The U.S. military’s withdrawal from Afghanistan
This past week, the U.S. military has begun its complete withdrawal from Afghanistan. The New York Times wrote this past week that the Afghan security forces are “unprepared to face the Taliban, or any other threat, on their own. Over the past few years, the U.S. and NATO have spent tens of billions of dollars to build up the the Afghan security forces, but serious shortages of ammunition, the low pay, and abundant corruption are still causing problems.
Other News
- A fire in an Iraqi hospital caused by an exploding oxygen cylinder killed at least 82 people
- In the Somali capital of Mogadishu, gunfire erupted when forces loyal to the president confronted groups that sided with his rivals
- A spacecraft built by Elon Musk’s SpaceX company arrived at the International Space Station last weekend
- This past month, Iranian military vessels are supposed to have “harassed American ships in the Persian Gulf” twice, according to the New York Times
