Despite spending more on defense than the next 10 countries combined, Uncle Sam's wars in the past few decades, namely in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and Syria, have turned into disasters.

Prince Harry says he killed 25 individuals in Afghanistan during his years in the British Army.

 Former British prime minister Tony Blair has admitted that he “may have been wrong” about the decision to invade Iraq and Afghanistan, but insists he thought it was “the right thing” to do.

US President Joe Biden has strongly defended his decision to pull US troops out of Afghanistan, confirming the US military mission will end on Aug. 31, ahead of his original Sept. 11 deadline.

After nearly 20 years of deployment, with the second largest contingent of troops after the United States, Germany has evacuated its forces from Afghanistan, calling the withdrawal “the end of a historic chapter”, with the coalition of the willing no longer willing and pulling out its forces one by one.

Iran’s foreign minister says Tehran is ready to play an effective role in restoring stability to Afghanistan.

The pledge by Biden to fully withdraw from Afghanistan by September the 11th is seen as the end of one struggle and the beginning of another by the people of Afghanistan, some of whom fear the dominance of extremism promoted by the Taliban.