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Pakistan's Afghanistan Policies Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

The key to Afghan peace lies in Pakistan’s pocket

By Wahab Raofi

President Joe Biden, right, meets with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, left, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Friday, June 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden vows to back Afghan leaders as U.S. pullout accelerates

By Guy Taylor, Mike Glenn and Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin appears at a Senate Armed Services budget hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Pentagon seeks to reassure Afghan leaders as pullout proceeds

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this Dec. 13, 2016, file photo, Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., speaks during an event in Beverly, Mass. Mr. Moulton has expressed concerns about the Biden administration's apparent lack of planning for how to move Afghan interpreters to safety in the United States with the forthcoming withdrawal of U.S. forces from the country. “There’s probably nothing that makes me more concerned about this plan than the fact that there is no clear person in charge at this point,” he said. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File) **FILE**

Questions surround U.S. plans to evacuate Afghan allies amid pullout

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

House Foreign Affairs Ranking Member Michael McCaul, R-Texas, joined from left by Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, and Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., speaks at a news conference where Republicans charge China with a coverup of the origin of COVID-19, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 23, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

‘He created this’: Biden under pressure to rescue Afghan allies before pullout

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

In this Nov. 30, 2017, file photo, American soldiers wait on the tarmac in Logar province, Afghanistan. With American troops withdrawing from Afghanistan, pressure has been mounting for the Biden administration to plan a military evacuation of Afghans who supported U.S. military operations during two decades of war in their country. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

‘Last hurrah’: Biden to meet embattled Afghan leaders amid Taliban gains

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Illustration on the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Biden’s hollow support for Afghan refugees

By Matt Daley

Soldiers from the U.S. Army First Battalion, 26th Infantry fire mortars from the Korengal Outpost at Taliban positions in the Korengal Valley of Afghanistan's Kunar Province on May 12, 2009. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) ** FILE **

Al Qaeda in Afghanistan could threaten U.S. homeland within two years, Pentagon warns

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

Republicans propose censure of Ilhan Omar and ‘The Squad’ for anti-Israel, anti-U.S. rhetoric

By Joseph Clark and Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., left, whispers to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., as Democrats rally outside the Capitol ahead of passage of H.R. 1, "The For the People Act," a bill which aims to expand voting rights and strengthen ethics rules, in Washington, Friday, March 8, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Pelosi insists House leadership statement on Ilhan Omar was not a rebuke

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Pelosi backs Jewish Dems’ rebuke of Ilhan Omar for comparing U.S., Israel to Hamas, Taliban

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Smoke rises after a huge explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, July 1, 2019. Powerful explosion rocks Afghan capital, with smoke seen billowing from downtown area near U.S. Embassy. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) **FILE**

Painful memories as U.S. ponders safety of Afghan embassy

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

Ilhan Omar’s anti-Israel, anti-U.S. rhetoric opens rift in House Democratic Caucus

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Afghanistan Withdrawal Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Leaving Afghanistan

By Clifford D. May

Afghan soldiers patrol outside their military base on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, May 9, 2021. By Sept. 11 2021, at the latest, the remaining U.S.and allied NATO forces will leave Afghanistan, ending nearly 20 years of military engagement. Also leaving is the American air support that the Afghan military has relied on to stave off potentially game-changing Taliban assaults, ever since it took command of the war from the U.S. and NATO in 2014. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

U.S. military to ‘rapidly’ evacuate Afghan allies targeted by Taliban

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

An Afghan man lies at a hospital after clashes between Taliban and Afghan security forces in the province of Laghman, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, May 24, 2021. This week some of the heaviest fighting since President Biden announced the end to America's "forever war" took place in eastern Laghman province with Taliban threatening the provincial capital Mehtar Lam. (AP Photo/Shafiullah Kakar)

Afghan forces demoralized, rife with corruption

By Kathy Gannon - Associated Press

Afghan soldiers patrol outside their military base on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, May 9, 2021. By Sept. 11 2021, at the latest, the remaining U.S.and allied NATO forces will leave Afghanistan, ending nearly 20 years of military engagement. Also leaving is the American air support that the Afghan military has relied on to stave off potentially game-changing Taliban assaults, ever since it took command of the war from the U.S. and NATO in 2014. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) **FILE**

As U.S. packs up, concern for allies left behind in Afghanistan grows

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this Nov. 3, 2009, file photo, Lt. Thomas Goodman, center, of the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division meets with villagers in Qatar Kala in the Pech Valley of Afghanistan's Kunar province with his interpreter Ayazudin Hilal, center left with hat. Hilil served as an interpreter alongside U.S. soldiers on hundreds of patrols and dozens of firefights in eastern Afghanistan, earning a glowing letter of recommendation from an American platoon commander and a medal of commendation. Still, Hilal was turned down when he applied for one of the scarce special visas that would allow him to relocate to the U.S with his family. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder, File)

Capitol Hill critics warn Biden faces another Vietnam

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this Friday, April 30, 2021, photo former Afghan interpreters hold placards during a protest against the U.S. government and NATO in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Afghans who helped the U.S. now fear being left behind

By Rahim Faiez and Ben Fox - Associated Press

Afghan national army (ANA) Soldiers stand guard at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, April 17, 2021. The Biden administration's surprise announcement of an unconditional troop withdrawal from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, 2021, appears to strip the Taliban and the Afghan government of considerable leverage, pressuring them to reach a peace deal. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) **FILE**

‘Very difficult fight’: Afghan army, Taliban set for major clash outside Kabul as U.S. troops exit

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times