Category: Afghanistan

Soldiers and Volunteers Testify to ‘Rushed and Chaotic Withdrawal from Afghanistan’

Stories of suffering, courage, and the ongoing search for justice echoed in the House chambers on March 8, as those on the frontline of the United States’ August 2021 departure from Afghanistan spoke out. Emotional testimony in the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing underscored a bitter truth: many who served in Afghanistan feel they and…


You’ll Never Guess Who I Ran Into

Commentary We’ve all had those conversations where someone tells the story about how they were somewhere weird and ran into a friend from home. Then the next person tells their story about when they were somewhere a little odder and met someone they knew. I have a trump card for those conversations. In early ‘04…


Taliban: 2 Senior ISIS Members Killed in Afghanistan

ISLAMABAD—Two senior regional members of the ISIS terrorist group have been killed in Afghanistan in recent weeks in separate operations by the Taliban security forces, a Taliban spokesman said Tuesday. Taliban forces killed Qari Fateh, the regional ISIS intelligence and operations chief, during a raid in Kabul over the weekend, Zabihullah Mujahid, the main spokesman…


Main Afghan-Pakistani Border Crossing Closed, Residents Report Gunfire

KABUL/PESHAWAR, Pakistan—Taliban authorities have closed the main border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan, an Afghan official said on Monday, and residents in the area reported the sound of gunfire near the normally bustling border transit point. A Taliban provincial information office said the Torkham border crossing, near the Khyber Pass, was closed for all trade…


House Republicans Ask Biden Admin for Documents on ‘Disastrous’ Afghanistan Withdrawal

The House Oversight and Accountability Committee is expanding its inquiry into the Biden administration’s deadly military pullout from Afghanistan in August 2021. The committee sent letters to senior leadership at the White House, Department of Defense (DOD), Department of State, Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Agency for International Development, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff…


Afghanistan Knocked Me Down–Faith Picked Me Up

Commentary On April 25, 2012, I experienced a rare, but significant tactical defeat in Afghanistan. Since then, my career and outlook stem from the events of that day. I was the Battle Company commander in the 1-508 Parachute Infantry Regiment, leading my Soldiers through a seven-month deployment in a highly contested area of Kandahar Province…


Afghan Pull-Out a ‘Dark Chapter in UK Military History’: Defence Committee Chair

Britain’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 was a “dark chapter in UK military history,” a senior Conservative MP has said. The UK’s involvement in Afghanistan began as part of a U.S.-led coalition in 2001, following the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Some 457 UK military personnel lost their lives during the 20-year war, which cost British…


Military: Forces Raid Hideout, Kill 12 Pakistani Taliban

ISLAMABAD—Security forces acting on intelligence raided a hideout of Pakistani Taliban insurgents along the border with Afghanistan, triggering an intense shootout that left 12 terrorists dead, the country’s military said Wednesday. The pre-dawn raid came amid soaring tensions in Pakistan and in the aftermath of a mosque bombing last week that killed 101 people in…


Our Sacred Oath: To Be or to Do?

Commentary Dedicated to the memory of P.O. Stephen P. Driscoll, ESU Squad 4, Badge #17482, NYPD “Fidelis ad Mortem” A jumble of thoughts and emotions has been pinballing off the edges of my mind as we approach the loss of Afghanistan at the 20-year milestone of 9/11. But the one thought that resonates came from…


PREMIERING NOW: Kash Patel: Are We Setting Up Ukraine to Be Another Afghanistan?

Since the beginning of the Russia-Ukraine war, U.S. Congress has approved over $110 billion in aid to Ukraine. “Ukraine is going to become the modern-day Afghanistan,” argues Kash Patel. “We have no method of tracking the money we are sending to Ukraine as of right now. We are relying on the word of Zelenskyy and…