The U.S. Set Up the Afghan Army to Fail
Echoing America’s failure in Vietnam, a new inspector general report found the U.S. built an Afghan army dependent on outside support.
The 9/11 Wars
Twenty years after Al Qaeda attacked America, the Biden administration is withdrawing troops from Afghanistan and Iraq, leaving behind weak and corrupt governments, hundreds of thousands dead, and off-the-books forces to fight on in secret.
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U.S. Government Quietly Declassifies Post-9/11 Interview With Bush and Cheney
In a newly declassified interview conducted in 2004, Bush shows not a glimmer of awareness of the destruction and carnage he had unleashed on the world.
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Why No One Cared That Al Qaeda Honcho Zawahiri Got Droned
That Zawahiri’s killing went so quietly suggests that the cultural and political behemoth that was the war on terror had long preceded him into the grave.
Family Members of 9/11 Victims Call on Biden to Unfreeze Afghan Funds
The families asked the White House to help end the mass starvation crisis in Afghanistan by releasing the country’s U.S.-held foreign reserves. New guidance from the Treasury Department provides a pathway.
White House Shifts Blame to Courts as Afghans Endure Winter Famine, Says It’s Being “Proactive”
The administration blamed ongoing 9/11 litigation for delays in sending desperately needed assets back to starving Afghans.
Lawyers and Lobbyists Fight for Their Slice of $3.5 Billion in Afghan Money Seized by the Biden Administration
Biden's decision to allocate $3.5 billion for compensating 9/11 victims' families has sent teams of lawyers scrambling.
Biden’s Afghanistan Counsel Left the White House in January. Now He’s Poised to Reap Financial Windfall From Billions in Seized Afghan Assets.
The U.S. seizure of Afghan government funds after the Taliban took power has put millions at risk of starvation.
Biden’s Decision on Frozen Afghanistan Money Is Tantamount to Mass Murder
Biden is crushing the Afghan economy by seizing $3.5 billion of its people's money and diverting the other $3.5 billion for a trust fund "to benefit the Afghan people."
Rep. Pramila Jayapal Forced Vote on Biden’s Strangling of Afghan Economy
By seizing $9.4 billion of the Afghan central bank’s own reserves, the White House has welcomed death and destruction.
Starving Afghans Use Crypto to Sidestep U.S. Sanctions, Failing Banks, and the Taliban
NGOs looking to provide emergency aid to Afghanistan are turning to cryptocurrency.