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The diplomatic crisis facing President Biden after the Taliban seized Afghanistan includes tough calls about continuing humanitarian aid to the country, which ranks as one of the poorest countries in the world. On one hand, the administration doesn’t want to cut taxpayer-funded checks to the Taliban, which is known for…

U.S. President Joe Biden defends the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan at of the White House on Monday.  Photo by Oliver Contreras/UPI | License Photo Aug. 18 (UPI) -- The stunningly rapid Taliban takeover of Afghanistan was years in the making. It was made inevitable by the Trump administration's…

Republicans members of Congress demanded that President Joe Biden outline plans to counter potential new terror attacks emerging from Afghanistan on Tuesday, while top Democrats promised to investigate what led to the swift Taliban takeover. A group of Republican members of the House Armed Services Committee wrote Biden a letter…

Today’s big question Veteran diplomat says US president’s credibility is in ‘tatters’ Joe Biden defended the US withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan in a televised address yesterday after the Taliban took Kabul. Amid mounting criticism of his handling of the crisis, the US president admitted that the collapse of Afghanistan’s government had occurred “more…

Joe Biden claims the US presence in Afghanistan was never about nation-building. So what did the last two decades actually involve? We've got that and more from the Crikey bunker. US President Joe Biden (Image: EPA/Jim Lo Scalzo) Studies in futility Via The Australian: In an address to the nation…

Taliban fighters enter Kabul Presidential Palace after President Ghani flees the country. Video / Al Jazeera Donald Trump has issued a statement saying United States President Joe Biden should "resign in disgrace" over the situation in Afghanistan. In his statement, Trump blamed Biden for the Taliban's swift surge in Afghanistan,…

People walk past a home destroyed by the earthquake in Les Cayes, Haiti, Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021. A 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti on Saturday, with the epicenter about 125 kilometers (78 miles) west of the capital of Port- au-Prince, the US Geological Survey said. AP PHOTO PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti: A…

American intelligence suggests that Kabul could fall within weeks, as the Taliban advance on the capital. Video / Sky News US President Joe Biden authorised an additional 1000 US troops for deployment to Afghanistan, raising to roughly 5000 the number of US troops to ensure what Biden called an "orderly…

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The last-minute decision to send 3,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan to help partially evacuate the U.S. Embassy is calling into question whether President Joe Biden will meet his Aug. 31 deadline for fully withdrawing combat forces. WASHINGTON (AP) — The last-minute decision to send 3,000 U.S. troops…