Category: Afghanistan

Yet another district capital has fallen to the Taliban who are now making daily gains as the Afghan National Army is swept aside.

The situation in Lashkar Gar is dire, with the Afghan commandos and allied airstrikes the only bulwarks against the Taliban.

A crucial component in the fight against the Taliban, the Afghan commandos will now call Turkey their new training home.

China held talks with Taliban leaders to discuss forging a closer relationship. This can only prove to be detrimental to the United States.

The U.S. may nearly be out of Afghanistan, but will still deliver a bite — or an airstrike or two — against the Taliban when needed.

“These are brave Afghans and their families who have completed a thorough security vetting process,” the State Department said as Operation Allies Refuge begins.

Our time in Afghanistan will be marked by profound emotions hard to describe to someone who wasn’t there. In the end, was it all worth it?

“They’re just going to be left behind to be slaughtered by these very brutal people, and it breaks my heart,” Bush said.

Does the army of Afghanistan have any fight in it left or are the Taliban set to swipe it to the dustbin of history?

If the video is true and recent, it puts an end to the Taliban’s propaganda of allowing Afghan government troops to surrender safely.

At its peak, the Bagram Air Base was the hub of all U.S. activity in Afghanistan and a bastion of stability. Now it faces abandonment.

Smart people have been pointing out the red flags for years. So it’s no surprise to me that Afghanistan is crumbling down around us.