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An Anti-Taliban Front Is Already Forming. Can It Last?
As published by Foreign Policy By Robbie Gramer, a diplomacy and national security reporter at Foreign Policy, and Jack Detsch, Foreign Policy’s Pentagon and national security reporter. In October 2001, U.S. defense intelligence planners were tasked with assessing whether a ...
S1/E32: What’s Happening in Afghanistan and Why You Should Care – Mick Mulroy
As published by Alex Tremble Podcast. ABC News National Security Analyst and former U.S. Department of Defense Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East Shares the story the mainstream media won't share about 1) What's happening in Afghanistan, ...
Taliban takeover raises questions about potential intelligence failures
As published by ABC News. Please click here ...
Departure of Private Contractors Was a Turning Point in Afghan Military’s Collapse
As published by Foreign Policy By Jack Detsch, Foreign Policy’s Pentagon and national security reporter. Military analysts trying to understand the stunning collapse of the Afghan military are increasingly pointing to the departure of U.S. government contractors starting a month ...
ABC News: The future of Afghanistan
ABC News analyst Mick Mulroy explains how Afghanistan might become a safe haven for terror groups as the Taliban takes control of the country. Please click here ...
Biden restates commitment to Afghan drawdown amid Taliban offensive
As published by Politico By PAUL MCLEARY, ALEXANDER WARD and RAYMOND RAPADA President Joe Biden showed no sign of backing away from his decision to withdraw all troops and a significant portion of the diplomatic corps from Afghanistan, restating his determination to leave the ...
Afghanistan updates: Pentagon calls Taliban advances ‘deeply concerning’
As published by ABC News by Conor Finnegan,Luis Martinez, andMatt Seyler The State Department will begin reducing its staff levels at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul and the Pentagon is sending in troops "as we speak" to help facilitate those departures, ...
US military analysis says Kabul could fall to Taliban in 90 days: Official
As published by ABC News (NEW YORK) -- As the Taliban sweeps across Afghanistan and claims at least nine provincial capitals in just days, a new U.S. military analysis warns that the country's capital, Kabul, could become isolated in 30 ...
US military analysis says Kabul could fall to Taliban in 90 days: Official
As published by ABC News by Luis Martinez and Conor Finnegan As the Taliban sweeps across Afghanistan and claims at least nine provincial capitals in just days, a new U.S. military analysis warns that the country's capital, Kabul, could become isolated in ...
AFFGHANISTAN – Spelled with Two F’s
By: David Peduto Herman Melville had it right. In the first chapter of Moby-Dick, Melville’s narrator, Ishmael, lists three events which “Providence” had drawn up a long time ago. One of the three is “WHALING VOYAGE BY ONE ISHMAEL.” Another ...
