Afghanistan
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Male Afghan Students Boycott Classes To Protest Ban On Women’s Education
Male students in Afghanistan vowed they will not return to class until women are allowed to return to university classrooms,…
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Congress Spars Over Bill Giving Afghans Who Fled The Taliban A Path To Permanent Residence
Lawmakers failed to come to an agreement over legislation that would create a path to permanent residence for Afghan evacuees,…
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Editorial cartoon by Michael Ramirez. Commentary by R. Mitchell, Editor-in-chief. See more Ramirez (@Ramireztoons) HERE.
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‘Ripple Effect’: Military Families Pay For Biden’s Botched Afghanistan Withdrawal
One year after the Biden administration’s military withdrawal from Afghanistan resulted in the deaths of 13 U.S. soldiers, Dakota Halverson,…
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‘Worse Than Saigon’: Former Green Beret Rips Biden For ‘Cold-Hearted’ Withdrawal From Afghanistan
A former Green Beret now serving in the House of Representatives blasted President Joe Biden over last year’s withdrawal from…
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Hundreds More Americans Wanted To Leave Afghanistan Than Biden Admin Initially Claimed, Investigation Finds
More than 800 Americans have evacuated from Afghanistan in the year since the U.S. military withdrew, significantly more than the…
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‘Ghost Soldiers’: The Pentagon Lost $232 Million Trying To Pay Afghan Forces
The Department of Defense (DOD) paid $232 million to unauthorized or nonexistent accounts between 2019 and 2021 from funds intended…
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As Their Country Fell Apart, Former Afghan Officials Fled To Mansions In The US
Many members of Afghanistan’s last government fled the country in the years leading up to the fall of Kabul and…
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Taliban Won’t Allow Girls To Go To School Past 6th Grade, Breaking Promise To International Community
Despite promises that schools would stay open for young girls in Afghanistan, the Taliban will not allow females to go…
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‘You Don’t Even Care’: Mother Of Slain Marine Blasts Biden For Not Mentioning 13 Soldiers Killed In Afghanistan
The mother of a Marine killed in an explosion in Kabul during the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan slammed President Joe…
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Pregnant Reporter Turned To Taliban For Help After Home Country’s COVID Restrictions Prevent Her Return
A pregnant journalist in Afghanistan said she turned to the Taliban for help when New Zealand’s COVID-19 travel policy would…
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The (Hidden) Costs of the Afghanistan War
The somber photos and videos that came out of Afghanistan this year led many to wonder whether the 20-year conflict…
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Afghan Women Are Now Forbidden From Driving Long Distances Alone
The Taliban made it illegal for women in Afghanistan to go on long-distance road trips alone, BBC News reported Monday.…
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Biden’s Afghanistan Disaster is Far From Over
In August, we watched in horror, disgust, and embarrassment as the Biden plan to end the twenty-year American involvement in…
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Taliban Halts All Evacuee Flights From Afghanistan
The Taliban has paused all evacuation flights out of Afghanistan due to a disagreement over who gets seats on the…
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