US abandons Afghanistan to totalitarian hell
Civil war, terrorism, Taliban refusal to cooperate with the West on aid … it’s hard to know where to begin in the tale of woes awaiting this country.
Civil war, terrorism, Taliban refusal to cooperate with the West on aid … it’s hard to know where to begin in the tale of woes awaiting this country.
Fierce fighting has erupted in the western city of Qala-i-Naw with the militants seizing police headquarters.
The Defence Minister has the leadership skills to save the people who helped us – and our international reputation.
As foreign forces move out of Afghanistan and the Taliban surges through the country, the mood is both sombre and chaotic.
National pride and deaths of our Diggers means we cannot abandon the ‘Afghan angels’ who assisted in the bloody campaign
The US’s pullout – the exact timing of which had been kept secret for security reasons, despite weeks of preparations alongside the Afghan military – still came as a shock to many Afghan soldiers, leaving many rattled.
More than 10000 Afghan troops flee Taliban advances as, demoralised and poorly equipped, hundreds more lay down arms.
The American urge is to ‘win’ any contest, but a military win in Afghanistan was never going to be possible. Now we will learn the cost of leaving. And there will be one.
Allowing the country to return to its medieval past would betray all that generations of allied forces fought and died for.
Washington announces it will finish withdrawing its troops from the country by the end of August.
The move signals that the complete withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan is imminent.
Afghanistan is in turmoil as US troops plan to pull out within days.
General Scott Miller says rising violence makes a political solution more difficult.
It is not too late for Joe Biden to work to prevent the Taliban re-establishing a base for global terrorism that led to 9/11.
Andrew Hastie says he fears for the safety of Afghan interpreters who worked for the ADF and are yet to be relocated to Australia.
It is one option being assessed as part of the future strategy for protecting the Afghan government after US troops pull out.
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Sydney’s new Archbishop confronts a culture which is hostile and a Christianity which is in a kind of slow crisis in Australia.
Marise Payne has met with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani ahead of Western troops’ withdrawal.
The attack on Shiite area amplifies concerns that Afghanistan will slip into sectarian violence as the US withdraws.
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