Gen. Milley: Taliban could completely take over Afghanistan after US leaves

posted in: Middle East, News

During a Wednesday Pentagon press conference, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley said a complete Taliban takeover of Afghanistan could take place after U.S. forces leave the country. Earlier this month, the Taliban claimed to control about … Read More

Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 23 July 2021

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Greetings from Tyler, We all knew this would happen.  Russia’s about to change the whole strategic equation by racing to the North Pole.  It’s also a perfect time for the Chinese to make their move on Taiwan.  Everything involving America’s … Read More

By withdrawing from Afghanistan, Biden could spark the world’s next refugee crisis

Between the end of 2019 and 2020, 416,630 asylum-seekers arrived in the European Union. A large number, to be sure, but hardly sensational compared to 2015, when 1.2 million asylum-seekers arrived. AFTER TROOPS WITHDRAWAL, ASYLUM-SEEKER BOATS ARE LIKELY TO SET SAIL… FOR EUROPEAN SHORES … Read More

Afghanistan flash floods kill 160, search for bodies continues

KABUL (Reuters) – Rescuers in Afghanistan continued to search amidst mud and rubble for missing people on Saturday after flash flooding this week killed around 160 people and washed away homes across the country, officials said. Thirteen provinces, mostly in … Read More

‘Time to end the forever war’: Biden to start U.S. Afghanistan pullout on May 1

President Joe Biden said on Wednesday U.S. troops will be withdrawn from Afghanistan starting May 1 to end America’s longest war, rejecting calls for them to stay to ensure a peaceful resolution to that nation’s grinding internal conflict. Foreign troops … Read More

Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 30 April 2021

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Greetings from Tyler, In the age of bad news and nothing but, comes this sad story out of Israel.  Orthodox Jews held an annual celebration at a stadium in northern Israel at a site where a famous rabbi is buried.  … Read More

Cost of Afghan war exceeds $2.26tn and rising

posted in: Breaking News, News

UK and NATO vow return to Afghanistan if any terrorist threat re-emerges in the wartorn nation. U.S. Army Sgt. Anthony Limon (right) and Sgt. Aaron Hestand, both from White Tank, 2nd Platoon, Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, keep … Read More

Biden to withdraw all troops from Afghanistan by 9/11

President Biden has decided to withdraw military forces from Afghanistan by September 11, 2021, the twentieth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, a U.S. official confirmed to CBS News. President Biden is expected to announce Wednesday … Read More

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