China will tread carefully in navigating the Taliban’s return
Read More Afghanistan China will tread carefully in navigating the Taliban’s return Analysis: Difficult to predict how China will deal with its volatile neighbour, but Uyghur issue could prove contentious , China affairs correspondent Tue 17 Aug 2021 00.00 EDT Last modified on Tue 17 Aug 2021 00.01 EDT The US’s hasty departure from Afghanistan […]
George Bush, former first lady issue statement on Afghanistan with message to US troops, veterans
Post Content George Bush, the former president, and his wife Laura Bush, the former first lady, issued a statement late Monday about the unfolding crisis in Afghanistan with a message to U.S. troops, veterans, diplomats and the intelligence community who have served in the country over the past two decades. OBAMA-ERA AFGHANISTAN AMBASSADOR HAS ‘GRAVE […]
The Taliban leaders in line to become de facto rulers of Afghanistan
Read More Afghanistan The Taliban leaders in line to become de facto rulers of Afghanistan The task facing the new head of state will be more challenging than 1996. But who is in the running for a governing role? Tue 17 Aug 2021 00.00 EDT Last time the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan – in […]
Fall of Kabul: History as our guide
Post Content It is challenging to look at the messy, U.S. exit from Afghanistan as something which is merely about Afghanistan and, less about the United States. Right or wrong, presidents take the heat for things that happen on their watch. President Biden pulled the plug on Afghanistan. And the recriminations followed. Alexander the Great […]
Govt Committee Urges Clearer Pathway to Retain Skilled Migrants and Top International Students
Read More An Australian parliamentary committee has recommended easing the permanent residency pathway for skilled temporary workers and the “best and brightest” international students to help address the country’s skill shortages accentuated by the pandemic. In its final report tabled to the federal parliament on August 9, the Joint Standing Committee on Migration has laid […]
Afghanistan: striking image appears to show 640 people fleeing Kabul in packed US military plane
Read More Afghanistan Afghanistan: striking image appears to show 640 people fleeing Kabul in packed US military plane Hundreds of people crammed into a US carrier in a desperate attempt to escape Kabul after Taliban forces took control of the capital Afghanistan – latest updates Defiant Biden stands ‘squarely behind’ decision to withdraw Guardian staff […]
Pentagon Evades Question on Preventing Taliban From Obtaining US Weapons
The Pentagon refused to answer a question Monday on whether it is acting to prevent the Taliban from obtaining U.S. technology, weaponry, vehicles, aircraft and other war equipment in Afghanistan.
Defense official during Saigon operation says Pentagon ‘not trying hard enough’ to evacuate Afghans
Post Content Bing West, a former Defense Department official who participated in the evacuation of Saigon, Vietnam in 1975, said Monday the Pentagon under President Biden is “not trying hard enough” to evacuate refugees attempting to flee Afghanistan as the Taliban retakes power. Chaotic scenes unfolded at Kabul airport this week as thousands of desperate […]
Trump calls on Biden to ‘resign in disgrace’ over crisis in Afghanistan
Post Content Former President Donald Trump Sunday called on President Biden to “resign in disgrace” over his handling of the Afghanistan withdrawal and other issues. “It is time for Joe Biden to resign in disgrace for what he has allowed to happen to Afghanistan, along with the tremendous surge in COVID, the Border catastrophe, the […]
Taliban Takeover Presents Challenge for Social Media Companies
The Taliban’s rapid takeover of Afghanistan poses a new challenge for big U.S. tech companies on handling content created by a group considered to be terrorists by some world governments.
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