Tag Archives: Afghanistan

Images of unrest and desperation at the international airport in Kabul spread across the world on Monday as the Taliban took the city and thousands of Afghans sought to flee.  The chaos brought widespread criticism of the U.S. withdrawal, but President Joe Biden said on Monday afternoon that he stood “squarely behind my decision” to begin formally pulling out troops in May. Still, the U.S. exit poses a “real chance” of destroying the Biden presidency, Eurasia Group founder and political… Source link

US President Joe Biden speaks about the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan from the East Room of the White House August 16, 2021, in Washington, DC. (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images) President Biden undoubtedly craves a do-over. While there’s ample justification for withdrawing U.S. troops from Afghanistan after 20 years, nobody would deliberately trigger the disastrous collapse of the U.S.-backed Afghan government that occurred in 10 days. The hasty withdrawal was obviously… Source link

Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan As the last major deployments of American and NATO troops prepare to leave Afghanistan, one of the most important milestones in their departure was the closing last week of Bagram Airfield, once the largest US base in the country. At various points over the last 20 years Bagram has been so big that troops stationed there could enjoy Subway and Pizza Hut, but another consequence of having so many young Americans together in the one spot was that in more recent years… Source link