“We went there for two reasons, George. Two reasons. One, to get Bin Laden, and two, to wipe out as best we could, and we did, the al-Qaeda in Afghanistan. We did it. Then what happened? Began ...

It’s worth stepping back from the immediate Biden-orchestrated debacle to focus on the broader lessons from Afghanistan: America must put aside the project of nation-building once and for all… ...

The United States went into Afghanistan to avenge the 9/11 attacks. We stayed promising to rebuild the country — with President George W. Bush invoking, in 2002, “the best traditions of George ...

KABUL-- Building in Afghanistan is not like building in suburban America. It is not simply a matter of choosing counter tops and carpet over coffee with the general contractor. Transatlantic ...

Even in a best-case scenario, Afghanistan would fall far short of our ideals, ... In the American mind, nation-building is almost synonymous with quagmire. And this isn’t a new idea.

The 64K building was a part of 2010’s massive, $482-million build-up for the surge. Although Obama had made clear the flood had an end date—troops would start to withdraw in July of 2011—the ...

ISTANBUL — The United States invaded Afghanistan 20 years ago with the hope of rebuilding a country that had become a scourge to the world and its o Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT عربي ...

As the situation in Afghanistan unfolds in the wake of a poorly managed U.S. troop withdrawal, there is a lot of uncertainty about the future of Afghanistan. There are competing speculations ...

Most people in Afghanistan live under the effective rule of warlords whose only merit may be that they are opponents of the Taleban. In every other respect, they are indistinguishable from the ...

Nation building in Afghanistan failed During my deployments, I saw the long, slow nation-building efforts in Afghanistan fail to take root. In 2009, my unit lost 40 soldiers and saw another 300 ...

Discover how body-building in Afghanistan may pave the way for nation-building, in this field report on Afghan men and gyms, from the Men's Health archives.