Afghanistan is still the world’s problem even though the Taliban are in power

Afghanistan is still the world’s problem even though the Taliban are in power

Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler It’s seems like a profound contradiction; trying to convince Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities to accept foreign humanitarian help for their own starving population. Thus as beleaguered Afghan civilians endure a brutal winter, the sanctimonious Islamic fundamentalist regime in Kabul has largely restricted international aid agencies because they employ women. […]

Report: Putin negotiating with Taliban to acquire U.S. arms left behind by Biden

Report: Putin negotiating with Taliban to acquire U.S. arms left behind by Biden

by WorldTribune Staff, January 27, 2023 Russian leader Vladimir Putin has his sights set on some of the $7.1 billion in American military weaponry and equipment abandoned by Joe Biden when he surrendered Afghanistan to the Taliban, a report said. The Telegram account of General SVR, said to be run by a former Russian intelligence […]

2023: Looking into the crystal globe at the year ahead

2023: Looking into the crystal globe at the year ahead

Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler It’s that time of year to gaze into the crystal snow globe and try to see the stories on the horizon which will affect the New Year. Our world remains an increasingly tumultuous place and the tragedy of expanding conflicts is only surpassed by the waves of refugees […]

‘Darkness has fallen’: One year after Taliban takeover, humanitarian crisis widens

‘Darkness has fallen’: One year after Taliban takeover, humanitarian crisis widens

Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler One year after the appalling collapse of Afghanistan into the hands of the Taliban insurgents, the humanitarian crisis in that beleaguered South Asian country has gone from bad to worse.  The Biden Administration’s shameful and botched pullout of American military forces signaled the last tawdry act of the […]

Watchdog: Team Biden still sending billions to Afghanistan

Watchdog: Team Biden still sending billions to Afghanistan

by WorldTribune Staff, July 24, 2022 A government watchdog group said the Biden administration continues to send billions in U.S. taxpayer dollars to Afghanistan and is also preventing an audit of their actions. There are no assurances the funds are not going to the Taliban terrorists who took charge of Afghanistan when Team Biden surrendered […]

‘Breadbasket’ no more: Ukrainians and populations of Lebanon, Somalia, Mali hit by food shortages

‘Breadbasket’ no more: Ukrainians and populations of Lebanon, Somalia, Mali hit by food shortages

Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler “If we do not feed people, we feed conflict,” warned UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres addressing an urgent Summit on Food security in the wake of the ongoing Ukraine war. “Global hunger levels are at a new high.  In just two years, the number of severely food insecure […]

Biden scorecard: Taliban won’t allow girls in school above grade 6

Biden scorecard: Taliban won’t allow girls in school above grade 6

by WorldTribune Staff, May 10, 2022 Eight months after Joe Biden ceded control of Afghanistan to the Taliban, the terror organization now running the country has ordered women to cover themselves head-to-toe while in public. “Those women who are not too old or young must cover their face, except the eyes, as per sharia directives, […]

Did U.S. gift Taliban with $84 billion in military equipment? Team Biden scrubbed online info

Did U.S. gift Taliban with $84 billion in military equipment? Team Biden scrubbed online info

Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, April 14, 2022 The new Matt Drudge, “Citizen Kane“ at Citizen Free Press, on Wednesday picked up a Twitter post detailing the Government Accountability Office (GAO) final numbers on U.S. military equipment Team Biden essentially gave the Taliban as the U.S. surrendered in Afghanistan. The Taliban was gifted $84 billion in […]

GOP Rep. Issa: Terrorists may be among Afghans evacuated by Team Biden

GOP Rep. Issa: Terrorists may be among Afghans evacuated by Team Biden

by WorldTribune Staff, February 24, 2022 Terrorists who walked out of the Bagram Air Base prison after Team Biden abandoned it to the Taliban could be among the Afghans who were evacuated to the United States, according to California Republican Rep. Darrell Issa. Some of the men who “pushed through the gates and got onto […]

Jill Biden, Pope Francis ‘ate up bandwidth’ for Afghanistan evacuation’s ‘stressed resources’

Jill Biden, Pope Francis ‘ate up bandwidth’ for Afghanistan evacuation’s ‘stressed resources’

by WorldTribune Staff, February 11, 2022 Calls from Jill Biden and Pope Francis for special favors to get certain people out of the chaos enveloping Afghanistan made a bad situation worse, according to the commander of U.S. troops in charge of the evacuation of Kabul. Rear Adm. Peter Vasely “said the Pentagon was being pulled […]