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Updated August 31, 2021 - 8:41 PM EDT
US Completes Afghanistan Withdrawal
 
  WH: Kabul Drone Strike That Killed 10 Civilians a 'Success'
  Blinken Says Taliban Has to Earn ‘International Legitimacy’
  Anger as US Drone Attack Kills Afghan Children
  Pentagon Prepared for Airport Attack Hours Before Explosion
Gantz: US, Israel Working on 'Plan B' if Iran Talks Fail
 
  Israeli Media: Bennett Suggested NATO-Style Alliance Against Iran
US Claims China Will Surpass Russia as Nuclear Threat
 
  China Wants Foreign Vessels to Report Before Entering Waters
  China, Our 'Great Neighbor', Will Help Afghanistan Forge Peace: Taliban
US: IAEA Report Shows Urgent Need for North Korea Talks
Victims Want Inquiry Into Saudi-Led Massacres in Yemen
Viewpoints
item Blame-Shifting: The Political Elites Response to the Messy Afghan Withdrawal by Ted Galen Carpenter
item Your Tax Dollars Used to Support Criminals, Warlords, and Child Molesters by Joshua Mawhorter
item Afghanistan and the Sham of Democracy Promotion by James Bovard
item A Tragically Stupid Afghan War Comes to a Tragic End by Ron Paul
item Pyongyang's Reaction to Weak Washington Overtures Goes Nuclear by Jessica J. Lee
item Biden and Bennett Tone Down US-Israel Relations by  Mitchell Plitnick

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Egypt
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Iraq
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Middle East / North Africa
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Africa
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Ethiopia's Economy Battered by Tigray War
Nigeria's Buhari Urges Unity After Massacres in Flashpoint City
 
Afghanistan

Infographic: Afghanistan's Humanitarian Crisis
Russia to Evacuate More People From Afghanistan, Holds Drills Nearby
EU Says Afghanistan Shows Need for Rapid-Reaction Force
Fear and Anticipation on the Streets of Kabul as Afghans Adapt to Taliban Rule
Factbox: Evacuations From Afghanistan by Country
In Kabul, Some Fear Economic Collapse More Than Taliban Fist
First WHO Flight Since Taliban Takeover Lands in Afghanistan
Afghan Healthcare System at Risk of Collapse, Aid Agencies Warn
EU to Seek to Stop Mass Afghanistan Migration Flows, Draft Statement Says
Uzbekistan Warns US-Trained Afghan Pilots, Families Face Expulsion
The Taliban
Taliban Celebrate Victory as US Troops Leave Afghanistan
Can Tolo, Afghanistan's Leading Broadcaster, Survive the Taliban?
Taliban Would Take Back Europe's Afghan Deportees to Face Courts
Taliban Cuts Telecom Service to Panjshir
Split UN Security Council Urges Taliban to Allow Travel, Aid
China
Stay or Go? the Tough Choices for Chinese Businesspeople in Afghanistan
Will China's Demands on US Block Cooperation on Afghanistan?
Russia
Estonia Denies Visa to Russian Diplomat in a Tat-For-Tat Response
Hungarian Foreign Minister Says Agrees Long-Term Gas Deal With Russia
Asia
Guantanamo Detainee Due in Military Court Over Indonesia Bombing
North Korea Appears to Have Resumed Nuke Reactor Operation: UN Atomic Agency
 
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Columnists

Ted Galen Carpenter
8/31/2021
Blame-Shifting: The Political Elites Response to the Messy Afghan Withdrawal

Doug Bandow
8/30/2021
Yes, they Died in Vain in Afghanistan

Ray McGovern
8/30/2021
Generals End-Run Around Civilian Intel Analysts

Ramzy Baroud
8/27/2021
'Blood for Blood': On Jenin and Israel's Fear of an Armed Palestinian Rebellion

Ted Snider
8/26/2021
Living With Brzezinski's Mess

Daniel Larison
8/25/2021
An Unsustainable and Unwinnable War Finally Ends

Scott Horton
8/23/2021
Peter Bergen is Mistaken About Bin Laden's Strategy

Sheldon Richman
8/19/2021
Afghanistan Aftermath: No Firings? No Resignations?

Maj. Danny Sjursen, USA (ret.)
8/17/2021
Self-Delusion Is Cruelest of All: The Collapse of Afghanistan and American Illusions

David R. Henderson
8/06/2021
Remembering Hiroshima

Rick Rozoff
7/09/2021
New Triangular Axis in Greater Middle East: Turkey, Israel, and Azerbaijan

Dave DeCamp
6/16/2021
Despite Pushing Them Together, the US Is Unhappy With Closer Russia-China Ties

Justin Raimondo
9/16/2019
The FBI vs. Antiwar.com
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