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Could China Fill the US Aid Vacuum in Afghanistan?
Since the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, the U.S. State Department and USAID continued to fund key sectors ...
Sharyl Attkisson: The inspector general who blew the whistle on waste in Afghanistan
Approximately $43 billion in tax money was lost to waste, fraud or abuse in the American effort to rebuild Afghanistan.
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Back from the fight, 2002
Kandahar, Afghanistan, Mar. 12, 2002: Members of Company A, 2nd Battalion, 187th Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division ...
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Trump 2.0 and the Taliban’s Afghanistan
Afghanistan, now under the Taliban, is no longer a conflict begging to be solved with a deal. It needs a more nuanced ...
Fleeing the Taliban: former Afghan journalist shares his journey two years after fleeing his home country
In 2016, moments after speaking on a TV interview about the dangers of Taliban rule in Afghanistan, Zia Danesh’s car was ...
Germany planning another deportation flight to Afghanistan, newspaper says
Germany is planning to fly a group of convicted criminals of Afghan nationality to their home country for the second time since the Taliban took power, newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported on ...
Hutchinson City Council declines resolution weighing in on Afghanistan
A resolution referencing the withdrawal of United States soldiers from Afghanistan died for a lack of a second motion at the Hutchinson City Council meeting this past week. Council Member Dave ...
The Taliban take over Afghanistan’s only luxury hotel, more than a decade after attacking it
The Taliban are taking over the operations of Afghanistan’s only luxury hotel in Kabul, more than a decade after they launched a deadly attack there that killed nine people. The Serena Hotel said ...