Posts Tagged: U.S. troop withdrawal
Winter Presents New, Dire Challenges for Afghanistan’s Women
A harsh winter has descended upon Afghanistan. Everyone who is still there is now trapped, in hiding, and cold. Very cold. One woman asked us for...
Continuing to Try to Save Afghan Women Is ‘the Only Thing We Can Do’
We now know that the stubborn, almost incomprehensible way in which President Biden pulled out of Afghanistan was against military advice; that it led to...
We Must Investigate America’s Longest War
According to official estimates, the US expended a staggering $982 billion on the Afghanistan war effort. However, the Costs of War Project at Brown University assesses...
Western Islamists and Afghanistan
The American withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Taliban's declaration of victory have inspired Islamists across the world. The Taliban announced its intent to enforce strict...
CAIR Lectures Media About Accurately Quoting Jihadists
On Monday, after Kabul fell, Taliban spokesman Mohammad Naeem said that it was "a great day for the Afghan people and the mujahideen. They have...
Afghanistan’s Fall Is a Message to US Allies
As the scenes of Afghanistan's fall to the Taliban continue to unfold following the US decision to withdraw its 2,500 remaining troops -- and the...
Trying to Save Just One Afghan Woman
I have been trying to save just one woman in Afghanistan. It is proving to be an unimaginably arduous task, one that has taken up...