It was a stark contrast from a different set of images, just seven months ago, when the Taliban rolled into Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, unopposed. Most Afghan troops abandoned their uniforms and weapons. The president fled to the United Arab Emirates, leaving his country to the Taliban mili...
It was a stark contrast from a different set of images, just seven months ago, when the Taliban rolled into Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, unopposed. Most Afghan troops abandoned their uniforms and weapons. The president fled to the United Arab Emirates, leaving his country to the Taliban mili...
Why did the Iraq War start? Why are the Roman-Persian Wars not well-known? Why did the United States invade Iraq in 2003? What were the causes and consequences of the Persian Gulf War? Why did President George HW Bush leave Saddam Hussein in power in Iraq? Do you think it was a rig...
Why did Osama bin Laden go to Afghanistan? Why did the United States and U.S.S.R. engage in proxy wars during the Cold War? Why was the Taliban formed? Why did the United States invade Iraq in 2003? Why does Pakistan support the Afghan Taliban?
Bowman says because of this, Putin “is the most persuasive billboard possible for the value of NATO membership.” Why Did Russia Invade Ukraine When it Did? It all could have come down to Russia’s resources at that moment, Pomeranz said at the time. It might have been the “most ...
“the Middle East with two thirds of the world’s oil and lowest cost is still where the prize ultimately lies”. Blair too had reason to be anxious about oil: British North Sea output had peaked in 1999 - and has been falling ever since - while the petrol protests of 2000 had made ...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- U.S. and Russian diplomats on Monday had a heated debate at the United Nations Security Council over the Ukraine crisis, with the U.S. side blaming Russia for intending to invade Ukraine and Russian diplomats accusing Washington of "whipping up tensions" over...
Otherwise, I don’t want to go for too long, but it’s also quite interesting that he fits into the whole ideological leanings of NATO. For example, during the Afghanistan war, in which he presided over much of this war, half of it, you had CIA documents be...
government does not have enough hard evidence connecting Bin Laden to 9/11, how is it possible that it had enough evidence to invade Afghanistan to “smoke him out of his cave?” The federal government claims to have invaded Afghanistan to “root out” Bin Laden and the Taliban. Through ...
So why did Moscow do it? Afghanistan Had Long Held Strategic Importance Photo12/Universal Images Group/Getty Images A political cartoon of Nicholas II and General Obruchev looking over a 'War Map' with 'Russia' on one side, 'England' on the other, and 'Afghanistan' between them; beneath ...