2021
The Taliban and Suicide Bombing –
Taliban kill, abduct dozens of ex-officers, rights group –
Taliban Inaugurates ‘Islamic Emirate Army’ With Largest Ever Convoy of U.S. Armored Vehicles –
The Afghan Military’s Catastrophic Equipment Losses –
Pentagon is classifying documents to cover up failures –
Taliban says World must recognize Taliban if they don’t want to be threatened from Afghanistan –
The Great Game Is Back, and Afghanistan Is at the Center of It –
Next War In Afghanistan Is Already Looming, And It May Be Even Harder –
Contradicting Biden, Top Military Officers Testify They Advised Him to Keep Troops in Afghanistan –
Deterrence Implications of the U.S. Withdrawal From Afghanistan –
Taliban kill civilians in resistance stronghold –
Afghanistan Is Not Done With the U.S., Long-Term Dangers Await –
Tajik Group Volunteers to Join Panjshir Resistance –
Taliban completes conquest of Afghanistan after seizing Panjshir –
Taliban’s new deputy intel chief ran network of suicide bombers –
Taliban releases statement saying United States is in ‘clear violation’ over terrorist comments –
‘Great Game’ Redux in Afghanistan –
In Afghanistan, we’ve opened the gates of hell –
Al-Qaeda congratulates Taliban for ‘historic victory’ in Afghanistan –
Tanks, attack helicopters, drones, What U.S. supplied arms mean for the Taliban –
Taliban pins ‘surrender or die’ letters on the homes of those who helped the U.S. –
Taliban calls China its ‘main partner’ in rebuilding Afghanistan –
Biden administration might start partnering with the Taliban –
Nancy Pelosi blocked reading names of 13 U.S. troops killed in Kabul –
Biden pushed Afghanistan president to ‘project a different picture’ weeks before Taliban takeover –
Thousands of rebel troops clash with Taliban forces in last region to resist the Islamists –
Anti-Taliban resistance grows in Panjshir Valley as soldiers clash –
Afghan interpreter who saved Joe Biden in 2008 left behind by U.S. withdrawal –
Taliban take control with strict Islamic rule amid reports of execution, forced marriages –
Afghanistan, A Requiem for an Avoidable Disaster –
All signs pointed to disastrous U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan –
Final flight leaves Afghanistan ending 20-year war, hundreds of American’s left behind –
After Two Decades, U.S. Ends Combat Mission In Afghanistan –
Fired Marine’s question about leader accountability should not be dismissed –
China, Turkey, and Russia Respond To The Taliban –
Pentagon Expects More Attacks After One of the War’s Bloodiest Days for U.S. Troops –
13 U.S. service members killed, 18 wounded in attack on Kabul airport –
About 1,500 Americans May Still Be in Afghanistan –
Taliban’s control of Afghanistan is worse than the fall of Saigon –
Black Harks and Humvees, military kit now with the Taliban –
Taliban warns there will be ‘consequences’ if U.S. and allies do not meet the August 31 deadline; –
Taliban reject extended evacuation, ‘the answer is no, Or there would be consequences’ –
Biden could leave thousands of Americans behind in Afghanistan –
Former U.K. commander in Afghanistan says Biden ‘should be court-martialed’ –
ISIS Threats, Taliban ‘Red Line’ Against Extension Complicate Afghanistan Evacuation –
Uyghurs in Afghanistan fear deportation to China or persecution under the Taliban –
Taliban pretending to be U.S. forces to lure people from their homes –
What Will the Taliban Do With Their New U.S. Weapons –
Joe Biden Just Gave The Taliban An Arsenal Of Military Weapons –
Biden ‘surrendered to a terrorist organization’ –
Taliban appoints former Guantanamo prisoner as defense minister –
Afghanistan, Not An Intelligence Failure, Something Much Worse –
Taliban proving it is still the same brutal regime from the 1990’s –
Taliban mocks U.S. with famous World War II photo of Marines raising flag on Iwo Jima –
U.S. has no plans to rescue Americans, Afghans stranded behind Taliban lines outside Kabul airport –
U.S. Lacks ‘Capability’ in Kabul to Create Safe Passage for American, Afghans to Leave Afghanistan –
Pentagon says terrorist threats from Afghanistan could be worse than anticipated –
Planes, guns, night-vision goggles, The Taliban’s new U.S.-made war chest –
The Taliban has access to U.S. military aircraft, Now what happens –
Taliban captured U.S. facial recognition and eye-scan database of Afghan allies who assisted U.S. –
The regional fallout of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan –
An Afghan tragedy, the Pashtuns, the Taliban and the state –
Understanding the Taliban’s military victory –
Where the Taliban gets its money and weapons –
President Ashraf Ghani flees country as Taliban reaches Kabul –
The Taliban retake Afghanistan, Here’s what it wants –
Taliban enter Kabul as Afghan government collapses –
About 8,000 U.S. troops are deploying to secure evacuations from Kabul –
Taliban approach Kabul’s outskirts –
Panic as thousands flee Taliban onslaught –
Taliban take Mazar-i-Sharif, government’s last northern stronghold –
Russia, China and Central Asian nations prepare for Taliban victory –
Pakistani, Russian and Iranian weapons arm Taliban advance –
Afghanistan is disintegrating as the Taliban gain momentum –
Taliban close to capturing U.S. Embassy, 3000 troops deploying to evacuate it –
With Control of Major Cities, the Taliban Closes in on Kabul –
Americans told to flee Afghanistan as cities fall to Taliban in lightening offensive –
Taliban executing surrendering troops –
Major cities fall to Taliban amid heavy fighting –
Taliban controls 2/3 of Afghanistan, may take capital soon –
Taliban seizure of northern capitals spurs fears of Kabul’s collapse –
Taliban target civilians in Afghanistan in push towards Kabul –
Afghanistan Withdrawal, Taliban Overruns Eighth Regional Capital –
Taliban back brutal rule as they strike for power –
Taliban seize sixth Afghan provincial capital in string of victories –
Afghan Provincial Capitals On the Brink as Taliban Make Advances –
Northern Alliance falls under Taliban control –
Biden on Afghanistan, Not my problem –
Afghanistan War, Taliban capture three regional capitals –
Afghanistan’s situation rapidly deteriorating –
Afghan president blames U.S. ‘speedy’ withdrawal for Taliban rapid advance –
The Endgame In Afghanistan, Darker Clouds Gather –
Second Regional Capital Falls to Taliban in Two Days –
Mapping the advance of the Taliban in Afghanistan –
Taliban capture regional capital –
Taliban Launches All-Out Attack on Southern Capital –
Taliban Claim Attack in Kabul –
Taliban forces advance into major Afghan cities –
Taliban Take Much of Provincial Capital in Southern Afghanistan –
Taliban, Afghan forces battle for control of Helmand’s capital –
Street fighting rages as Taliban attack key city –
Afghan Forces are Not Losing, They are Disintegrating –
Fighting rages as Taliban besiege three key cities –
As the Taliban close in, Afghan forces scramble to defend prisons holding thousands of militants –
U.S. Stepping up Airstrikes to Support Afghan Forces –
China, Russia and Afghanistan after the Withdrawal –
China publicly supports the Taliban –
China-Taliban Ties Warming Ahead of U.S. Withdrawal –
Taliban kills Afghan comedian –
Record civilian casualties in 2021 –
‘Complete Taliban takeover’ looms in Afghanistan –
Taliban Now Controls 90% Of Afghanistan’s Borders –
Taliban could completely take over Afghanistan after U.S. leaves –
Afghan interpreter for U.S. Army beheaded by Taliban –
Taliban have ‘strategic momentum –
The Taliban and China in Afghanistan –
Petraeus slams Biden’s Afghan withdrawal, ‘I fear we will regret it’ –
Despite Risks, Biden Sticks to Military Exit from Afghanistan –
Biden’s Afghan blunder, Afghanistan is on the brink of catastrophe –
Nearly half of Afghanistan’s provincial capitals under threat from Taliban –
‘Accelerating pace’ of Taliban hold on country –
Taliban Controls Afghanistan’s Northern Borders, Unsettling Countries Near and Far –
Taliban Press Advances, Take Key Border Post with Pakistan –
Afghanistan’s neighbours step up efforts to prevent civil war –
Women are banned from leaving their homes in Taliban-controlled parts of Afghanistan –
Ending American military mission in Afghanistan is a tragic mistake –
Will China Be Afghanistan’s Next Victim –
China’s relationship with the Taliban poses an enormous risk –
The Soviet spectre haunting Afghanistan –
Will Afghanistan be America’s second Vietnam, or something worst –
The cost of the Afghanistan war –
Taliban executed surrendering Afghan special forces troops –
Afghan troops run out of weapons as Taliban plans to starve forces into surrender –
America’s war in Afghanistan is ending in crushing defeat –
Taliban controls 85% of Afghanistan While U.S. is still withdrawing –
Taliban surround major Afghan cities, ready for a showdown when U.S. troops are gone –
Afghanistan at risk of collapse as Taliban storms the north –
Taliban battle their way into western Afghan city –
Taliban capture key Afghanistan border crossings –
Taliban Seize Key Afghan Border Crossing With Iran –
Afghan pilots assassinated by Taliban as U.S. withdraws –
Afghan troops laying down arms and fleeing the country –
Taliban Take Districts in Afghanistan from Fleeing Troops –
Afghan Soldiers flee to Tajikistan after Taliban battles –
Taliban warns all foreign troops must leave –
A shabby ending, The U.S. flight from Afghanistan was a mistake –
U.S. Began Afghanistan War with Unrealistic Expectations –
Biden defends Afghanistan pullout as Taliban gains ground –
Biden Says U.S. War in Afghanistan Will End August 31, 2021 –
U.S. Military Vehicles Falling Into Taliban Hands at Alarming Rate –
U.S. left Bagram Airfield without telling the Afghans –
Taliban Find New Revenues as They Seize Afghanistan’s U.S.-Built Border Gateway –
China stands to benefit from end of Afghanistan war –
The Taliban Offensive Continues, 80 Afghan Districts Have Been Seized –
Taliban doubles number of controlled Afghan districts –
Security in Afghanistan Deteriorating –
As troops leave, U.S. to keep airstrike option in Afghanistan –
Bagram, Last U.S. and NATO forces leave key Afghanistan base –
Where does the withdrawal of U.S. and allied forces leave Afghanistan –
Chronicle of a Defeat Foretold –
The Situation in Afghanistan Is Much Worse Than You Realize –
Afghan Government Could Collapse Six Months After U.S. Withdrawal –
Catastrophe stalks Afghanistan as the US and its allies dash for the exit –
Taliban Take Key Afghan District, Adding to String of Gains –
Taliban besiege key Afghan city with US set to exit –
Elite Afghan troops were left to die in battle with Taliban because their backup was too scared –
Civilians take up arms alongside Afghan army as Taliban besiege key city with US set to exit –
NATO Summit Offers No Solution to Afghanistan’s Security Problems –
Biden Has Abandoned Afghanistan –
Russia and China, Unlikely Partners in Securing Afghanistan –
US out, Taliban ride on violence, situation critical in Afghanistan –
District after district falls to the Taliban –
US left no hope of beating Taliban –
U.S. will no longer provide air strikes in Afghanistan –
Afghan Commandos killed by Taliban during ambush –
NATO looks to Qatar for base to train Afghan forces after U.S. withdrawal –
Turkey Seeks US Support to Maintain Troops in Afghanistan –
Can Afghan forces hold off the Taliban after American Troops leave –
Afghan army racing to defend Bagram Airfield as US troops prepare to leave –
Taliban overrun another crucial Afghan district s fighting escalates –
Taliban seizes eight districts –
Afghan Soldiers Gird for Taliban to Attack Cities After the U.S. Leaves –
U.S. works to move troops to countries near Afghanistan as military drawdown ends by July –
Warfighting vs Nation-Building, America’s Contradiction in Afghanistan –
Taliban look to grab power as US departs Afghanistan –
An Afghan tragedy, the Pashtuns, the Taliban and the state –
Will Afghanistan Collapse When the US Withdraws –
China Urges Closer Afghanistan Ties as US Withdrawal Looms –
Afghan Military Surrender to the Taliban Picks Up Speed –
Update on Afghanistan withdrawal –
Taliban Tells Afghanistan’s Neighbors Not to Host US Forces –
Afghan Forces Struggle, Demoralized, Rife With Corruption –
Taliban and Al-Qaeda Are Closing In on Afghanistan’s Provincial Capitals –
Taliban grab US military equipment as American troops leave Afghanistan –
Allies leaving rapidly as NATO ends Afghanistan training mission –
Taliban captures strategic district close to Kabul –
Shades of South Vietnam in US Troop Withdrawal From Afghanistan –
Taliban control in Afghanistan expands significantly –
US forces leave Kandahar Airfield as drawdown continues in Afghanistan –
How China Views The U.S. Withdrawal From Afghanistan –
Taliban Capture Key Afghan Dam, Army Bases As U.S. Forces Exit –
US sends more warplanes to Afghanistan to protect troop pullout –
US launches airstrikes on Taliban as US troops begin withdrawal –
US precision strike hits Taliban after it attacked US airbase with rockets in Afghanistan –
Taliban could take over Afghanistan by ‘the end of the year’ –
As U.S. leaves, fear of civil war leads Afghans to plan ‘organized resistance against the Taliban’ –
Dozens of school children killed in blast –
Deadly attack near Kabul school in Afghanistan –
Taliban attacks threaten provincial capitals in Afghanistan amid U.S. forces withdrawal –
Afghanistan’s Minorities Prepare for Battles Ahead –
Violence Remains High in Afghanistan as US Withdrawal Begins –
In Kabul, fear of more attacks as US military exists Afghanistan –
Amid US Pullout, Taliban Issue Threat to Afghan Journalists –
Leaving Afghanistan Will Make America Less Safe –
60 planeloads of US military equipment leave Afghanistan as drawdown begins –
Afghanistan is critical to the struggle against China, Russia and Iran –
Afghanistan’s Moments of Risk and Opportunity –
The Taliban Will Control Afghanistan –
Pentagon preparing for Taliban attacks during U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan
Taliban may attack US troops as they leave Afghanistan –
US, NATO forces begin final phase of Afghan pullout –
US diplomats being pulled out of Kabul as security deteriorates in Afghanistan –
‘Insider Attacks’ on Afghan Forces Have Increased by 82% –
Insider attacks in Afghan security forces spike as US withdraws –
More B-52s, Ground Troops Deploying to Afghanistan to assist pullout –
Significant increase in violence in Afghanistan –
Afghanistan car bomb explodes killing many –
Cause to fear a Taliban victory in Afghanistan –
Taliban Extorts $1 billion from control of Afghan businesses –
The Lessons from Afghanistan –
US starting final troop withdrawal from Afghanistan –
Who Wins in the Military Withdrawal from Afghanistan –
Taliban Rule in Afghanistan Is Worse for Its Neighbors Than America –
Afghan Military May Not ‘Hold On’ After US Withdrawal –
Afghanistan, The Long, Painful Retreat –
Abandoning Afghanistan Is a Historic Mistake –
Conflict in Afghanistan won’t end after U.S. drawdown –
US withdrawal from Afghanistan could bring Iran opportunities –
Afghan military will collapse without some US help –
U.S. air strikes, surveillance in Afghanistan may continue from afar after drawdown –
Afghanistan, The U.S. Can Always Go back –
Afghanistan war and US stake in it won’t end when troops leave –
Biden’s withdrawal from Afghanistan his first major blunder as president –
Biden Make the Right Decision on Afghanistan –
Afghanistan will continue to shape regional strategic matrix –
US-backed peace conference for Afghanistan warring sides postponed as Taliban balk –
Taliban attacks despite efforts for peace –
Afghans Haven’t Forgotten Taliban Atrocities –
One step closer to a Taliban walkover in Afghanistan –
The Afghanistan War Will Grind On –
Afghanistan plans raise US security concerns –
Anxiety runs deep in Afghanistan’s cities as US plans its exit –
After America, the Taliban’s New Emirate –
‘We have won the war, America has lost’ say Taliban –
The Taliban Are Ready to Exploit America’s Exit –
US troops withdrawal invites ‘significant risk’ of terrorism resurgence in Afghanistan –
‘The progress Afghanistan has made…will be for naught’ –
The US Exit, The View From Afghanistan –
Afghanistan braces for security upheaval as US bases prepare to close –
Loss of intelligence once U.S. troops leave Afghanistan –
American Afghanistan Exit Will Strengthen, Not Weaken, U.S. National Security –
Number of US troops in Afghanistan could increase to help with drawdown efforts –
Afghanistan withdrawal plan could involve small troop surge –
It Was Never All or Nothing in Afghanistan –
China may send peacekeeping force to Afghanistan after US troops leave –
The Bill for the Afghanistan War is $2.26 Trillion, and Still Rising –
How Long US Will Fund Afghan Military is an ‘Open Question’ –
NATO allies to leave Afghanistan along with U.S. –
NATO forces to leave Afghanistan after US withdrawal decision –
Afghanistan, Too Much Is Enough –
US says troops to leave Afghanistan by 11 September –
Taliban Not Ready to Meet Afghan Government as US Wants –
Biden administration walks back claims of Russian bounties on US troops in Afghanistan –
Do Not Make Any More Concessions to the Taliban –
Taliban rocket attack targets US base in Afghanistan –
Taliban attack on base housing hundreds of US troops –
Whether America Stays or Goes, the Taliban Will Control Afghanistan –
U.S. government seems ready to extent US troop presence in Afghanistan –
Why Is it So Tough To Withdraw From Afghanistan –
An Endgame in the Endless War –
Afghan Cities Become Key Battleground –
Taliban signal they have already won –
As U.S. Seeks Peace, Taliban Celebrates Its Jihadist Training Camps –
U.S. Policy Toward Afghanistan –
Strategizing To Exit Afghanistan –
Is the U.S. Military Prepared to Leave Afghanistan –
Biden Predicts Full US Military Withdrawal from Afghanistan by 2022 –
Afghan’s need US troops to counter Taliban –
Intelligence on Potential for Taliban Takeover of Afghanistan –
$88 billion and 20 years later, the Afghan security forces are still not match for the Taliban –
In or Out of Afghanistan Is Not a Political Choice –
Afghan president rejected U.S. peace plan –
US weighs concept of a temporary bombing halt in Afghanistan to spur peace talks –
Sticky Bombs Latest Weapon in Afghanistan’s Arsenal of War –
Stay or go by May 1, US risks disorderly withdrawal from Afghanistan if it doesn’t decide soon –
Assassinations Silence Afghanistan’s Intellectuals –
US airstrikes target Taliban in Kandahar province –
May Deadline Looms for U.S. to Exit the Afghan War –
U.S. Afghanistan withdrawal deadline –
Taliban expect US withdrawal, vow to restore Islamic rule –
Afghan official says security forces can hold their own against Taliban if US troops withdraw –
Afghan security forces still need US help to stand on their own –
Integrating the Taliban Could Destroy Afghanistan’s Security Forces –
The Trick to Exiting Afghanistan –
The U.S. Withdrawal From Afghanistan –
More US troops in Afghanistan than publicly announced –
America’s fresh approach to settling the Afghan conflict –
Will the U.S Afghan Peace Plan Succeed –
How to Secure Peace in Afghanistan –
Reframing The Mission in Afghanistan –
US push for peace in Afghanistan –
US presents warring Afghan sides with draft peace agreement –
US Plan Catalyst for Afghan Peace –
Afghan Security Forces Withdrawing From Checkpoints, Bases –
Deal meant to end war in Afghanistan seen to embolden Taliban –
Ending War in Afghanistan Needs Talking and Fighting –
US wasted billions in Afghanistan –
U.S. Faces a Brutal Choice on Afghanistan –
Ending the forever war in Afghanistan –
Afghanistan, To leave or not to leave –
A Pivotal Moment in Afghanistan War –
Failing Afghanistan strategy –
Leave now, extension, or indefinite stay, bad Afghanistan options –
Even as Peace Talks Resume, Killing Soars in Afghanistan –
Afghan peace talks resume as US reviews Taliban deal –
America’s ‘severely batched’ Afghan War mission –
NATO’s Afghanistan withdrawal depends on violence levels –
NATO hasn’t reached decision on whether to leave Afghanistan –
NATO Faces Conundrum as It Mulls Afghan Pullout –
NATO Dismisses Early Pullout of Afghan Troop Trainers –
Germany says troops may stay longer in Afghanistan –
Did China Build a Spy Network in Kabul –
How To Bargain With The Taliban –
Afghans-Not American Troops, Must Fix Afghanistan’s Problems –
U.S. Troops Should Remain in Afghanistan –
Taliban Attacks Increased in Afghan Capital –
Foreign troops to stay in Afghanistan beyond deadline –
Study group recommends delay Afghanistan withdrawal –
U.S. Should Keep Troops in Afghanistan –
Taliban prisoners released under peace deal arrested after rejoining fight –
Taliban Violence Raises Questions About US Troop Withdrawal –
Afghan government accuses Taliban of snubbing talks –
Iran, Taliban Say US Pushing War in Afghanistan –
Iran hosts Taliban delegation to discuss US presence in Afghanistan –
Taliban Attacks, Violence Kills Dozens –
Time to Withdraw From Afghanistan –
Taliban Attacks, Violence Kills Dozens –
Time to Withdraw From Afghanistan –
U.S. troops in Afghanistan now down to 2,500 –
US troop numbers in Afghanistan drop to lowest level since 2001 –
America Won in Afghanistan But Missed the Victory –
What If the Afghan Peace Process Fails –
Afghanistan busts Chinese spies in espionage cell in Kabul –
US troop presence heading down to 2,500 in Afghanistan and Iraq –