Tuesday marks the two-year anniversary of Kabul falling to the Taliban, whichseized control of Afghanistan amid the United States’ chaotic, controversialwithdrawal from the country after nearly 20 years of fighting. The Taliban, which is not recognized by most countries around the MORE
WASHINGTON — The White House on Thursday released a report about the decisions made regarding the 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, including the bombing at the Kabul airport that killed 13 U.S. service members. The MORE
A year ago Monday, a ragtag army of extremists swept into Kabulwithout firing a shot after having seized most of Afghanistan. After spending trillions on military and humanitarian aid, the two-decade U.S.-led international campaign to remake the MORE
A House hearing spiraled out of control when a GOP congressman asked misleading questions. He refused to let Secretary of State Antony Blinken respond and repeatedly shouted over others. “I do not wish to hear MORE
Approximately 200 Afghan dual nationals — including about 30 Americans — have been granted permission to leave the country on Qatar Airways to Doha on Thursday, according to unnamed officials in Kabul who were not MORE
The world’s most predictable exercise in public hypocrisy is unfolding right on schedule. After spending a couple of weeks belaboring the administration over how it allegedly left our Afghan allies behind, even as the administration MORE
Retired Lt. Colonel Alexander Vindman traded jabs with Ohio Republican Josh Mandel on Saturday over President Joe Biden‘s plans to resettle tens of thousands of Afghanistan refugees in the U.S. following the troop withdrawal. Lt. Col. MORE
President Biden met privately on Sunday with the family members of the service men and women killed in the suicide bombing in Kabul as their remains were returned to the United States. Biden flew to MORE
From the Associated Press: A U.S. airstrike Sunday targeted a vehicle carrying “multiple suicide bombers” from Afghanistan’s Islamic State affiliate before they could target the ongoing American military evacuation at Kabul’s international airport, officials said. MORE
‘Guidance is to just do it‘ President Joe Biden has given the Pentagon the “green light” to strike any targets affiliated with the Islamic State’s affiliate in Afghanistan, ISIS-K, the group responsible for the attack, MORE
From NBC: U.S. military forces conducted a drone strike on Friday against the Islamic State terrorist group in Afghanistan in an apparent retaliatory attack against those who claimed responsibility for the attack outside Kabul’s airport. “U.S. MORE
President Biden wants revenge on ISIS-K, the group that claimed credit for the attack in Kabul that killed dozens. “We will not forget,” Mr. Biden said from the White House. “We will hunt you down MORE
Roughly $6 billion that was either approved or will be approved for Afghan military training is now up for grabs after Kabul’s collapse last week, and the jockeying among lawmakers to find a new home MORE
Former Navy SEAL and military contractor Erik Prince is reportedly offering chartered flights out of Afghanistan at $6,500 per seat. The brother of former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos told the Wall Street Journal that it MORE
Two members of Congress made an unauthoritzed visit to Kabul on Tuesday amid a massive U.S. military effort to evacuate U.S. citizens and allies in a dire security environment. Reps. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) and Peter MORE
Yes, I am a day late because fun stuff in real life took priority. So, we’re doing a Sunday morning breakfast or brunch, depending on your timezone. Feel free to talk about what’s on you MORE
In First Local Assault Against the Militant Group, According to Reports Afghan fighters expelled the Taliban from three Afghanistan districts on Friday, according to reports from journalists and provinces in the country. Friday’s assault against MORE