Opinion, Сolumns
Aug 27, 2024
President Joe Biden said he ended the war in Afghanistan. In truth he abandoned it. Over 20 years, 800,000 young Americans did their duty to country b...
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...
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...
Opinion, Сolumns
Aug 15, 2022
WASHINGTON (TNS) — One year ago, as President Joe Biden was withdrawing the last American troops from Afghanistan, the Taliban swept into Kabul and ab...
Opinion, Сolumns
Aug 03, 2022
We have waited 7,629 days since 9/11, almost 21 years, to announce the death of Ayman al-Zawahri, an eye surgeon who was the No. 2 man and power behin...
Opinion, Сolumns
Oct 09, 2021
My first reaction when I read the secret details from the Pandora Papers about how the world’s rich hide their assets was: What else is new? Do we nee...
News, PA State News
Sep 16, 2021
Former York County state Sen. Scott Wagner, never gentle about his politics, is getting some national attention for his latest visual haymaker: A set ...
Opinion, Сolumns
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...
Opinion, Сolumns
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...
Opinion, Сolumns
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...
Opinion, Сolumns
Sep 03, 2021
Lost wars are supposed to provoke soul-searching. In America, they usually bring historical revisionism instead. When once-good wars go bad, Americans...
Opinion, Сolumns
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...
Opinion, Сolumns
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...
News
Sep 01, 2021
U.S. Rep. Glenn Thompson takes issue with President Joe Biden calling the withdrawal from Afghanistan an “extraordinary success.” The congressman from...
News
Aug 31, 2021
WASHINGTON — The United States has completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan, ending America's longest war and closing a chapter in military history l...
Opinion, Сolumns
Aug 31, 2021
When President Joe Biden arrived in the White House, he proclaimed grand ambitions for U.S. foreign policy. ”America is back,” he declared, promising ...
Opinion, Сolumns
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...
News, Online Features
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...
Opinion, Сolumns
Aug 27, 2021
The Islamic State offshoot that Americans blame for Thursday’s deadly suicide attacks outside the Kabul airport coalesced in eastern Afghanistan six y...
Opinion, Сolumns
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...
Nation & World, PA State News
June 15, 2025
UNIVERSITY PARK — Entire regions of trees are disappearing because of invasive pests, disease and a changing climate. The key to their ability to adap...
PA State News
June 15, 2025
HARRISBURG (TNS) — Brad Hatch grew up near Altoona and started his career as a teacher in the local school district, working his way up to assistant p...
PA State News
June 14, 2025
PHILADELPHIA (TNS)— For months after he was arrested in March 2024 on charges of masturbating in a Montgomery County cemetery, Matthew Gagat continued...
Local News, Nation & World
June 14, 2025
Veterans Square was packed Saturday afternoon as residents came together to express their discontent with the current administration during the local ...
June 14, 2025
HARRISBURG (TNS) — Reform advocates are making another push to limit the use of solitary confinement in Pennsylvania prisons and jails, a long-running...
Local Sports
June 14, 2025
BROCKWAY - The 10th Annual Frank Varischetti All-Star Football game is slated for the end of the month, and several area players were recognized for t...
