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Biden on Afghanistan withdrawal: 'It's time to end America's longest war' President Joe Biden announces withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan Replay Video UP NEXT President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he would withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan before the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks because "it is time to end America’s longest war." "We went to Afghanistan because of a horrific attack that happened 20 years ago," Biden said. "That cannot explain why we should remain there in 2021." The president formally announced the withdrawal in the White House Treaty Room ...

» I watched Egypt's bloody struggle for democracy that began in Tahrir Square 10 years ago today. Here's my diary of 18 days that shook the world. I watched Egypt's bloody struggle for democracy that began in Tahrir Square 10 years ago today. Here's my diary of 18 days that shook the world. Mia JankowiczJan 25, 2021, 19:23 IST A composite image showing crowds in Tahrir Square, February 2011; Inset shows Mia Jankowicz (R) during a sit-in in the square in July 2011.Pedro Ugarte/AFP via Getty Images/Ramy Rasmy (inset) 10 years ago, I was in Cairo when the revolution broke out. Over 18 days, E...

He was the party planner of Baghdad. Then armed men took him away. Liz Sly, Mustafa Salim © Patrick Baz/AFP via Getty Images Baghdad's Fardoos Square and the Ishtar Hotel, right, seen from the rooftop of the capital's Hotel Palestine on Feb. 9, 2013. Arshad Haibti al-Fakhry was known for living on the edge even before he embarked on a mission to introduce Baghdad to the party lifestyle. He worked as a fixer and interpreter, escorting foreign journalists to the front lines of the war against the Islamic State, then launched a career as an event planner, organizing huge dan...

Opinions | Biden’s foreign policy team is full of idealists who keep getting people killed Robert Wright © Patrick Baz/AFP/Getty Images Libyan rebels gather at a site bombed by coalition air forces in the town of Ajdabiya on March 26, 2011. “In the debate about the future Biden foreign policy I’m seeing people self-identify as ‘progressive realists,’ ” Michael McFaul, ambassador to Russia under President Barack Obama, wrote recently. This unfamiliar label, brandished by some left-leaning critics of the president-elect, worried McFaul. After all, “realism” ...