America may be creating a power vacuum from Somalia to Afghanistan
The US has broken its “long silence” with new airstrikes “against those who exploit the vacuum left by its withdrawal.”
Former Mujahideen hold weapons to support Afghan forces in their fight against Taliban, on the outskirts of Herat province, Afghanistan July 10, 2021.(photo credit: JALIL AHMAD/REUTERS)BySETH J. FRANTZMAN