China is wasting no time in using the chaos of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan to advance its agenda closer to home. State media has
Afghanistan Update: 18 August, 2021
As the Afghan debacle continued to unfold, the incompetence demonstrated by the Biden administration continues to defy logic. Politics aside, there were opportunities to change
Afghanistan Update: 6:30 PM (Eastern Time) 16 August, 2021
President Joe Biden spoke publicly today about the situation in Afghanistan. Biden made remarks to the nation but took no questions from reporters. Instead, the
Afghanistan Update: 9 PM (eastern Time) 15 August, 2021
It’s over. The collapse of the Afghan government is now complete. Ashraf Ghani is in exile, and the Taliban have almost complete control of Kabul.
Afghanistan Update: 12 PM (Eastern Time), 15 August, 2021
This morning’s news from Kabul provides a textbook example of the final hours of a government’s collapse. With Taliban fighters having entered the Afghan capital,
Afghanistan Update: 14 August, 2021
Mazar-i-Sharif, the last government-held city in northern Afghanistan has been captured by Taliban fighters. The capture of Mazar, an anti-Taliban enclave for decades, was the
