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Middle East

Why Trump won't get Afghanistan's Bagram base back

While the Taliban have of course objected, Russia and China would have something to say too

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Middle East

Millions of Afghans forced to return to a hellscape the world forgot

Iran and Pakistan are deporting people in en masse back to a country where Taliban revenge and abuse, no jobs or food, and grinding poverty, await

Afghanistan withdrawal
Military Industrial Complex

Turns out leaving Afghanistan did not unleash terror on US or region

There have been zero attacks against American-linked targets at home or abroad in the four years since the withdrawal

The Taliban resistance lives on in the Lion of Panjshir's son
Middle East

The Taliban resistance lives on in the Lion of Panjshir's son

Ahmad Shah Massoud, hero of the Northern Alliance, was assassinated two days before 9/11. His namesake talks to RS.

Shame: Afghanistan withdrawal politics miss the point of everything
Washington Politics

Shame: Afghanistan withdrawal politics miss the point of everything

Fixating on final moments is preferable to facing the absolute failure of the war

Water wars: What the US can offer the Taliban, for a price
Global Crises

Water wars: What the US can offer the Taliban, for a price

A crisis is on the horizon in Afghanistan and Washington has significant leverage to help fix it