War in Afghanistan

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Guam Was Ready to Help Relocate Afghans. Biden Ghosted. Guam Was Ready to Help Relocate Afghans. Biden Ghosted.

In 1975, the US military evacuated nearly 112,000 Vietnamese refugees to Guam. Why wasn’t this strategy used now?

Aug 23, 2021 / Chris Gelardi

AFGHANISTAN-SOCIETY-EDUCATION

Afghan Women and Girls Are Caught in the Cross Fire Afghan Women and Girls Are Caught in the Cross Fire

Anti-war feminists in both Afghanistan and America are left picking up the pieces after a long occupation and sudden exit.

Aug 20, 2021 / Katha Pollitt

In Afghanistan, We Have Never Tasted True Independence

In Afghanistan, We Have Never Tasted True Independence In Afghanistan, We Have Never Tasted True Independence

In past years, Afghans wondered if Independence Day would be disturbed by yet another bombing. This year we wonder if we can even celebrate the holiday.

Aug 19, 2021 / Ali M. Latifi

Pakistan-Afghanistan Conflict

There Goes the Neighborhood: Pakistan Is Uneasy Over the Taliban’s Return There Goes the Neighborhood: Pakistan Is Uneasy Over the Taliban’s Return

Despite their differing responses to the Taliban victory, Pakistanis are united in believing they are not to blame.

Aug 18, 2021 / Column / Hasan Ali

Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming.

If Liz Cheney’s Assigning Blame for an “Epic Failure” in Afghanistan, She Can Start With Her Father If Liz Cheney’s Assigning Blame for an “Epic Failure” in Afghanistan, She Can Start With Her Father

Dick Cheney created the mess Joe Biden is cleaning up.

Aug 17, 2021 / John Nichols

US Marines in Afghanistan

Rather Than Focus on How the US Got Out of Afghanistan, Focus on How It Got In Rather Than Focus on How the US Got Out of Afghanistan, Focus on How It Got In

There should be a serious accounting for the Afghanistan debacle.

Aug 17, 2021 / no-paywall / Katrina vanden Heuvel

US First Lady Laura Bush visits Afghanistan

White Feminists Wanted to Invade White Feminists Wanted to Invade

Afghan women never asked for US air strikes.

Aug 17, 2021 / Rafia Zakaria

President Joe Biden addressing the nation on Afghanistan withdrawal

As Afghanistan Falls, Biden Is Steadfast in His Decision to Withdraw As Afghanistan Falls, Biden Is Steadfast in His Decision to Withdraw

The hawkish senator who became the dovish vice president inherited a terrible but predictable decision. He was right to stick with it.

Aug 16, 2021 / Joan Walsh

Afghanistan Taliban

Washington’s War in Afghanistan Is Over. What Happens Now? Washington’s War in Afghanistan Is Over. What Happens Now?

President Biden was right to withdraw US troops. But we should have no illusion that this will end the war for Afghans.

Aug 16, 2021 / Phyllis Bennis

Displaced Afghan Girl

The Story of an Afghan Girl The Story of an Afghan Girl

Unlike Joe Biden, Mursal wasn’t surprised at how fast Kabul fell. She knows firsthand how effectively the Taliban has been terrorizing Afghans into silence and complicity.

Aug 16, 2021 / Column / Helen Benedict

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