Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, August 17, 2021 Despite the re-opening of Kabul airport for military and civilian flights, access remained nearly impossible for tens of thousands of Americans waiting to be evacuated and many more thousands of Afghans seeking to flee the Taliban’s Sharia law control, reports say. The Taliban erected checkpoints at airport entrances, […]
Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, August 16, 2021 As Joe Biden vacationed, the Taliban conquered. And China was quickly moving in to fill the void left by an utterly incompetent U.S. foreign policy team. Whether the 78-year-old Biden has the capacity to grasp what is happening before his eyes, one thing is clear, former President Donald […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 15, 2021 The Taliban on Sunday took over Kabul, triggering a massive effort to airlift U.S. personnel which only last month Joe Biden vowed could never happen. As the Taliban moved to seize Kabul, the U.S. Embassy sent out an alert Sunday night warning U.S. citizens in the capital to stay […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 10, 2021 Taliban forces continued their offensive toward total control of Afghanistan by reportedly capturing several provincial capitals in a four-day span. The terrorist organization claimed it took the provincial capitals of Kunduz, Sheberghan in Jawzjan province, and Sar-e-Pul on Sunday. On Monday, the Taliban claimed to capture two more capital […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 15, 2021 The Taliban have already seized one third of Afghanistan and are poised to regain control of the entire country after Team Biden withdraws U.S. forces. The outcome would not be good news for champions of women’s and LGBT rights. The strategy calls for targeting the military’s air force, according […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler Dark clouds are shadowing Afghanistan as the final pullout of American forces from the beleaguered war-torn country continues, and the future darkens with the likely approach of a militant Taliban regime. Time is running out to “prevent a worst case scenario” as Deborah Lyons, the UN’s Special Representative […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler Afghanistan’s forever war may finally be ending. President Joe Biden announced the impending troop pullout from the South Asian country amid largely but not universal bi-partisan support for ending a conflict which started in the wake of Al Qaida’s terrorist attacks on America on September 11th, 2001. Referring to […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 1, 2021 President Donald Trump’s goal of withdrawing all U.S. forces from Afghanistan over the next three months is “increasingly in doubt,” a report said. Not only will Joe Biden’s team not bring the 2,500 U.S. troops remaining in Afghanistan home, but they are likely to deploy even more troops and […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Mansoor Khosrow, Frud Bezhan, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty FIROZ KOH, Afghanistan, July 22, 2020 — It was about 1 a.m. when a group of men banged on the front door of a mud-brick house in a village in central Afghanistan. Startled, 15-year-old Qamar Gul jolted out of bed and grabbed […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 26, 2020 In defiance of coronavirus lockdown orders, large groups of Muslims gathered in homes and mosques in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia over the weekend to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of the Ramadan holiday season. After a large number of Palestinians took to the streets to demand […]
