But when the United States government launches indefensible wars against Iraq and Afghanistan, spreading death, destruction, and dislocation to an extraordinary number of people, there is some anger, to be sure, among opponents of the policy. ... A wedding party is blown to smithereens in..…
Hasson is a former Army captain and a decorated Afghanistan veteran. . . . . . . . . . . . ..…
Like many of his fellow Democratic candidates, he supports withdrawing U.S. troops from Afghanistan and Syria. ... And unlike many of his Democratic rivals, he won’t commit to getting U.S. troops out of Afghanistan before the end of his first term in office. ..…
She is an historian and commentator on international affairs, with specialist knowledge and love of South Asia, having travelled widely in India, Pakistan and Afghanistan. ..…
Can we afford such a course of action with India brutalising Kashmir, the US stepping towards the endgame in Afghanistan, and FATF reprimanding us year after year? ..…
Back in 2000 Putin was actively calling for Russian membership in NATO; in 2001, attempting to become the United States’ most important ally, he gave orders to provide any assistance and support to American troops in Afghanistan; building a Greater Europe that would stretch from Lisbon to..…
Some 34% of those who have arrived by sea in Greece so far in 2019 have been from Afghanistan, along with 19% from the Syrian Arab Republic and 12% from the Democratic Republic of Congo. ... Most people reported coming from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, . ..…
But American failures in Afghanistan and Iraq, the 2008 financial crisis, Brexit, and Donald Trump’s ascent have undercut its overly optimistic thesis. ... Most notable are the Trans-Anatolian Pipeline (TANAP), which takes gas from Azerbaijan to Eastern Europe, and the..…
With Beto O’Rourke repeatedly refusing to abandon his presidential bid and return home to face Cornyn, the Democrats may turn to MJ Hegar, a veteran who fought in Afghanistan and who lost narrowly to Republican incumbent John Carter in the 2018 TX-31 House race. ..…
The United States has been in a non-stop war since the Korean War and is reaching this very moment an unprecedented level of expansion of military threats, ranging from showdowns with Russia and China, to threats of war against Venezuela, Syria, North Korea and Iran, to criminal military operations on a large..…
About two-thirds of Afghanistan’s population is 25 or younger, with little or no memory of life before 2001. ... The insurgent group has recovered from its defeat and now controls roughly half of Afghanistan. ..…
The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction 's 43rd released on April 30, 2019, noted, Islamic State Afghanistan, has been degraded on multiple fronts, the group poses security threat to Afghan people and security forces than it did in 2016. ... It's for United States..…