Pepeluali 1, 2018, ʻO ka Democracy Nei.
Ma ka pō Poalua, ua lilo ʻo Pelekikena Trump i ke kolu o ka pelekikena i ka lālani e hoʻāʻo e hoʻokau i ka ʻano maikaʻi i ke kaua ma Afghanistan - ke kaua lōʻihi loa ma ka mōʻaukala ʻAmelika. ʻElima mau makahiki ma mua, ua wānana ʻo Pelekikena Barack Obama ma kāna 2013 State of the Union e pau koke ke kaua. A i ka makahiki 2006, ua hoʻohana ʻo Pelekikena George W. Bush i kāna mokuʻāina o ka Union e hoʻomaikaʻi iā Afghanistan no ke kūkulu ʻana i "kemokalaka hou." ʻOi aku ma mua o 16 mau makahiki ma hope o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kaua US ma Afghanistan, noho ka ʻāina i kahi kūlana pilikia. Ma ka Pōʻaono, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka poʻe 100 i make ma Kabul i ka wā i pahū ai kahi kaʻa kaʻa i hoʻopiha ʻia me nā mea pahū. A laila, i ka Pōʻakahi, ua hoʻokō nā pūʻali koa Islamic State i kahi hoʻouka kaua i ke kakahiaka nui ma ke kula koa ma ke komohana o ke kapikala ʻo Kabul, pepehi ma ka liʻiliʻi o 11 pūʻali a hōʻeha i ka 16. Ke kamaʻilio nei mākou i ka mea hoʻopuka noiʻi ʻo May Jeong ma Kabul. ʻO kāna ʻāpana hou loa no The Intercept i kapa ʻia ʻo "Losing Sight: He 4-Year-Old Girl was the Sole Survivor of a US Drone Strike in Afghanistan. A laila ua nalowale ʻo ia.
