Topic: Afghanistan

A Look Back at Afghanistan Through a Different Lens
A Look Back at Afghanistan Through a Different Lens June 23, 2025 Pete Colan This wasn’t the first time Trump pulled off a successful strategic military initiative with only a small number of planners and impressive global deception. 
The Taliban has been nullifying the divorces of tens of thousands of child brides
The Taliban has been nullifying the divorces of tens of thousands of child brides October 2, 2024 Olivia Murray Little girls initially sold into sex slavery escaped through “divorce,” but now they’re being dragged back to their “husbands.”
Taliban seeks to diversify Afghanistan’s economy, plans to ‘revive’ tourism
Taliban seeks to diversify Afghanistan’s economy, plans to ‘revive’ tourism May 3, 2024 Olivia Murray Let me be the first to say, I will not be taking the Taliban up on its gracious offer to experience Afghanistan as a tourist.
Fallout from Biden's Afghanistan pullout fiasco spreads to terrorist threats against the US
Fallout from Biden's Afghanistan pullout fiasco spreads to terrorist threats against the US April 24, 2023 Monica Showalter Afghanistan has become a staging ground for terrorist plots again, and the plots have multiplied, the Pentagon leaker's classified documents revealed.
Joe Biden’s top Afghanistan envoy slammed for suggesting Afghan women may need 'Black Girl Magic'
Joe Biden’s top Afghanistan envoy slammed for suggesting Afghan women may need 'Black Girl Magic' February 18, 2023 Rajan Laad ...and that's not the Biden wokester doofus's only lunatic tweet.
In Afghanistan, the ladies go online
In Afghanistan, the ladies go online January 18, 2023 Silvio Canto, Jr. Under the Taliban's nose, online education is booming for Afghan women and girls.
Auditor decries stonewalling by Biden administration over $1.1 billion aid to Afghanistan
Auditor decries stonewalling by Biden administration over $1.1 billion aid to Afghanistan November 4, 2022 Rajan Laad U.S. government agencies suddenly aren't keen to tell the auditors how they're spending all that Afghanistan aid cash.
Who knew that they'd go back to their old ways?
Who knew that they'd go back to their old ways? August 16, 2022 Silvio Canto, Jr. It took one year, and the new Afghanistan looks a lot like the bad old days in Afghanistan. 
CIA director 'very proud' of Afghanistan analysis that led to the disastrous withdrawal
CIA director 'very proud' of Afghanistan analysis that led to the disastrous withdrawal July 25, 2022 Thomas Lifson "Close enough for government work" has taken on a whole new dimension in the Biden era.
John Bolton Inadvertently Reminds Us Why We Need Trump
John Bolton Inadvertently Reminds Us Why We Need Trump March 22, 2022 J. Allen Cartwright The 2000s called, and they want their foreign policy back.
Yet another catastrophic failure from our massive, lavishly funded 'Intelligence Community'
Yet another catastrophic failure from our massive, lavishly funded 'Intelligence Community' November 29, 2021 Thomas Lifson The shocking extent of the Taliban's infiltration of Afghanistan's cities and organizations under the noses of the U.S. intelligence agencies is now coming to light.
A Marine’s Reflection on Afghanistan
A Marine’s Reflection on Afghanistan September 30, 2021 Daniel Duffy This was a war we could have and should have won. 
Desperate Dems disgracing themselves in Afghanistan fiasco cover-up efforts
Desperate Dems disgracing themselves in Afghanistan fiasco cover-up efforts September 10, 2021 Thomas Lifson Democrats on the House Oversight Committee unanimously voted against surveying the equipment, paid for by American taxpayers, that was left behind in Afghanistan, making the Taliban the best armed terror state in history.
The Future Emirates of Afghanistan
The Future Emirates of Afghanistan September 9, 2021 Geoffrey Clarfield The West has spent more than twenty years and billions of dollars trying to weld these tribes into a modern nation-state. It cannot be done and the majority of Afghans do not want it.
Our foes press hard from every side, beginning with the inside
Our foes press hard from every side, beginning with the inside September 7, 2021 Molly Slag Looking at the debacle in Afghanistan, we must recognize that our greatest enemy isn't the Taliban or radical Islam.
When the Devil grabs you by the throat
When the Devil grabs you by the throat August 31, 2021 Ed Timperlake We have just experienced the greatest political/military defeat in American history. It is a historic watershed moment of presidential ineptitude and piss-poor senior military judgment on a grand scale.
Message from an American on the ground in Afghanistan
Message from an American on the ground in Afghanistan August 29, 2021 editor's note "Horrific. Someone needs to be held accountable."
Assessing the Taliban victory
Assessing the Taliban victory August 24, 2021 G. Murphy Donovan At this point, America is clearly losing the global war with Islamic religious fascism. Things will get a lot worse before they get better.
God, Afghanistan, and the question of evil
God, Afghanistan, and the question of evil August 23, 2021 Byron Lafayette As these horrific stories unfold, I am hearing more and more people say things like "Why would God allow this?," or "How can a loving God allow this kind of evil to be unchecked?"
Biden's Afghanistan: The ground he wouldn't keep
Biden's Afghanistan: The ground he wouldn't keep August 22, 2021 Civis Americanus The Biden Administration's withdrawal from Afghanistan resembles a precipitous rout as depicted in Rudyard Kipling's poem, That Day.
The Afghanistan Debacle is Exactly What the Left Wanted
The Afghanistan Debacle is Exactly What the Left Wanted August 20, 2021 Christopher Skeet The left doesn't consider the fall of Kabul and the betrayal of our allies to be a tragedy.  Rather, this is deliberate foreign policy strategy, and it's right on track.
It's time to hold the Intelligence Community to account for its abject failures
It's time to hold the Intelligence Community to account for its abject failures August 18, 2021 Ed Timperlake It is now time to employ a major Intelligence Community term of art: we need a Damage Assessment, shining sunlight on the I.C. failure and the willfully blind acceptance of their bad intel by commanders.
Stop taking over or we will bomb you?
Stop taking over or we will bomb you? August 11, 2021 Silvio Canto, Jr. Biden's Afghan withdrawal turns sour.
A bit more about that Afghanistan population problem...
A bit more about that Afghanistan population problem... March 16, 2021 Michael von der Schulenburg When the allies invaded Afghanistan in 2001 and started handing out free wheat to the locals, Afghanistan's farmers were forced to turn to opium production, given the collapse in wheat prices this well-meaning but ignorant measure triggered.
As Trump flew over Asia, Hong Kongers on land waved Trump's 'Rocky' pictures and the American flag
As Trump flew over Asia, Hong Kongers on land waved Trump's 'Rocky' pictures and the American flag November 29, 2019 Monica Showalter In an era when the Left is always thinking up a new reason to stomp on the U.S. flag, people on the sharp end have other ideas.
Both Republicans and Democrats are Clueless about Afghanistan
Both Republicans and Democrats are Clueless about Afghanistan September 28, 2019 Lawrence Sellin For eighteen years we have wrongly applied counterinsurgency doctrine to a proxy war waged by Pakistan against the U.S. and Afghanistan.
A French soldier's view of US soldiers in Afghanistan
A French soldier's view of US soldiers in Afghanistan September 9, 2019 Thomas Lifson Simply stunning.
So should all laws be optional?
So should all laws be optional? August 23, 2017 Jack Hellner Based on the behavior of some politicians, laws are just suggestions.  Start with Mayor Rahm Emanuel...
Trump's Afghanistan speech was no cave-in; it was Trump being Trump
Trump's Afghanistan speech was no cave-in; it was Trump being Trump August 22, 2017 Monica Showalter President Trump was being All Trump as he laid out his new Afghanistan strategy.  This is why we elected him.
Afghanistan: Just walk away
Afghanistan: Just walk away June 24, 2017 David Archibald Afghanistan is a lost cause.
After Trump drops the MOAB, the NYT finds a way to praise Obama
After Trump drops the MOAB, the NYT finds a way to praise Obama April 16, 2017 Monica Showalter What's with the New York Times? As President Trump covered himself with glory for unleashing the MOAB, the Times finds a way to praise ... President Obama.
Afghan bride sold for 30 goats executed for non-performance
Afghan bride sold for 30 goats executed for non-performance February 14, 2017 Ed Straker In America, if you're a young woman and your parents disapprove of your boyfriend, you'll probably marry him anyway.  But in Afghanistan, it happens a little differently.
Afghanistan fallout three decades later
Afghanistan fallout three decades later June 18, 2016 Rosslyn Smith I worry that the United States in 2016 bears an uncomfortable similarity to the Soviet Union in 1986.  The list of nations that have been restored to greatness under a gerontocracy is short. 
Afghanistan fallout three decades later
Afghanistan fallout three decades later June 17, 2016 Rosslyn Smith I worry that the United States in 2016 bears an uncomfortable similarity to the Soviet Union in 1986.  The list of nations that have been restored to greatness under a gerontocracy is short. 
Fight the Taliban without enabling Afghan homosexual pedophiles
Fight the Taliban without enabling Afghan homosexual pedophiles September 21, 2015 Ed Straker Whoever ordered our soldiers to be disciplined for saving Afghan boys from homosexual pedophiles should be fired.
Brutal murder shows Afghanistan ripe to be next ISIS target
Brutal murder shows Afghanistan ripe to be next ISIS target March 25, 2015 Daniel Akbari A mob of over 500 men murdered a woman for allegedly burning a verse of the Koran.  Police stood by and did nothing; an imam supports the mob.
Back in Iraq: What Happened to AfPak?
Back in Iraq: What Happened to AfPak? January 4, 2015 Shoshana Bryen Pakistan has fallen off the Obama administration's foreign policy radar.  It wasn't supposed to be like this.
The war president who needs to say we are at war
The war president who needs to say we are at war December 7, 2014 Silvio Canto, Jr. Like it or not, Barack Obama is a war president.  He needs to start acting like one.
Obama expands combat role for U.S. in Afghanistan as ban on night raids is lifted
Obama expands combat role for U.S. in Afghanistan as ban on night raids is lifted November 24, 2014 Rick Moran Taliban growing in strength.
President Obama should listen to FDR's fireside chats
President Obama should listen to FDR's fireside chats March 12, 2014 Silvio Canto, Jr. "Fireside Chats" vs. "campaign speeches."
Weapons Failure in Afghanistan?
Weapons Failure in Afghanistan? February 24, 2014 J.R. Dunn A very familiar accusation is heard about the Army's M-4 assault rifle.
America's 'Tools' of Engagement
America's 'Tools' of Engagement February 23, 2014 Glenn Fairman When we bring our rules and values down from their lofty seats of abstraction, we find sometimes that they can lead to our undoing.
The Morning After in Afghanistan
The Morning After in Afghanistan February 7, 2014 Georgy Gounev So the Afghan War is over? Think again.
The Power of <em>Lone Survivor</em>
The Power of Lone Survivor January 19, 2014 Elise Cooper "The movie is heart-wrenching, and the tribute at the end brought to life that this wasn't just a movie, in the Hollywood sense."
Liberals as Victims
Liberals as Victims January 17, 2014 Robert Babcock Mother Jones Spins Lone Survivor
An Honest Look at the 'Right' War
An Honest Look at the 'Right' War January 15, 2014 Sally Zelikovsky If you are a pie-in-the-sky, Burning Man kind of guy who thinks all war is wrong, you will never understand Lone Survivor.
Never the Twain
Never the Twain December 11, 2013 Michael Curtis Phyllis Chesler provides a personal warning about the treatment of women in Islamic countries.
<em>Lone Survivor</em>: Courage in Afghanistan
Lone Survivor: Courage in Afghanistan December 1, 2013 Robert K. Wilcox If you want to understand the kind of conflict the best of the best are fighting today, this movie shows it.
Elections Have Consequences...
Elections Have Consequences... September 10, 2013 Lauri B. Regan ...that extend well past our borders.
Why Afghanistan Matters
Why Afghanistan Matters September 6, 2013 Ben Cohen Why a Taliban victory is bad news for America.
What Now?
What Now? July 21, 2013 Doug Simpson Twenty-five years ago I embarked on a personal mission to change the faces sitting in the seats of government. I was wrong. So, what now?
Before Benghazi, There Was Extortion 17
Before Benghazi, There Was Extortion 17 July 18, 2013 Pamela Geller The parents of a deceased Navy SEAL expose the Obama administration's empty and dangerous efforts to appease Islamists.
Obama Dealing with the Devil in Qatar
Obama Dealing with the Devil in Qatar June 24, 2013 William Sullivan Barack Obama has crossed his fingers and shot the dice, hoping for an honorable exit from Afghanistan by extending the olive branch to the Taliban.
Abandoning Vietnam, er, Afghanistan
Abandoning Vietnam, er, Afghanistan June 23, 2013 Shoshana Bryen As a centurion once put it: " if we should leave our bleached bones on these desert sands in vain, then beware the anger of the legions.."