Tag: Afghanistan

(30 Aug 2021) The war in Afghanistan is over.  Today, the US withdrew the last of its troops thus ending the 20-year war against the Taliban at a cost of trillions of dollars and countless thousands of lives.  The chaotic end came after the Biden White House airlifted as many remaining Americans and Afghan allies as possible before the Taliban reasserted their control over the country.  After years of fruitless conflict, the US is back where it started with the fundamentalist Taliban again in charge. While the defeat is...