afghanistan

Ukrainian war chest oversight
Opinion, Сolumns
Aug 18, 2022
One year after the U.S. departure from Afghanistan, a government watchdog is still doing its vital work of accounting for the more than $146 billion i...
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No more Afghanistan illusions
Opinion, Сolumns
Aug 16, 2022
One year ago, Afghanistan fell to the Taliban in part because the U.S. had hoped for the best after withdrawing its forces from the country, without a...
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My friends in Afghanistan
Opinion, Сolumns
KATHY KELLY Tribune News Service 
Sep 16, 2021
When I visited Kabul as a peace activist in 2014, at the height of the U.S. troop surge, I spoke with “Esmatullah,” a pseudonym for a high school stud...
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20 years later, critical lessons from 9/11
Opinion, Сolumns
LEE EDWARDS, Tribune News Service 
Sep 11, 2021
It is understandable, given the chaos surrounding the U.S. exit from Afghanistan — especially the murder of the 13 U.S. troops — that our attention ha...
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No, Afghanistan is not the end of US power
Opinion, Сolumns
RICH LOWRY 
Sep 09, 2021
It’s hard to imagine more humiliating images than what we’ve seen in Afghanistan, from the hasty evacuation of the U.S. Embassy in Kabul to the chaoti...
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The ugly ending we all saw coming
Opinion, Сolumns
BYRON YORK 
Sep 02, 2021
At 9:05 Monday night, State Department spokesman Ned Price issued a plaintive message to the new rulers of Afghanistan. “The Taliban needs to meet its...
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Sorry, this was not a success
Opinion, Сolumns
RICH LOWRY 
Sep 01, 2021
Talk about a catastrophic success. The Biden administration wants credit for the Afghanistan evacuation as measured by the sheer number of people it f...
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Trusting the Taliban to fight Islamic State
Opinion, Сolumns
BOBBY GHOSH, Tribune News Service 
Aug 28, 2021
Reports from Washington and Kabul show the extent to which the Biden administration has been counting on the Taliban to facilitate the U.S. withdrawal...
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Local veterans reflect on current state of Afghanistan
News, Online Features
CHRISTINE HOLTZ choltz@bradfordera.com 
Aug 28, 2021
As chaos erupts across the country, several local area veterans spoke to the Era to reflect on their thoughts about what is going on in Afghanistan to...
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Stranded in the White House
Opinion, Сolumns
BYRON YORK 
Aug 26, 2021
The Biden administration says it does not know how many U.S. citizens are in Afghanistan hoping to leave in the face of the American withdrawal and Ta...
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