When President George W. Bush launched the “War on Terror” in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, few could have predicted the campaign would entail US involvement in combat in 24 countries over the next two decades. But it did, and the resulting conflicts have come at enormous costs we are only now beginning to fully realize.
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US, Taliban Sign Historic Afghan Peace Deal
ISLAMABAD – The United States and the Taliban signed a landmark agreement Saturday in Doha, Qatar, setting the stage for ending a nearly 19-year-old war in Afghanistan and bringing back home thousands of American troops deployed there.
Read MoreCommentary: Afghanistan Is Joe Biden’s War
Joe Biden often brags that he was Barack Obama’s foreign affairs consigliere during their eight years together in the White House.
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