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Biden ‘privately defiant’ over chaotic 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal, book says

The Internationalists details how the president was determined to leave a country in which 2,324 US troops were killed since 2001Joe Biden is “privately defiant” that he made the right calls on the US withdrawal from Afghanistan in summer 2021, a new b…

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China ‘spy balloon’ scare wakes up the world to new era of surveillance

The ‘poor man’s satellite’ offers a relatively cheap way of exploiting a previously inaccessible high-altitude level of the skiesLast Friday, Enildo Altamar and his neighbours looked up into the clear morning sky above Arroyo de Piedra, near Colombia’s…

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US urges North Korea to join direct talks after latest missile test by Pyongyang

Biden official: ‘We reiterate our call for diplomacy’South Korean leader fears return to war threats of 2017The US on Sunday made a direct appeal to North Korea to join direct talks with no preconditions about its nuclear and missile programs, after Py…

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The Biden doctrine: Ukraine gaffe sums up mixed year of foreign policy

On Russia and Putin, the president said the quiet part loud. Re-engagement has been welcomed but the exit from Afghanistan was a disaster. Analysts see much to do to rebuild US credibilityJoe Biden marked his first anniversary in office with a gaffe ov…

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The Afghanistan Papers review: superb exposé of a war built on lies

Craig Whitlock of the Washington Post used freedom of information to produce the definitive US version of the warIn the summer of 2009, the latest in a long line of US military commanders in Afghanistan commissioned the latest in a long line of strateg…

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‘The intensity has not changed’: Jason Kander on the fall of Afghanistan – and trying to get friends out

The Missouri Democrat has been described as a possible president – but for now he’s focused on healing wounds of a 20-year warJason Kander is tired. For weeks the former Missouri secretary of state, an Afghanistan veteran as well as a rising star of De…

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Biden meets remains of 13 troops killed in Kabul as US promises more strikes

Secretary of state to bereaved father: ‘I’m deeply sorry’Adviser: US will help people leave after deadlineAfghanistan – live coverageThe White House on Sunday reasserted its promise to capture or kill the perpetrators of the deadly attacks on Kabul air…

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‘Biden’s worst nightmare’: how Afghanistan shook a president

A rapid Taliban takeover, a chaotic evacuation and a deadly terror attack have shaken confidence in the commander-in-chief and US leadershipJoe Biden bowed his head at the lectern, as if the weight of the world were on his shoulders. In his breast pock…

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Biden doesn’t want Kabul attackers ‘to live on planet Earth any more’, says Psaki – video

The White House press secretary, Jen Psaki, underlined Joe Biden’s comments on Thursday’s attack on Kabul airport, saying: ‘I think he made it clear he doesn’t want them to live on planet Earth any more.’Biden’s national security team has warned him th…

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Pentagon warns of further attacks as Biden condemned over Afghan pullout

Biden’s popularity has waned, but polls show most Americans want out of Afghanistan even if terrorist groups reboundJoe Biden’s national security team has warned him that US troops remain under threat of another terrorist attack just 24 hours after the…

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