Commentary With each passing day in Afghanistan the Taliban grows stronger, and the pro-American government forces grow weaker. Anecdotally, you can see the momentum building in the news coverage. The Foundation for Defense of Democracies’ Long War Journal, which has been tracking war in Afghanistan for years, estimates that as of Sunday the Taliban controlled…
Penalty for Early Withdrawal
Commentary Retirement plans warn of a “penalty for early withdrawal.” Might that also apply to the withdrawal of American and NATO forces from Afghanistan? If you set aside the victory by coalition forces that expelled Saddam Hussein’s overmatched troops from Kuwait in 1991, the United States has not won a war since World War II. Not in…
Beijing and the Taliban Are Friends, Brags Global Times Editor
July 13, 2021
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As the United States withdraws its remaining troops from Afghanistan, the Chinese communist regime is starting to make moves to expand its influence in the war-torn country. On July 6, U.S. Central Command announced that the U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan was more than 90 percent complete. The Taliban then began to attack and capture…
China in Focus (July 12): Chinese Channel Threatens Japan With Nuclear War
Thousands of Cuban citizens take to the streets, speaking out against the country’s communist regime. Many are losing their internet connection amid the protests—and some suspect China is behind it. Beijing seems to have a new friend knocking on its door: the Taliban. A spokesman says they’re hoping for talks with Beijing and promise to…
Taliban Victories Prompt Fresh Questions, Soul Searching for Canadian Veterans
OTTAWA—The shaky video pans right to left, looking down on a village with mountains in the background before turning to a green river valley with destroyed buildings in the foreground. A man is speaking over the wind and two words stand out before the video cuts and eerie music starts to play: Masum Ghar. Uploaded…
Taliban Says It Controls Most of Afghanistan, Reassures Russia
MOSCOW—A Taliban delegation in Moscow said on Friday that the group controlled over 85 percent of territory in Afghanistan and reassured Russia it would not allow the country to be used as a platform to attack others. Foreign forces, including the United States, are withdrawing after almost 20 years of fighting, a move that has…
UK Troops Leave Afghanistan but Support Stays: Johnson
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday that a “terrorist” threat remains in Afghanistan but said Britain is “not about to turn away.” He added that the UK would continue to work towards a negotiated settlement in the country and it would have to include the Taliban. Johnson confirmed that most British troops have…
Guard Duty After the Afghan Deluge
Commentary As the Biden administration withdraws U.S. combat forces from Afghanistan, the prevailing media headline declares, with panicked certainty, that America has failed and suffered a strategic defeat. All is lost out there. Trillions of taxpayer dollars were squandered. Our killed and wounded in action suffered in vain. Etcetera. That loser narrative ignores the historical…
NTD News Today Full Broadcast (July 7)
Tropical storm Elsa making landfall in Florida. Hurricane and tropical storm warnings in effect for a long stretch of coastline. How is it affecting search efforts at the condo collapse? DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas meets with the president of Guatemala to discuss immigration. This as residents of Texas describe escalating tensions with increasingly aggressive illegal…
Russia Drills Attack Helicopters, Pledges Help to Secure Tajik-Afghan Border
MOSCOW—Russian military helicopters based in Tajikistan fired air-to-surface missiles during a training exercise on Tuesday as Moscow said its forces in the Central Asian nation were fully equipped to help secure the border with Afghanistan. Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon on Monday ordered the mobilization of 20,000 military reservists to bolster the border with Afghanistan after…
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