Since President Donald Trump took office, his administration has frozen refugee admissions and foreign aid, part of twin promises to reduce migration (both legal and illegal) to the United States and cut supposed government waste. However, those policies have combined to sever an already thin lifeline for an extremely vulnerableContinue Reading
When President Ashraf Ghani fled from Afghanistan in August 2021 and the Taliban took control of Kabul, the Americans were suddenly surrounded by victorious Taliban who now marched proudly on the streets of Kabul with newly captured U.S. tanks and weapons. The disastrous withdrawal of U.S. forces and evacuation ofContinue Reading
As U.S. President Donald Trump stepped into office for the second time, most of the attention on foreign policy seemed to revolve around China, Ukraine, and the crisis in the Middle East. Afghanistan seems to have been de-prioritized yet again, but for behind-the-scenes dealings that largely went unnoticed. On JanuaryContinue Reading
