The meeting represents an extraordinary moment for a CIA that for two decades targeted the Taliban in paramilitary operations.
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Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
The Maine Millennial: The war’s not over, and neither is the killing
Our disastrous Afghanistan pullout has endangered the lives of the people who made our 20-year occupation possible.
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Posted inNation & World
Taliban killings fuel fear, drive more chaos outside airport
Amnesty International provided more evidence Friday that undercut the Taliban’s claims they have become more moderate since they last ruled Afghanistan.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Biden pledges to Americans in Kabul: ‘We will get you home’
The president included Afghans who aided the the war effort in his promise Friday. In Afghanistan, limited helicopter rescues were underway.
Posted inNation & World
U.S. struggles to speed Kabul airlift despite Taliban, chaos
A State Department spokesman said 6,000 people were cleared for evacuation Thursday and were expected to board military flights.
Posted inNation & World
Taliban suppress more dissent as economic challenges loom
Many Afghans fear a return to the Taliban’s harsh rule in the late 1990s, when the group largely confined women to their homes, banned television and music, chopped off the hands of suspected thieves and held public executions.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Afghan refugees should be welcomed to Maine
Gov. Mills should join the state chief executives who are publicly offering support for the people whose lives are at risk because they helped U.S. forces.
Posted inNation & World, Uncategorized
Father of first American killed: Afghanistan end ‘shameful’
Much of the work his son and others did in Afghanistan has been undone, he said, but that doesn’t make their contributions meaningless.
Posted inNation & World, Uncategorized
In Taliban’s 7-day march to power, a stunning string of wins
Just a week before Afghanistan’s collapse, things looked staggeringly different.
Posted inNation & World, Uncategorized
Biden: Troops will stay in Afghanistan to evacuate Americans
President Biden says he’s committed to keeping U.S. troops in Afghanistan until every American is evacuated, even if that means maintaining a military presence there beyond his Aug. 31 deadline for withdrawal.