A Year of Living With Frustration in Kabul

Lieutenant Colonel Elton Johnson, US Army Retired, reflects on a year of frustration dealing with the State Department and the US government trying to assist Afghan allies still trapped in Kabul a year after the political disaster of US forces leaving the country.

Is Zawahiri Really Dead? I’m Not So Sure

For the sake of argument, let’s suppose that Zawahiri is dead. The world is a better place without him. If that is the case, what was he doing living in downtown Kabul, a city of almost four and a half million people?

The 30-Second Plea: Mark Frerichs is an American held Hostage in Afghanistan

What would you do if you were taken captive after you lent a hand to benefit other people? This is the story of Mark Frerichs: an abducted American pleading for his release as a victim of decades-long insurgency operations crewed by terrorist organizations. He is entering his second year of confinement by the Taliban– and […]