A U.S. official told The Associated Press that troops have started to leave Afghanistan.
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U.S., Taliban Sign Peace Deal, Taliban Pledges To Ensure Terrorists Can “never again operate from Afghan soil”
On Saturday, the U.S. and the Taliban signed an historic peace agreement. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo signed the deal but was cautious in his statements, saying that the “good feelings” will not last if there isn’t concrete follow-up on the “commitments stated and promises made.”
U.S., Taliban Reach Agreement on Reduced Violence Before Possible Peace Deal
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that America and the Taliban in Afghanistan have reached an agreement to reduce violence for a week.
The two sides could potentially form a peace deal by the time the agreement ends.
American University in Afghanistan Faces Uncertain Future
The university depends largely on tax dollars but can’t account for over $60 million in government funds.
Inside Higher Ed reports:
Uncertain Future for American University in Afghanistan
The American University of Afghanistan opened its doors in 2006, in the wake of the U.S.-led invasion of the country five years earlier. In a country...
Newsweek Reporter Fired for Inaccurate Report About Trump Spending Thanksgiving “Tweeting and Golfing”
As Legal Insurrection readers are aware, President Trump spent his Thanksgiving in Afghanistan serving Thanksgiving dinner to our troops and personally thanking them for their service to our great country.
President Trump Makes Stealth Thanksgiving Trip to Troops in Afghanistan
President Donald Trump took a stealth trip to Afghanistan this Thanksgiving, to visit U.S. military troops stationed at Bagram Air Field.
18 years later: Remembering CIA Officer Johnny “Mike” Spann, the first American killed in Afghanistan after 9/11
For many years, on November 25 and also Memorial Day, we have remembered Johnny Micheal Spann, a CIA Operations Officer who was the first American killed in Afghanistan after 9/11.
We have told Spann’s story many times, but it never gets old. Our 15th Anniversary post summed up much of what we...
Young Turks Host Hasan Piker Mocks Rep. Dan Crenshaw’s War Injuries, Declares America Deserved 9/11
Hasan Piker, Young Turks host and nephew of Cenk Uger, has been taking heat since Wednesday for saying castigating the United States deserved the 9/11 terrorist attacks. He also mocked the injuries Texas Rep. Dan Crenshaw received while serving in Afghanistan.
‘American Taliban’ John Walker Lindh, Who has Praised ISIS, Leaves Prison,
John Walker Lindh, a man called the “American Taliban,” left a federal prison in Indiana on Thursday after 17 years behind bars. He received a 20-year sentence after he joined the Taliban in Afghanistan after 9/11.
Lawmakers tried to persuade against Lindh’s release even though he “will have a set of heavy...
‘American Taliban’ John Walker Lindh scheduled for early release in May 2019
Every year we remember Johnny “Mike” Spann, the CIA special operations officer who was the first American killed in Afghanistan after 9/11.
Each year we discover new facts and stories, including the letter from Afghan warlord Abdul Rahdis Dostum and the memorial he dedicated in Spann’s memory, interviews with his oldest daughter Alison, and the family’s...
Senate Passes Bipartisan Anti-BDS Bill
The Senate passed a bill that denounces the Boycott, Divest, and Sanction (BDS) movement 77-23 on Tuesday. The bill “allows state and local governments to boycott companies that boycott the country of Israel.”
The bill also contains a resolution that opposes President Donald Trump’s vow to withdraw American soldiers from Syria...
Remembering Johnny “Mike” Spann, CIA Operations Officer killed in Afghanistan, 11-25-2001
Every year on November 25 we remember Johnny Micheal (“Mike”) Spann, the first American killed in Afghanistan after the 9/11 attacks. It was on that date in 2001 that Spann was killed during a Taliban prisoner uprising at the Qala-i-Jangi fortress.
The “American Taliban” John Walker Lindh was being held and interrogated at the...
How Obama admin subverted plan to take down Taliban drug running, just like it shut down operation against Hezbollah
In December 2017, investigative reporter Josh Meyer broke a story in Politico Magazine which exposed how the Obama administration allowed Hezbollah to run drugs, including into the U.S., for fear that a crackdown would upset Iran during the nuke deal negotiations.
Pence Makes Surprise Visit to Troops in Afghanistan
Vice President Mike made surprised American troops in Afghanistan Thursday.
In the first visit to Afghanistan by either Trump or Pence, the Vice President met with Afghan leaders and American troops.
Remembering CIA Officer Johnny “Mike” Spann as John Walker Lindh release date nears
Johnny “Mike” Spann was a CIA special operations officer who was the first American killed in Afghanistan after the 9/11 attack, on November 25, 2001.
I first wrote about him on May 3, 2011, after news of the death of Osama bin Laden, Remembering Johnny “Mike” Spann:
American Woman, Family Freed After Five Years in Captivity in Afghanistan by the Taliban
Pakistan officials announced that the Taliban has freed an American woman, her Canadian husband, and their children after five years of imprisonment. From ABC News:
Caitlan Coleman, 31, and her husband Joshua Boyle, 34, who were abducted while hiking in Afghanistan’s Ghazni province in 2012, were secured in an exchange between Pakistani...
India Backs Trump’s New Strategy For Afghanistan
Eliminating Islamist terrorism was high on the agenda when Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Washington three months ago. “We will destroy radical Islamic terrorism,” President Donald Trump had said in his joint statement with Premier Modi. Last night, President Trump told India to take concrete steps in the region towards that...
