US AFGHANISTAN WITHDRAWAL INCREASINGLY IN DOUBT: The strong signals from Washington that the Biden administration is leery of the Trump plan to withdraw the remaining 2,500 U.S. troops in Afghanistan over the next three months has the Taliban crying foul and the Afghan government cheering.

Little progress has been made at the peace talks in Doha, Qatar, which are on the verge of breaking down, with the Taliban insisting the U.S. stick to the deal it made a year ago and the Afghan negotiators threatening to end the talks if the Taliban don’t return to the bargaining table.