SecurityCommentary
How Many Terrorists Came From Afghanistan to America?
Former President Joe Biden’s record as commander in chief will forever be defined by Aug. 26, 2021. That was the catastrophic day in the American… Read More
SecurityNews
‘No Use Responding’ to Vets About Afghanistan Withdrawal Debacle, Biden-Harris National Security Spokesman Says
White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby wrote Wednesday that there is “no use responding” to a “handful of vets” involved in the Afghanistan… Read More
SecurityNews
‘Optics Over Security’: House Committee Faults Biden-Harris Admin for Botched Afghanistan Withdrawal in New Report
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—The House Foreign Affairs Committee released a report on Sunday detailing the Biden-Harris administration’s failures that led to the disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal… Read More
PoliticsNews
Harris Breaks Silence on Deaths of Service Members in Afghanistan as Trump Visits Arlington National Cemetery
Vice President Kamala Harris broke her silence on the deaths of 13 U.S. service members in Kabul on the third anniversary of the U.S. withdrawal… Read More
SecurityNews
House Probe of Exit From Afghanistan Lacks Answers and Accountability, Ex-Staffer Says
A House committee is set to release an investigative report on the Biden-Harris administration’s botched exit from Afghanistan, but a former committee staffer contends the… Read More
SecurityNews
Taliban Could Abscond With Hundreds of Millions in US Aid to Afghanistan, Watchdog Finds
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—An “increased risk” exists that at least $293 million in U.S. aid disbursed by the State Department in Afghanistan between March and November… Read More
InternationalNews
Afghanistan Evacuation Plans Were Drawn Up On the Fly as Chaos Consumed Kabul, New Testimony Reveals
U.S. State Department officials dispatched at the eleventh hour to assist in the Afghanistan evacuation updated tactics in real time as chaotic conditions on the… Read More
InternationalCommentary
After All the Wasted US Blood and Treasure, Afghanistan Now Cozying Up to China
One of President Joe Biden’s many foreign policy failures is once again rearing its ugly head. After two years that have included the Russian invasion… Read More
SecurityAnalysis
‘Punch in the Gut,’ Afghanistan Veteran Says About Seeing Taliban Takeover
Aug. 15 marked two years since the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan after a nearly two-decade war. For James Hasson, co-author of “Kabul: The… Read More
LawCommentary
You Might Be Safer in Afghanistan Than in Nation’s Capital
“I don’t want to get killed in front of my wife and kids.” That was what Nasrat Ahmad Yar reportedly said to a friend about… Read More
SecurityNews
‘Shameful’: Expert Assails State Department on Afghanistan ‘After Action’ Report
The State Department has released an “After Action Review on Afghanistan” nearly two years after the U.S.’ catastrophic military withdrawal from that country, which concluded… Read More
InternationalCommentary
How Foreign Aid Has Failed People of Afghanistan
Despite $775 million in humanitarian aid from the U.S. government since President Joe Biden’s disastrous pullout of U.S. military forces from Afghanistan a year ago,… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Biden’s Afghanistan Debacle Looks Worse and Worse
While the Biden administration’s chaotic and inept withdrawal from Afghanistan was unfolding in August 2021, a suicide bomber murdered 13 American service members, and at… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Consequences of Biden’s Botched Afghanistan Exit Just Got Much Worse for Young Girls
The consequences of President Joe Biden’s badly mishandled Afghanistan withdrawal are old news for the left-wing ruling class. Congressional leaders have moved onto the president’s… Read More
SecurityNews
4 Points to Understanding How Many Americans Are Stranded in Afghanistan
The State Department’s admission that three times as many Americans remain in Afghanistan as officials originally estimated marks the most recent controversy resulting from President… Read More
SecurityCommentary
In Afghanistan Evacuation, Air Force Once Again Rises to an Enormous Challenge
The air evacuation out of Afghanistan was, in a word, amazing. Despite immense obstacles, U.S. Air Force airmen were able to rise to the challenge… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Between Border Crisis and Afghanistan, Have We Ever Had a Less Competent President?
There’s always press coverage about Republican mismanagement or Republicans getting into trouble governing as ideologues, but you don’t hear much about the reverse. There’s a… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Biden’s Afghanistan Disaster: Predictable and Not Over
A Senate Armed Services Committee hearing Tuesday put a bright spotlight on President Joe Biden’s imprudent withdrawal from Afghanistan. At one point, Sen. Joni Ernst,… Read More
InternationalCommentary
After Afghanistan Disaster, Ukrainians Worry About Biden Betraying Them
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy offered his condolences to the United States after 13 American service members perished in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan amid the… Read More
PoliticsNews
6 Takeaways as Austin, Milley Testify to House on Biden’s Afghanistan Exit
President Joe Biden’s top military adviser declined to comment Wednesday on the president’s mental capacity, and that might have been one of the nicer things… Read More
SecurityNews
7 Takeaways as Milley, Austin, McKenzie Testify on Afghanistan, China Phone Calls
In some cases, the answers were surprising. In other cases, the answers were surprising only in hearing top U.S. military leaders state publicly what already… Read More
SecurityCommentary
5 Questions Congress Must Ask Austin, Milley, McKenzie About Afghanistan Pullout Debacle
Despite 20 years of U.S. operations in Afghanistan and close collaboration with the Afghan government and security forces, the Taliban recaptured the country—including the capital,… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Is Biden Bringing Terrorists From Afghanistan to America?
Is President Joe Biden bringing terrorists from Afghanistan to the United States? The answer: Even Biden himself cannot know for sure. The Biden administration is… Read More
International Analysis
After US Pullout From Afghanistan, Joel C. Rosenberg Sees Alliances Shift in Middle East
Involvement in the Middle East has been a large part of U.S. foreign policy for generations. President after president has had to take the multifaceted… Read More
InternationalNews
4 Highlights From Senate Hearing on Afghanistan Withdrawal
In a hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Tuesday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken faced a series of questions about the withdrawal of U.S…. Read More
SecurityNews
Retreat From Afghanistan Makes Taliban Best Armed Islamist Group on Earth
When the Taliban assumed control of Afghanistan last month, the group took possession of a U.S.-funded weapons stockpile worth tens of billions of dollars. The… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Biden’s Risky ‘Over the Horizon’ Counterterrorism Plan for Afghanistan
With the 20th anniversary of 9/11 upon us—and having been a Pentagon official that day—excuse me for being a little on edge about Team Biden’s… Read More
SecurityNews
State Department Rejects Private Evacuation Flights From Afghanistan
The State Department will not give official approval to any private evacuation flight from Afghanistan seeking to land in third countries, leaked emails obtained by… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Biden’s Catastrophic Afghanistan Failure Leaves America Just as Vulnerable as We Were on 9/11
I went to war in 2002 to destroy the terrorists who attacked our country on Sept. 11, 2001. After fighting in Afghanistan to overthrow a… Read More
LawCommentary
We Hear You: Losing Ballots, Stiffing Landlords, and Rethinking Afghanistan
Editor’s note: Here’s a sampling of your responses to some of The Daily Signal’s recent coverage, gleaned from the mailbag at [email protected].—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily… Read More
