Giruman wrestling style and is aimed at identifying top performers for Afghanistan’s national wrestling team.
Amu: Noor Jalal Jalali, the Taliban health minister, said on Tuesday that the country is seeking to reduce its reliance on medicines imported from Pakistan, which he said previously supplied up to 70% of Afghanistan’s pharmaceutical market. Taliban stopped the imports of medicines from Pakistan in November after heightened tensions with the neighboring country. 

Afghanistan International: Opposition parties in Pakistan have voiced concern over deteriorating relations between Islamabad and the Afghan Taliban and called for disputes to be resolved through dialogue. Following a two-day meeting in Islamabad, the Tehreek Tahaffuz-e-Ain Pakistan coalition said in a statement that it supports reopening border crossings between Afghanistan and Pakistan and resuming bilateral trade. 
