Statement by President and Mrs. Bush on Afghanistan  —  “Laura and I, along with the team at the Bush Center, stand ready as Americans to lend our support and assistance in this time of need.  Let us all resolve to be united in saving lives and praying for the people of Afghanistan.”

Biden must rescue thousands of U.S. citizens trapped in Afghanistan  —  As the situation on the ground in Afghanistan's capital continues to deteriorate, thousands of U.S. citizens are trapped in and around Kabul with no ability to get to the airport, which is their only way out of the country.

Female mayor in Afghanistan says she's waiting for Taliban to ‘come ... and kill me’  —  One of Afghanistan's first female mayors said Sunday that she is waiting for the Taliban to come and kill her as the Islamic militants reached the capital, Kabul.  —  “I'm sitting here waiting for them to come.

Biden gave the best possible defense of his Afghanistan withdrawal  —  President Biden's case for the fruitlessness of a continued military mission in Afghanistan got a boost as the Afghan army melted away, and its leaders fled practically overnight.  During remarks from the White House on Monday …

Biden's promise to restore competence to the presidency is undercut by chaos in Afghanistan  —  Joe Biden presented voters with a core argument why he, more than anyone else, was the best choice to replace the wildly unorthodox Donald Trump: He would bring competence.

Beltway reporting of Afghanistan withdrawal a disservice to Americans  —  As Taliban forces pushed through Afghanistan this past week, most news outlets covered the swiftly shifting story by falling back to their usual position: reporting from inside the Beltway.

Eerie tension settles over Kabul as Taliban patrols the streets and U.S. reasserts control at the airport following chaotic scenes  —  Horrifying scenes of desperate Afghans, lunging for the wheels of a U.S. military aircraft as it taxied for takeoff from Kabul airport Monday …

Group Statement Sent to President Biden on Behalf of The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post  —  Dear President Biden:  —  For the past twenty years, brave Afghan colleagues have worked tirelessly to help The New York Times, The Washington Post …

'Please Don't Leave Us Behind.  We Will Be Great Americans.'  —  An interview with a U.S.-trained Afghan Air Force pilot, now hiding from the Taliban.  —  AFGHAN AIR FORCE PILOTS LAND THEIR UH-60 BLACKHAWKS ON A NARROW LANDING STRIP DURING A RESUPPLY MISSION TO AN OUTPOST IN GHAZNI PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN, SUNDAY, MAY 9, 2021.

Leon Panetta compares fall of Afghanistan to Bay of Pigs  —  Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta compared the fall of the democratic government in Afghanistan over the weekend to the failed Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in 1961.  —  “I think of John Kennedy and the Bay of Pigs,” Panetta said during an appearance Monday on CNN.

The debacle in Afghanistan is the worst kind: Avoidable  —  President Biden's blunders in what is — suddenly — a Taliban-dominated Afghanistan may be measured many ways.  One is by searching the sorriest episodes of U.S. foreign policy history for an analogy.