Afghanistan

News (Restoring America)

In Afghan hospital, unpaid doctors and rigid Taliban clash

Associated Press · November 1, 2021 12:18 pm

John F. Sopko, Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before the House Foreign Affairs subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa.

US spent more than $100B on since-dismantled Afghan government and army: Watchdog

Mike Brest · October 29, 2021 11:34 pm

Afghanistan watchdog accuses State Department of ‘bizarre’ attempt to censor embarrassing information

Joel Gehrke · October 29, 2021 10:37 pm

Magazine - Life & Arts

Getting out

Trent Reedy · October 29, 2021 3:00 am

Garland says he doesn’t know if al Qaeda threat will increase

Jerry Dunleavy · October 28, 2021 7:37 pm

Leaders will give the Navy anything but more ships

Leaders will give the Navy anything but more ships

Jason Beardsley · October 28, 2021 12:00 am

President Joe Biden delivers remarks at NJ Transit Meadowlands Maintenance Complex to promote his "Build Back Better" agenda, Monday, Oct. 25, 2021, in Kearny, N.J.

Beltway Confidential

Biden padded the numbers of his Afghanistan evacuation while leaving Americans behind

Zachary Faria · October 27, 2021 9:23 pm

Hundreds of thousands donated frequent flyer miles help move Afghan refugees

Mike Brest · October 27, 2021 6:17 pm

The U.S. Capitol Building stands in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Saturday, March 23, 2019.

‘No one takes America seriously right now’: Veteran running for Congress targets Afghanistan withdrawal

Mike Brest · October 27, 2021 10:00 am

U.S soldiers stand guard inside the international airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 16, 2021. Thousands of Afghans have rushed onto the tarmac at the airport, some so desperate to escape the Taliban capture of their country that they held onto the American military jet as it took off and plunged to death.

National Security

Hawley raises alarm on lack of vetting with Biden ‘orders’ to fill up Afghanistan evacuation flights

Daniel Chaitin and Mike Brest · October 27, 2021 1:26 am

In this Nov. 3, 2015 file photo, Afghan Taliban fighters listen to Mullah Mohammed Rasool, the newly-elected leader of a breakaway faction of the Taliban, in Farah province, Afghanistan.

US negotiator in Afghanistan defends deal that ended in Taliban takeover

Jerry Dunleavy · October 26, 2021 8:27 pm

Evacuees wait to board a Boeing C-17 Globemaster III during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 30, 2021.

Estimated 450 Americans and thousands of SIV applicants remain in Afghanistan: Defense official

Mike Brest · October 26, 2021 4:04 pm