DreyfussBobAUTHORNationDreyfuss, Bob, How the US War in Afghanistan Fueled the Taliban Insurgency (Nation, 10/7/2013, Vol. 297, Issue 14, pp. 1-4)Dreyfuss, Bob. "How the US War in Afghanistan Fueled the Taliban Insurgency." Nation 297, no. 14 (2013): 1-4....
Here’s a look at the US War in Afghanistan, which began on October 7, 2001 with allied air strikes onTalibanand al Qaeda targets. The United States linked theSeptember 11, 2001 terrorist attacksto al Qaeda, a group that operated under the Taliban regime’s protection in Afghanistan. Timeli...
In November, President Donald Trump's administration said it would sharply cut the number of U.S. forces in Afghanistan from 4,500 to 2,500 by mid-January, stopping short of a threatened full withdrawal from America's longest war after fierce opposition from allies at h...
In Afghanistan war, marines' struggle to recruit locals could delay US exit; In Khan Neshin, near the Pakistan border, recruitment of locals for the Afghanistan war effort is an often frustrating process. Obstacles include candidates' drug use, illiteracy, and fear of the Taliban.(World)...
American hubris reemerged, this time as “the global war on terror.” Afghanistan is now the poster child for the sense that the U.S. can remake the world. ‘A sea of righteous retribution’ Osama bin Laden gave American interventionistseager for the next fight a huge justification – an...
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WASHINGTON-Lies, ego, hubris and self-deception: Experts are counting up the reasons for failure in the United States' two-decade war in Afghanistan. Calling it ill-fated from the beginning, they say the episode is comparable to the country's experience in Vietnam. ...
Here is a look at the current situation for the approximately 2,500 U.S. service members in Afghanistan and what has transpired over the last 20 years.
Incomplete statistics show the war killed 174,000 Afghans, including more than 30,000 civilians and made nearly one-third of the population homeless. The US abandoned Afghanistan, leaving behind a shattered economy, widespread poverty and a humanitarian disaster, said Tahir Farooq, editor-in-chief...
Since then, a new generation of Americans has been born and come of age while the war that started that day carried on, often in the background with little focus from most of the public. How many troops have been in Afghanistan in the past 20 years?