by Daniel R. DePetris Three years ago, the U.S. military was at Kabul’s international airport frantically organizing evacuation flights out of Afghanistan as the Taliban returned to […]
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Policy at a crossroads in Afghanistan
by Daniel DePetris Nearly 21 months after the U.S. withdrawal from a two-decadelong misadventure in Afghanistan, an increasingly polarized Washington continues to ask the same old questions. […]
Afghanistan report sugar-coats Biden, Trump catastrophe
The Biden administration admits to having made some mistakes — some — in its withdrawal from Afghanistan, but the admission doesn’t come close to acknowledging the catastrophe […]
Congress must keep promises to our allies. Pass the Afghan Adjustment Act
by Jack McCain As a Navy pilot and Afghanistan veteran, I know what it means to come down to the wire. On many occasions throughout my career, […]
The world should pressure the Taliban to allow girls an education
by Metra Mehran and Natalie Gonnella-Platts The student is a woman majoring in computer science at a private university in Afghanistan, but since the Taliban retook control […]
What does Afghanistan look like after one year?
by Colin P. Clarke One year after the United States withdrew from Afghanistan, the country is an even more dangerous place. The Taliban now serves as the […]
Al-Zawahri killing gives Afghanistan an opening with U.S.
by Bobby Ghosh The U.S. drone strike that killed Ayman al-Zawahri in Kabul on Sunday caught the Taliban leadership both red-handed and flat-footed. Their promises to prevent […]
President Biden can’t handle his job
by Jay Ambrose Someone forgot to tie him to his Oval Office chair, and so it was that President Joe Biden took off for Europe to discuss […]
Don’t run away from tough themes in ‘Flee’
Every once in a while a movie comes along that is so unique yet relatable, so heartbreaking yet joyful, loathsome yet generous, that you are compelled to […]
Biden’s $7B betrayal of Afghanistan
by Ruth Pollard Out of all the actions the Biden administration could have taken on Afghanistan, commandeering the nation’s foreign currency reserves is, to put it mildly, […]
