Afghanistan

“Willful Blindness”: GOP Releases Report on Biden’s Afghanistan Withdrawal

A new report on the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan claims Biden overrode critical advice from military and national security advisors, leading to a...

Veronika Kyrylenko September 9, 2024

Russia Hosts Taliban at “Regional Threat” Talks and Affirms Support for Kabul

Luis Miguel September 29, 2023

The Taliban may be a pariah to the Western geopolitical establishment, but it is not without friends in high places. On Friday, Moscow...

China First to Appoint Ambassador to Afghanistan Since Taliban Takeover

Luis Miguel September 15, 2023

The Chinese demonstrate a willingness to work with anyone who can help them along their path to geopolitical ascendance — regardless of ideology....

Taliban Scores $6.5 Billion in Mining Contracts, Strengthens China Ties

Luis Miguel September 2, 2023

The Taliban announced several major mining partnerships with investors from a slew of nations, including Iran and China. ...

Taliban Arrests Chinese Nationals for Stealing Afghan Lithium

Angeline Tan January 30, 2023

The men reportedly were trying to smuggle 1,000 metric tons of rocks containing the vital metal into China via Pakistan. ...

Taliban Forbids University Education for Afghan Girls, U.S. Slams Decision

Angeline Tan December 22, 2022

SINGAPORE — Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have forbidden university education for women throughout the country, eliciting criticism from the United States and the UN....

ISIS-linked Group Assumes Responsibility for Kabul Hotel Attack Targeting Chinese

Angeline Tan December 15, 2022

An Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) branch claimed responsibility for an attack on Monday at a Kabul hotel popular among Chinese...

Taliban Holds Parade Proudly Showing Off Weapons, Equipment Abandoned by U.S. Government

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. November 16, 2022

This and other unconscionable acts of the Taliban were made possible by Biden's ill-timed and poorly planned withdrawal from Afghanistan. ...

Biden Admin Blocking Transparency on $1 Billion Given to Afghanistan

Luis Miguel November 12, 2022

“Follow the money” is a wise, common axiom for a reason, but it’s hard to follow the money when the government is doing...

AP & GOP Jeopardize U.S. Combat Veteran’s Congressional Campaign

Rebecca Terrell September 23, 2022

The Republican Party is pulling nearly $1 million in advertising promised to its candidate for the U.S. House in Ohio’s 9th District after...

There Is No Vetting

Michelle Malkin December 1, 2021

Open borders plus bleeding hearts equal a demographic nightmare. Homeland security is a joke. There is no vetting. ...

Biden Ordered Unvetted Afghans Onto Planes Out of Kabul. Ignored Security, Packed Them In

R. Cort Kirkwood October 27, 2021

As the United States pulled out of Afghanistan in September, Biden personally told the American ambassador to Afghanistan, Ross Wilson, to send unvetted...