It has taken 20 years to prove the invasion of Afghanistan was totally unnecessary | Simon Jenkins
Read More OpinionAfghanistan It has taken 20 years to prove the invasion of Afghanistan was totally unnecessary Western involvement in the country was a post-imperial fantasy that has led to the current ghastly situation Mon 16 Aug 2021 09.37 EDT Last modified on Mon 16 Aug 2021 09.55 EDT The fall of Kabul was inevitable. […]
Obama-era Afghanistan ambassador has ‘grave questions’ about Biden’s ‘ability to lead’ US
Post Content A former Obama-era ambassador to Afghanistan says he has “grave questions” about President Biden’s “ability to lead” America as the nation’s commander in chief following the stunning collapse of Afghanistan. In an interview over the weekend, former Afghanistan Ambassador Ryan Crocker questioned the president’s leadership capabilities amid the Taliban’s swift takeover of the […]
Bond Money to Build Water Reservoirs Sits Idle in California
The country’s tallest dam no longer has enough water to supply Californians electricity while millions of dollars meant to enhance the state’s water reserves have gone unused for seven years…
Moderate Dems reject latest Pelosi move to slow-walk infrastructure bill, extending stalemate on Dems’ agenda
Post Content Moderate Democrats appeared Sunday to reject a move by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to split the difference between them and party progressives on whether to pass the bipartisan infrastructure bill first or delay it until after the Senate produces a reconciliation bill including Democrats’ $3.5 trillion spending plan. “While we appreciate the forward […]
Afghanistan IG says it was ‘not surprising’ how country fell to Taliban: ‘All the signs have been there’
Post Content The Biden administration was taken by surprise by the Taliban’s swift victory in Afghanistan, but according to the head of the watchdog agency who has been reporting on the situation on the ground for years, none of this should have come as a shock. John Sopko, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction […]
Taliban-run Afghanistan could prompt rise in terrorist threats, top US general warns
Post Content America’s top general said the United States could now face a rise in terrorist threats from a Taliban-run Afghanistan. That warning comes as intelligence agencies charged with anticipating those threats face new questions after the U.S.-backed Afghan military collapsed with shocking speed. Less than a week after a military assessment predicted Kabul could […]
EXPLAINER: Why Haiti is prone to devastating earthquakes
Post Content Earthquakes have been wreaking havoc in Haiti since at least the 18th century, when the city of Port-au-Prince was destroyed twice in 19 years. Saturday’s powerful quake killed hundreds and injured thousands more. Eleven years earlier a temblor killed tens of thousands of people, if not hundreds of thousands. Haiti sits near the […]
Le immagini dei talebani che entrano nel palazzo presidenziale
Read More 16 agosto 2021 <iframe class=”rep-video-embed” src=”https://video.repubblica.it/embed/mondo/kabul-le-immagini-dell-ingresso-dei-talebani-nel-palazzo-del-presidente-ghani-poco-dopo-la-sua-fuga/394012/394723&width=640&height=360″ width=”640″ height=”360″ frameborder=”0″ scrolling=”no”></iframe> Ecco il momento in cui i talebani sono entrati nel palazzo presidenziale a Kabul. Nelle immagini esclusive di Al Jazeera si vedono i combattenti che entrano nel palazzo, percorrendo i corridoi e arrivando poi allo studio […]
Fiumicino, l’arrivo da Kabul dell’aereo con gli italiani a bordo
Read More 16 agosto 2021 <iframe class=”rep-video-embed” src=”https://video.repubblica.it/embed/cronaca/fiumicino-l-arrivo-da-kabul-dell-aereo-con-gli-italiani-a-bordo/394006/394717&width=640&height=360″ width=”640″ height=”360″ frameborder=”0″ scrolling=”no”></iframe> In diretta dall’aeroporto di Fiumicino l’arrivo del volo KC-767 dell’Aeronautica Militare con a bordo il personale diplomatico italiano che era stanziato a Kabul e circa 20 ex collaboratori afghani assieme alle loro famiglie.
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