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Afghanistan Evacuations Resume After Chaos at Kabul’s Airport

Aug. 16, 2021 | By Brian W. Everstine
Military flight operations at Kabul’s airport resumed Aug. 16 after a period of chaos halted flights. Images and videos circulating online showed desperate Afghans mobbing U.S. Air Force C-17s as they took off to evacuate Americans and others, as the Taliban reclaimed control of the ...

Pentagon Hints Afghan ‘Leadership’ Will Be to Blame if Kabul Falls

Aug. 9, 2021 | By Abraham Mahshie
At least five provincial Afghan capitals had fallen to the Taliban within three days, and U.S. airstrikes had failed to turn the tide for retreating Afghan forces, leading the Pentagon on Aug. 9 to preemptively blame a lack of political and combat “leadership” if the ...

Pace of US Airstrikes in Afghanistan Increases as Taliban Violence Continues

July 27, 2021 | By Brian W. Everstine
U.S. aircraft are increasing the pace of airstrikes targeting the Taliban in Afghanistan after nearly all American troops have left the country, as the level of violence continues to rise. More than 95 percent of the U.S. withdrawal process is complete—a number that has stayed ...

C-17s Fly Equipment Out of Afghanistan as Withdrawal Continues

May 4, 2021 | By Brian W. Everstine
The retrograde from Afghanistan is underway, with U.S. Air Force C-17s carrying equipment and other materiel out of the country. U.S. Central Command in a May 4 statement said about 60 C-17 loads have moved out of the country since President Joe Biden on April ...
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