President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Pete Hegseth, an Afghanistan war veteran, to be secretary of defense. Hegseth, who also served in Iraq and Guantánamo Bay, is a Fox News host and staunch supporter of Trump’s “America First” policies. Trump praised Hegseth as “tough, smart, and a...
Middle East
Zebulon Simantov, Afghanistan’s last Jew, arrived in Israel last week after being rescued from Kabul in 2021. After spending three years in Istanbul, he moved...
The recent public execution in Afghanistan has sparked international outrage, drawing attention to the ongoing use of capital punishment under Taliban rule...
Synopsis Israel’s recent killing of Hezbollah and Hamas leaders and missile attacks on Tehran have made Iran’s dialogue with the West problematic and forced...
Officials whitewashing the Taliban as a responsible diplomatic party are getting the organization wrong. The people of Afghanistan are once...