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Aug 26 2021
News
U.S. Allies Halt Afghanistan Evacuations, Warn of Growing Threat From Islamic State
Several European countries said they were halting evacuation flights from Afghanistan, leaving behind citizens and thousands of Afghans who had been cleared for entry, because the U.S. needs time to wind down operations ahead of the Aug. 31 withdrawal deadline.
As the airlift opportunities began disappearing, against the backdrop of what Western officials have called a heightened threat
Wall Street Journal (News)Aug 26 2021
Analysis
What final US days in Afghanistan will look like: Scaling back evacuation flights, destroying weaponry
In six days or less, the last American service member who boards the last flight out will mark an end to the costly 20-year U.S. presence in Afghanistan.
Under an Aug. 31 withdrawal deadline, the retreat of U.S. forces is entering its final, dangerous phase. Afghans who aided the American war effort will engage in a life-or-death struggle as they and their families try to secure seats
USA TODAYMar 07 2020
News
Despite Bloody Week In Afghanistan, U.S. Pushes Taliban Peace Talks Forward
With less than four days to go before peace talks are to begin in Afghanistan between that nation's authorities and the Taliban insurgency, things are not looking promising.
Taliban fighters are stepping up attacks on Afghan security forces. American warplanes are counterattacking. And a prisoner exchange that was to take place before those intra-Afghan talks start is being rejected by
NPR (Online News)Sep 29 2021
Opinion
The Generals Contradict Biden on Afghanistan
President Biden hopes the political fallout from his botched Afghanistan withdrawal will fade quickly, but Tuesday’s Senate hearing with the secretary of Defense and two top generals doesn’t cast his decisions in a better light.
The hearing underscored that the President acted against the advice of the military in yanking the residual U.S. force from the country. Chairman of the Joint
Wall Street Journal (Opinion)Aug 20 2021
News
Diplomats urged State Department to begin evacuations out of Afghanistan last month
WASHINGTON — Last month, two dozen diplomats at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, warned about the possibility of a Taliban takeover and urged the State Department to begin an airlift operation in a dissent cable sent to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, according to a source familiar with the situation.
The July 13 cable called on Washington to be firm and direct in describing
NBC News (Online)Sep 11 2019
News
Trump declares US-Taliban talks 'dead' after cancelling Camp David meeting
Donald Trump has declared talks between the US and the Taliban “dead” after he called off a Camp David meeting over the weekend, triggering fears of a spike in violence in Afghanistan in the run-up to presidential elections due later this month.
Trump announced on Sunday that he had cancelled secret Camp David meetings with the Afghan president, Ashraf Ghani, and Taliban leaders,
The GuardianAug 18 2021
News
‘We Neglected To Act’: Critics Slam Joe Biden For Failure On Afghan Evacuations
Refugee groups and Democrats are blasting President Joe Biden’s administration for its handling of evacuations from Afghanistan, and for not moving more quickly to help refugees and other vulnerable groups as Taliban takeover seemed imminent.
Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, plunged into chaos this week as the Taliban seized control of the city. The last American troops were set to leave
HuffPostApr 24 2014
News
Three American Doctors Killed in Afghan Hospital Attack
Three American doctors were killed by an Afghan security guard at a Kabul hospital Thursday according to the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan. The shooting which unfolded at Cure International Hospital was the latest in a string of attacks on foreign civilians in the Afghan capital this year. ...
The BlazeAug 30 2021
News
Compassion meets Afghan refugees
The West lays out a wider welcoming mat for those fleeing the Taliban than it did in 2015 for fleeing Syrians.
Six years ago, when tens of thousands of people fled Syria’s conflict, Western countries panicked at the refugee flows. Politics in the United States and Europe turned sharply against migration, boosting a rise in populist politicians. Today, with more than 100,000 Afghans so
Christian Science MonitorAug 26 2021
Opinion
Biden’s Deadly Afghanistan Gamble
It is almost surely the case that President Joe Biden’s Afghan withdrawal was propelled by political considerations rather than any pressing moral or foreign-policy imperative. Biden, who for 20 years has taken whatever the most popular position happened to be on Afghanistan (so, all of them), believed he could get a quick, much-needed political victory.
You can still witness the
David Harsanyi