Taliban Tag

Watchdog: U.S. Weapons Now Core of Taliban Military

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 07, 2025 16 Comments

"A massive number of U.S.-made and U.S.-supplied weapons and military facilities were left behind in Afghanistan as a result of President Joe Biden’s troop withdrawal announcement in April 2021"...

Hegseth Orders Special Panel to Examine Afghanistan Withdrawal

Posted by Mary Chastain on May 20, 2025 24 Comments

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth explained that the department has spent three months reviewing the withdrawal, which led to the deaths of 13 soldiers....

Biden Admin Spent $15 Million to Provide Contraceptives, Condoms in Afghanistan

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 27, 2025 18 Comments

"U.S. law forbids taxpayer funds from going to the Taliban, a specially designated global terrorist organization."...

CNN’s Juliette Kayyem: Trump “Racist” for Calling Taliban Leader Abdul…Abdul

Posted by Mary Chastain on September 12, 2024 23 Comments

It's racist to call someone by their name? News to me!...

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Three Years On: The Disastrous Legacy Of Biden’s Afghanistan Withdrawal

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on August 30, 2024 8 Comments

Taliban 'parades U.S. military equipment' before Chinese and Russian representatives at former Bagram airbase. ...

Taliban Parade American Equipment Biden Left Behind to Celebrate Three Years in Power

Posted by Mary Chastain on August 14, 2024 22 Comments

The withdrawal cost the lives of 13 brave Americans....

Afghanistan: Taliban Selling Tickets to Ruins of Bamiyan Buddhas They Destroyed in 2001

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on June 20, 2023 16 Comments

Millions of Afghans survive on U.S. and Western aid....

Afghanistan: Taliban, China Sign Oil Exploration Deal

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on January 07, 2023 12 Comments

Chinese oil company "will invest as much as $150 million in the first year and $540 million over the subsequent three years."...

Professors Denounce Taliban Decision to Ban Afghan Women From Higher Education

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 04, 2023 5 Comments

"fundamental ignorance of Islamic history and to their tribal ways of life in which women are clearly marginalized and expected to be subservient to men"...

Taliban in Afghanistan Ban Women From Attending Universities

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 22, 2022 3 Comments

"Despite initially promising a more moderate rule respecting rights for women’s and minorities"...

American Contractor Mark Frerichs Freed From Taliban in Prisoner Exchange

Posted by Mary Chastain on September 19, 2022 4 Comments

The Taliban abducted Frerichs in January 2020. The U.S. released drug lord Bashir Noorzai to secure Frerichs' release....

One Year Ago Today: Biden’s Disastrous Afghanistan Withdrawal

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on August 15, 2022 9 Comments

While President Biden calls his withdrawal as an "extraordinary success," the reality on the ground tells a different story....

UN Report: Al-Qaida Flourishing in Taliban-Run Afghanistan, May Regain Capabilities to Launch “Long-Distance” Terror Attacks Soon

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on June 06, 2022 23 Comments

Afghanistan "could once again become a base for international terrorist attacks after the withdrawal of US and Nato troops last year."...

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