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“#Afghan president resists Taliban pressure to resign as allies wither” Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani is resisting calls to resign as his political allies melt away and his military proves unable or unwilling to stop the Taliban’s advance across the country. One report Saturday morning placed the Taliban just 7 miles away from the capital city…
“#Vets watch Afghanistan crumble with anger, sadness” The speed of the Taliban’s advance across Afghanistan in the past few weeks left US veterans who served in America’s longest war “stunned and dismayed.” “This one will hurt for a long time, man,” Sean Gustafson, a retired Army lieutenant colonel who deployed to the city of Herat…
“#Marines arrive in Afghanistan as Taliban captures gateway to Kabul” The Marines have landed. The first forces of a Marine battalion arrived in Kabul late Friday to provide protection as the US evacuates diplomats and thousands of Afghans while the Taliban bears down. Saturday, the insurgent forces captured Pul-e-Alam, the capital of Logar province in…
“#Taliban seize province near capital, launch attack on major northern city” KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban seized a province just south of Afghanistan’s capital and launched a multi-pronged assault early Saturday on a major city in the north defended by powerful former warlords, Afghan officials said. The insurgents have captured much of northern, western and…
“#Running away from a ‘nation building’ mess” Where America got Afghanistan wrong is “nation-building.” That’s a myth. Nations don’t build nations. Nations rebuild themselves. President Biden, predictably, learned the wrong lesson. The opposite of nation-building is not running away. It is being realistic. After World War II, Japan rebuilt Japan. West Germany rebuilt West Germany….
“#Letters to the Editor — Aug. 14, 2021” The Issue: The Taliban’s resurgence in Afghanistan after President Biden began to pull out American troops. As much as I do not agree with anything President Biden does, I do not blame him for what is happening in Afghanistan (“Biden’s Saigon,” Aug. 13). Former President Donald Trump…
“#Afghans in Taliban crosshairs want US to stay and protect them” MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan – It is a sanctuary in the middle of madness — an example of calm before an all but certain storm. Sheathed in blue burkas, women drift in and out of the historic Blue Mosque, deep in thought. Men sit together beneath…
“#Canada could save 10,000 Afghans from the Taliban. Or more.” The Taliban took Khandahar yesterday, and an attack on Kabul is expected soon. There are reports Canadian special forces troops are deploying to evacuate our embassy. And, according to Global News, a number of Afghans who have worked for Canada are sheltering inside one of…
“#Taliban’s advance in Afghanistan could fuel surge in drug trade” The Taliban’s aggressive expansion across Afghanistan following the US withdrawal from the country could fuel a surge in the export of heroin and other drugs — including methamphetamine — as the radical Islamic militants seize critical international trade routes. Opium poppy, which grows wildly in the Afghan…
“#Sloppy Afghanistan exit has left a people in peril” The United States’ recent decision to withdraw from Afghanistan by Sept. 11 will bring a two-decade-long presence to a close. Many regard the move as strategically sound, emitting a sigh of relief at the prospect of ending “America’s longest war.” But our exit won’t be without…