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6 posts tagged "Afghanistan"

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Former ambassador says Afghanistan is in deep crisis

Kiki Riley | Friday, September 9, 2022

One year ago, the U.S. armed forces withdrew from Afghanistan, creating a refugee crisis and leaving the Taliban in control. Many professors and the former Afghan ambassador to the U.S. are still reeling over the impacts. A group of panelists congregated via Zoom on Tuesday to reflect and further discuss the U.S. armed force’s withdrawal

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When you realize you can’t solve everything

BridgeND | Friday, September 3, 2021

Nine hundred miles south of my dorm room in South Bend, my friends are sitting in the dark. New Orleans is laid low once again, this time to Hurricane Ida’s wrath, and almost the entire city is without power. We’ll see how much damage was done in the coming days. New Orleans lost power, but

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Notre Dame professors discuss impact of 20 years of American presence in Afghanistan

Caroline Collins | Wednesday, September 1, 2021

According to USA Today, over 2,400 U.S. service members have died in Afghanistan in the last 20 years. The 13 troops who were killed in the Kabul airport attack on Thursday were the first U.S. casualties since February 2020. In addition to American casualties in Afghanistan, many Afghan service members have also lost their lives.

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Afghanistan: Lessons learned?

Letter to the Editor | Friday, February 14, 2020

On Saturday, two American 20-somethings were brutally gunned down. No, this isn’t a trendy opioid crisis headline or part of a shrill gun control debate. Sgt. 1st Class Javier Jaguar Gutierrez and Sgt. 1st Class Antonio Rey Rodriguez were killed in an attack on U.S. forces in Afghanistan. It’s been 19 years (attention first-year students:

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George Mason professor explains reasoning behind U.S. invasion of Iraq

Lucy Lynch | Wednesday, October 10, 2018

George Mason University professor Ahsan Butt presented “Why did the U.S. invade Iraq in 2003?” to students and faculty Tuesday afternoon in Jenkins and Nanovic Halls. The presentation, named after Butt’s research paper of the same title, was presented by the Notre Dame International Security Center. Butt focused on one of the most commonly acknowledged

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Ambassador considers U.S. role in the world

Tom Naatz | Thursday, January 26, 2017

In a lecture at the Eck Hall of Law, Ambassador David Robinson, assistant secretary and coordinator for reconstruction and stabilization at the Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations the United States Department of State, discussed American foreign policy and the country’s role in the world under newly inaugurated President Donald Trump. “About two months ago,

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