KERRY BOYD ANDERSON August 22, 2023 Two years after the US and its allies withdrew from Afghanistan, partisan political views in Washington have hardened, while foreign policy experts are starting more comprehensive reviews of the entire war. The American public strongly supported pulling out of Afghanistan but was disappointed in […]
August 13, 2022 Short Url A decade before the fall of Kabul, I was deployed as a governance adviser to Brig. Gen. Scott Miller, who would soon become Gen. Miller, […]
US Interventions US Military and Clandestine Operations in Foreign Countries – 1798-Present Global Policy ForumDecember 2005 Note: This list does not pretend to be definitive or absolutely complete. Nor does […]
Two Decades of Mistakes, Misjudgments, and Collective Failure By P. Michael McKinley August 16, 2021 As Afghanistan tumbles into Taliban hands, the avalanche of recrimination and outright condemnation of the Biden […]
DR. JOHN C. HULSMAN August 06, 2021 22:27459 Short Url https://arab.news/j8qaq In my last book, “To Dare More Boldly: The Audacious Story of Political Risk,” each chapter represents a key precept, […]
Clockwise from left: Marine Corps Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie, commander of US Central Command; drones on display at an undisclosed location in central Iran; Iranian military officials inspecting drones on […]
© AP Photo / Hussein Malla MIDDLE EAST 11:09 GMT 11.07.2020 by Tim Korso The American troops, deployed in Syria without a UN mandate, were ordered to stay and “secure” the […]
Protesters have to be protected, writes Robert Fisk – but the question is by whom? And from whom? Like in the Middle East, soldiers are key @indyvoices 14 hours ago […]
America’s status as a superpower has been damaged by its inability to beat the Taliban in nearly 20 years of war Patrick Cockburn @indyworld 11 hours ago In October […]
Decision overturns earlier rejection of request to examine actions of US soldiers Owen Bowcott Legal affairs correspondent @owenbowcott Thu 5 Mar 2020 Fatou Bensouda, the international criminal court’s chief prosecutor, […]
Mourning civilians killed in a raid last year by a C.I.A.-sponsored strike force in Khogyani, Afghanistan.CreditJim Huylebroek for The New York Times By David Zucchino April 24, 2019 KABUL, Afghanistan […]
November 24, 2018 Iraqi lawmakers have called for the withdrawal of US troops, saying they see no justification for the presence of foreign troops about a year after the defeat […]
Jan 27, 2019 By Abdul Qadir Sediqi, Jibran Ahmad and Rupam Jain KABUL/PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Taliban officials said U.S. negotiators on Saturday agreed on a draft peace pact setting […]
Recruitment for the military within western countries is generally failing, and its relationship with video games is being strengthened all the time James McMahon The Independent Voices Call of […]
By Raed Omari – Nov 17,2018 http://jordantimes.com/news/local/families-us-soldiers-killed-jordan-sue-govt AMMAN — The families of the three US army officers who were fatally shot by Jordanian soldier Maarek Tawayha back in 2016 have […]
7 October، 2018 Deir Ezzor, SANA- Helicopters of the US-led International coalition evacuated a number of of Daesh(ISIS) terrorists from the south-eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor. Identical sources of […]
Ellen R. Wald July 25, 2018 Something should be clarified for the people and governments of the Middle East living with the anxiety caused by a belligerent neighbor called Iran: […]
June 22, 2018 Could domestic politicians and the international community work to maintain this peace momentum? by Atta Nasib On June 7, Afghan president Ashraf Ghani made a powerful concession […]
Feb 19,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby Over the next few weeks, I want to take a look back to February and March of 2003, to those fateful days leading up to the Bush administration’s disastrous invasion and occupation of Iraq. I remember all too well the lies […]
Source: NY Times By Steve Coll is the author of the forthcoming “Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America’s Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan.” “The United States is not losing […]