In the midst at what has been reported by the United Nations as one of the deadliest years so far of the 16-year-long, U.S.-led war in Afghanistan, government officials there are welcoming a change in strategy in the region recently announced by U.S. President Donald Trump, despite a lack of […]
The open-ended conflict which started with the Bush administration’s ‘War on Terror,’ an ideological and effectively unwinnable war, is now in its sixteenth year and is the longest U.S. conflict ever. On August 21st, President Trump outlined the future of U.S. engagement in Afghanistan as a “shift from a time-based […]
The Pentagon announced Wednesday, August 30, 2017, that there are an estimated 11,000 American troops in Afghanistan, 4,000 more than the approximate number of 8,400 under the Obama administration. The reporting comes a week after President Donald Trump announced his plan for an increase in U.S. troops in Afghanistan. According […]
On Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump outlined a new plan for strategy in Afghanistan. While Trump urged a “speedy withdrawal” from Afghanistan in 2013, he has now decided to further commit to the war that is approaching 16 years in its duration, according to CNBC. There are currently around 8,400 […]
After months of speculation, the world finally got its answer on how President Trump would deal with America’s longest ongoing war. This past Monday the president announced that he would be sending in 4,000 new troops to help shore up an ever weaker looking Afghan government which has been reeling […]
For nearly 40 years, Afghanistan has been at war. Torn apart by a conflict with international, regional, local, religious, cultural and development roots, there are no easy solutions, and the people of Afghanistan have suffered an immense toll. Even worse, the conflict shows no sign of abating. A UN report […]
An estimated 40 Taliban fighters have been killed by Afghan security forces in the southern Helmand in a gun fight that lasted for 12 hours, according to Aljazeera. Insurgents attacked a market in the central Gereshk district on the morning of Friday the August 4th, Afghan news outlet TOLOnews reported. […]
Two attackers stormed a Muslim Shi’ite mosque in Western Afghanistan’s Herat Province earlier this week, killing at least 29 and seriously injuring 60 in an attack that has been claimed by the ‘Islamic State’ group. The attackers were a suicide bomber and terrorist armed with an automatic rifle; both are […]
At least 26 people were killed and more than 50 others injured in the Lahore vegetable market bombing on Monday, according to BBC News. The explosion hit Ferozepur Road, a busy main road in the eastern Pakistani city. At the time, the market was filled with police officers, who were […]
The degree to which collateral damage may be justified by its potential to shorten a conflict and reduce long-term suffering has been questioned throughout history. Last week, Iraq’s Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi declared victory in Mosul. It had been under the control of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria […]
