He represented the US in Afghanistan at the start of the US intervention in 2001, first as a special envoy, then as ambassador (2003-05). . ... US war weariness is evident. Between October 2001 and October 2018, 2,401 US soldiers died in Afghanistan and..…
he escalated inherited wars of aggression on Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, and Yemen — on the pretext of combating the scourge of ISIS the US created and supports.. ..…
In an interview with Fox News, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said the United States military is changing its focus from “low-intensity conflict,” such as the war in Afghanistan, to “high-intensity conflicts against competitors such as Russia and China.” . The US tests a..…
After US troops forced the Taliban from power after the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan in pursuit of al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden, Afghan women literally came out of their homes. ..…
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