Afghanistan Under the Taliban: From Bad to Worse

The Taliban ultimately won the war in Afghanistan by biding their time and waiting out the US-led coalition. Not knowing how to run an already third-world economy, the Taliban’s theocratic and archaic laws have only exacerbated the cataclysm tens of millions of Afghans face. Nevertheless, the group now rules over a pile of ash, and the militants are solely responsible for the deterioration of Afghanistan.

State notes ‘severely degraded’ al Qaeda operated large training camp in Afghanistan

The US government continues to underestimate al Qaeda’s strength in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The US Department of State noted that a “severely degraded” al Qaeda was able to operate “a large training camp” inside Afghanistan, one of three that were known to be in operation inside the terrorist hotbed over the past year. State noted the al Qaeda […]