Afghanistan Tag

Last U.S. Troops Leave Afghanistan: “We did not get everybody out that we wanted to get out”

Posted by Mary Chastain on August 30, 2021 55 Comments

"Tonight's withdrawal signifies both the end of the military component of the evacuation, but also the end of the nearly 20 year mission that began in Afghanistan shortly after Sept. 11, 2001."...

Report: Military Prepared for ‘Mass Casualty Event’ Right Before Terrorist Attack in Kabul

Posted by Mary Chastain on August 30, 2021 12 Comments

“We’re not going to get everyone out. We’ll get 90-95 percent."...

Kabul Airport: U.S. Troops Under Rocket Fire as Tuesday’s Evacuation Deadline Looms

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on August 30, 2021 9 Comments

NBC News: "The White House said its evacuation effort was continuing 'uninterrupted' despite the rockets."...

“Disastrous,” “Catastrophic,” “Failure”: Obama-Biden Officials Scorch Biden’s Afghanistan Withdrawal Disaster

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on August 29, 2021 25 Comments

Former Obama-Biden admin officials lambast feckless and incompetent Joe Biden for the absolute, and "completely preventable," Afghanistan debacle...

Biden Warns of “Another Kabul Attack” as U.S. Evacuation Grinds to a Halt

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on August 29, 2021 14 Comments

The NYT: "The president said an attack was 'highly likely' at the Afghan capital’s airport."...

Father of Marine Killed in Afghanistan Says ‘Biden Turned His Back on Him’

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 29, 2021 18 Comments

The families and friends of over a dozen members of the military are grieving right now over the loss of their loved ones in Afghanistan, and the nation mourns with them. Steve Nikoui, the father of Marine Kareem Nikoui, has been speaking to the media. He is upset with Biden and who could blame him?

Marine Commander Relieved Of Duty For Demanding Accountability From Military Leadership

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on August 28, 2021 53 Comments

"I have been fighting for 17 years. I am willing to throw it all away to say to my senior leaders, I demand accountability."...

Taliban Sets Up Special Unit To Hunt Down Afghans Who Helped U.S. And Allied Forces

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on August 28, 2021 40 Comments

We gave them names. Politico: "The US separately has provided the Taliban with a list of Americans and Afghans it wants to evacuate from the country."...

Rep. Issa Rescues Two More California Families in Afghanistan

Posted by Mary Chastain on August 27, 2021 12 Comments

From the school district: "There are additional five families with Cajon Valley students remaining (14 students and 8 parents) to the best of our knowledge."...

Afghanistan: Biden Sticking With Aug. 31 Withdrawal, Pentagon Confirms Only One Blast

Posted by Mary Chastain on August 27, 2021 15 Comments

Pentagon also believes there was only one explosion....

Ohio Navy Medic is the First Identified U.S. Service Member Killed in Afghanistan Terrorist Attack

Posted by Mary Chastain on August 27, 2021 26 Comments

"What I will say is that my beautiful, intelligent, beat-to-the-sound of his own drum, annoying, charming baby brother was killed yesterday helping to save lives.”...

How Biden Pulled Out the Rug From Under the Afghan Military

Posted by New Neo on August 27, 2021 38 Comments

Losing "all the goodwill of 20 years"...

Joe Biden has allowed our enemies to rejoice over us

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 26, 2021 21 Comments

The debacle of how withdrawal from Afghanistan has been carried out has been an exercise in humiliating the United States, and the lead perpetrators are our own leadership....