Ahmad Halabisaz / AP US Special Envoy for Afghanistan Quits After Disastrous Withdrawal Zalmay Khalilzad had been criticized for not pressing the Taliban hard enough in peace talks begun while Trump was president. By The Associated Press October 18, 2021
Jonas Ekstroemer / AP US and Other Countries Claim Social Media Is Contributing to This Dangerous Way of Thinking The one-day event, held in Sweden’s third-largest city, was initially planned for October 2020 but was canceled due to COVID. By The Associated Press October 13, 2021
Phil Noble / Getty Images French President Still Skeptical Biden Values Relationship After Three Weeks of Damage Control A number of officials in the EU believe France is risking transatlantic relations by pitting the union against the U.S. unnecessarily. By Sebastian Hughes October 6, 2021
Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images Biden Official Puzzles French Reporter with His Assessment of the Admin's Handling of Afghanistan The reporter also pressed the Biden official about Australia backing out of a diesel submarine deal it had with France. By Sebastian Hughes October 5, 2021
Sarahbeth Maney / Getty Images Biden Admin Reportedly Trying to Mend Fences with France After Snubbing US Ally Blinken will visit Paris for an international economic conference in addition to meeting with French officials to ease the ruptured relations. By The Associated Press October 1, 2021
Alex Brandon - Pool / AFP / Getty Images War Crime? Biden Admin Finally Admits It Killed an Innocent Afghan Man and His 9 Family Members: Report 'It is unlikely that the vehicle and those who died were associated with ISIS-K or were a direct threat to U.S. forces.' By Dillon Burroughs September 17, 2021
Manuel Balce Ceneta - Pool / Getty ImagesCommentary Lloyd Austin Risking Jail by Refusing to Address Congress on Afghanistan Surrender Of all people, Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez has floated the idea of using a subpoena to corral Austin into testifying. By Johnathan Jones September 15, 2021
Bill Clark - Pool / Getty ImagesCommentary Sen. Hawley Calls for Resignation of Biden's Secretary of State and Defense 'This president is a disgrace,' Hawley said on the Senate floor. 'And if he had the responsibility of leadership, he would resign.' By Johnathan Jones September 15, 2021
Bill O'Leary / Getty ImagesCommentary Video: GOP Rep Calls Blinken a Liar to His Face During Tense Hearing on Biden's Afghanistan Debacle One decision after the next has caused unnecessary bloodshed and made America less safe - and someone in the administration needs to pay. By Christine Favocci September 14, 2021
Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images Sen. Josh Hawley Vows to Delay Biden's Defense and State Department Nominees Until Three Top Officials Resign President Joe Biden and his administration have come under bipartisan fire for the botched Afghanistan withdrawal. By Andrew Trunsky September 14, 2021