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House report detailing Afghanistan withdrawal failures: Letters to the Editor — Sep. 11, 2024
NY Post readers discuss a congressional report detailing the failures of President Biden’s Afghanistan withdrawal.
House Foreign Affairs aide resigns over failure to 'seek answers' on Biden admin's Afghanistan withdrawal: 'Promises simply have not been kept'
WASHINGTON – A Republican aide on the House Foreign Affairs Committee announced Monday that he had "resigned in protest" after the panel "failed to seek answers" and hold the Biden...
State Department 'did not send their best' to Afghanistan for botched evacuation, ex-official says in scathing testimony
Two ex-State Department officials who assisted with the US' deadly and chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan more than 2.5 years ago revealed glaring problems behind-the-scenes of the rushed August 2021 evacuation...
401(k) balances shrank in latest quarter as more Americans took 'hardship withdrawals'
The average American's 401(k) balance plunged 4% in the latest fiscal quarter, attributed to an uptick in "hardship withdrawals," according to a new study by Fidelity.
Tearful Marine in Kabul airport blast says he was told not to shoot ISIS bomber
A Marine who survived the fatal bombing at a Kabul airport during the 2021 US withdrawal from Afghanistan said he was told not to kill a suspected ISIS terrorist.
Russia recruiting US-trained Afghan soldiers to fight in Ukraine: report
Russia is recruiting former Afghan commandos left behind in the chaotic US withdrawal from Kabul last year to join its war on Ukraine, according to a new report.
After one year of Taliban rule, Afghans suffer hunger and economic collapse
“Afghan civilians are bearing the brunt of a decimated economy and spiraling humanitarian crisis," head of international aid group's operations in the country said.
Biden is eroding Trump’s Middle East peace pact — and endangering the US
This administration foolishly prefers Sunni Muslim jihadis and Iranian mullahs building nuclear weapons over traditional allies of the United States who oppose a nuclear-armed Iran.
The desperate ways Afghan are using to flee the country
While some 120,000 people were evacuated by the United States ahead of its withdrawal and Taliban takeover of the country, hundreds of thousands more remain left behind
US ‘experts’ who created Afghanistan mess should be fired for malpractice
Why do we tolerate the national security “experts” at the helm of the US government, who pursue ruinous policies that cost trillions in taxpayer money and countless American lives?
Why Republicans must resist a full US withdrawal from Afghanistan
Many prominent Republicans, elected and otherwise, are either endorsing Biden’s plan to withdraw from Afghanistan or declining to criticize it.
Why you should never try to go cold turkey
"True Blood” actor Nelsan Ellis died Saturday from heart failure, due to complications from a “withdrawal from alcohol,” his family said. Ellis’ family released a statement describing how the 39-year-old...
Inside the world of withdrawal for drug-addicted babies
It is impossible to imagine the pain a baby, dependent on opioids, goes through as it sweats, vomits and experiences explosive diarrhea. The high-pitched cry and sight of the baby...
Obama's Loopholes
So ends our war in Afghanistan, not with a bang or a whimper but a snark: President Obama’s snipe that “it’s harder to end wars than it is to begin...
Ukraine orders troops out of Crimea
KIEV, Ukraine — Ukraine's fledgling government ordered troops to withdraw from Crimea on Monday, ending days of wavering as Russian troops consolidate control over the peninsula. Russian forces have been...