Trump and Biden and Afghanistan

 Bess Levin writes that Trump Hopes No One Remembers He Pushed for a Full Afghanistan Withdrawal in June.

Ron Elving writes that Withdrawing From Afghanistan May Be The One Thing Biden And Trump Agree On.

Eugene Kiely and Robert Farley document the Timeline of U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Back in April Jason Hoffman and Devan Cole wrote Trump calls Afghanistan withdrawal 'a wonderful and positive thing to do' and criticizes Biden's timeline.

H. R. McMaster on lessons from Iraq and Afghanistan

In The Pipe Dream of Easy War H. R. McMaster looks at lessons to be learned from Iraq and Afghanistan. I especially liked this:

We must not equate military capabilities with strategy.

How the Pakistani Taliban became what it is

In How the Pakistani Taliban grew into a deadly force Carlotta Gall gives us a history of the Pakistani Taliban.

Why we lost the war in Afghanistan

Sally Neighbour has written a very interesting article in The Monthly - How We Lost the War: Afghanistan a Decade on from September 11. Worth a read.

Green on Blue

Former Army officer Clive Williams writes in Shady goings-on behind latest Digger deaths how cultural issues may be major contributors to so called green on blue attacks in Afghanistan. Green refers to Afghan soldiers or police and blue refers to members of the International Security Assistance Force.

US General in Afghanistan sacked for critical remarks

US Army Major General Peter Fuller, deputy commander of NATO's mission to train and equip Afghan forces has been sacked after making some critical comments about the country's leaders, including President Karzai. The comments were made in an interview published by website Politico. Based on what the ABC has published I have a feeling they were probably pretty accurate.