However, the efforts have been hindered by the sanctions of the US and its allies, with billions in assets of Afghanistan's central bank frozen by Western powers. Political and diplomatic isolation adds to the problems faced by Afghanistan's caretaker government, on top of problems such as ...
In light of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, there are two competing logics on the implications for U.S. security commitments to allies and partners in East Asia. The first logic: The United States does not hesitate to abandon friends and allies abruptly; therefore, East Asian states ...
In testimony to Congress last month, their first since the withdrawal of all U.S. forces from Afghanistan -- Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Mark Milley and Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, commander of U.S. Central Command, candidly admitted that they had recommended to Biden that the U.S. sho...
Republican lawmakers accused President Joe Biden of lying about recommendations from his military that some troops should be kept in Afghanistan. Even Biden's Democrats expressed frustration with a chaotic withdrawal that left US troops dead and American citizens behind. ...
More than 123,000 people were evacuated from Kabul in a massive but chaotic airlift by the United States and its allies over the past two weeks, but many of those who helped Western nations during the war were left behind. Taliban celebrate 'complete independence' as last US troops...
The US thinks the type of neoliberal democracy it follows has proved to be best for governance, both in theory and praxis, even though many of its important allies think US-style neoliberal democracy is going through a crisis in the US as well as globally. ...
US: NATO allies to extend Afghanistan commands as plan shelved for greater US control in southLOLITA C. BALDOR
President Joe Biden’s national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, defended the decision not to keep U.S. forces or diplomats in Sudan to help its citizens evacuate as several U.S. allies did and as the U.S. has often done in conflict zones in the past. ...
Those left behind fear reprisals After 16 months working for the US, Pardis was terminated in 2012 after failing a routine polygraph, or lie detector, test. He was looking for a way out of Afghanistan but didn’t qualify for the Special Immigrant Visa because of his termination, his friend...
However, the early stage at which China met with Taliban leaders confirmed the perception, at least in the eyes of America’s European allies, that China is ready to capitalize on the void left by the US – if unlikely to fill it militarily. Based on current reports from Afghanistan, ...