In May 2021, the United States abruptly withdrew US “peacekeeping forces” from Afghanistan under the orders of US President Joe Biden as part of a signed agreement between the US and Taliban forces.

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Q. What was the genesis of this trip? Why did you go there despite everyone advising you against it? A. Well, that’s a question I get asked very often. Frankly, I never thought about it that way as a ...

NEW HAVEN — Four years after fleeing Kabul, Afghanistan, New Haven resident Hashima Moradi and her family resettled in Bridgeport, beginning the long process of rebuilding their lives. “I still ...

Four years since Taliban forces seized Kabul and ended two decades of Western presence, Afghan women face near-total exclusion from public life. Nearly 100 edicts have stripped them of basic freedoms, ...

A view of Kabul at night. Photo sent from Kabul in June 2025, courtesy of the author’s friend, who wishes to remain anonymous. Credit: Special arrangement In August 2019, the BBC reported that an ...

August 15 holds a solemn place in the collective memory of the Afghan people as a symbol of state collapse, the onset of darkness, and the failure of the international conscience. On this day, a ...

Virginia Allen is a senior news producer for The Daily Signal and host of "The Daily Signal Podcast" and "Problematic Women." Send an email to Virginia. America failed to establish a democracy in ...