Taliban

How warped are Trump-loving, white supremacist Christian nationalists? Enough to idolize the Taliban

In the days after the Sept. 11 attacks—launched by a group of Islamist terrorists (al-Qaida) given safe haven and protection in Afghanistan by the Taliban—most Americans did not harbor positive …

Sun Sep 12, 2021

President Biden addresses the nation following bombings at Kabul airport

A pair of bombs exploded outside the Kabul airport on Thursday, taking the lives of 12 U.S. service members along with a reported 60 Afghans. Over 100 more are said to have been wounded in the blast, …

Thu Aug 26, 2021

Pentagon briefing on explosion at Kabul airport. 11 Marines, one Navy medic reported dead

A pair of explosions outside Hamid Karzai International Airport on Thursday have reportedly resulted in the deaths of at least 60 people, with another 140 wounded. Among the casualties are U.S. …

Thu Aug 26, 2021

U.S. service members killed in Kabul airport bombings, ISIS-K likely source of terrorist attack

Early Thursday, two bombs went off outside the gates of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul. The Pentagon has now issued a statement confirming that one of these bombs resulted in the deaths …

Thu Aug 26, 2021

Meeting between CIA director and Taliban leader sends a message about deadline to leave Afghanistan

On Tuesday morning, the Pentagon provided an update on the number of people who have been airlifted out of Kabul since the U.S. began evacuations in the last week of July. In that time, 63,900 people …

Wed Aug 25, 2021

Jen Psaki tells Fox News’ Doocy to stop being a part of the problem and help with the solution

The traditional media seems to have a short memory, but no one has a shorter memory than conservative media. Seizing on the decades-long foreign policy disaster that is Afghanistan, conservatives are …

Tue Aug 24, 2021

Right wing media has lost interest in the Taliban and become focused on attacking Afghan refugees

For just a few hours on Tuesday, news sources reported that people were making their way to Kabul Airport without incident, that the pace of evacuation flights was increasing, and that the early chaos …

Thu Aug 19, 2021

There were multiple opportunities to avoid disaster in Afghanistan, no one took them

The speed with which the Afghan government collapsed and the Taliban moved in seemed to come as a shock to everyone … except for every single soldier who spent time in the country working with people …

Tue Aug 17, 2021

Trump, Republicans rush to rewrite history on who negotiated 'historic' peace deal with the Taliban

As Taliban forces entered Kabul—Afghanistan’s capital and largest city—and Afghans rushed to Hamid Karzai International Airport in a last-ditch effort to flee the regime, the Republican National …

Tue Aug 17, 2021

The ugly exit in Afghanistan is happening because America spent decades denying reality

In the days following the attack on the United States by al Qaeda militants on September 11, 2001, then-President George W. Bush demanded that the Taliban government of Afghanistan hand over al Qaeda …

Tue Aug 17, 2021

20 years ago Rep. Barbara Lee told America what would happen if we went into Afghanistan

Viral video of Afghans clinging to a U.S. military plane departing Afghanistan circulated online Monday in the aftermath of the Taliban occupying the presidential palace in Kabul and taking control. …

Mon Aug 16, 2021

Top Taliban leaders are among the 5,000 that Trump released last year over everyone's objections

One year ago, the Donald released 5,000 Taliban fighters in exchange for a cease-fire to help his flailing presidential campaign, despite strenuous objections from both the Pentagon and the Afghan …

Mon Aug 16, 2021