John D.S. Allen: “This unfortunate act stands in stark contrast to the many years during which U.S. forces have demonstrated deep respect…”

The Taliban will never accord Afghan women and girls the respect and the place in the future Afghan society that they deserve.

I support the vaccine mandate. I wrote about this in The Washington Post last month. We hit the limit of the voluntary approach. We’ve tried the hand-holding, we’ve tried cajoling, we’ve tried the beer and the lotteries. It’s not working…

If they go against Trump, there’s a reasonable likelihood that they will be defeated in primaries.

To leave the fate of Afghan women and girls to the Afghan government and Taliban dialog is a massive abdication of American and international responsibility to support universal human rights.