Taliban Expect US Withdrawal Negotiators Warn Against Defying May 1 Deadline; Vow to Restore Islamic Rule
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NCAA TOURNAMENT MILITARY VIDEO GAMES Familiar names land Lawmakers look Ghosts ’n Goblins in a new place – to repeal outdated Resurrection a March Madness war resolutions fitting series reboot Page 24 Page 3 Page 13 Police: Fort Bliss soldier assaulted wife before being shot ›› Page 4 stripes.com Volume 79 Edition 238A ©SS 2021 CONTINGENCY EDITION SATURDAY,MARCH 20, 2021 Free to Deployed Areas VIRUS OUTBREAK AFGHANISTAN Biden says US set to hit goal of 100M vaccinations BY ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON — With the U.S. closing in on President Joe Biden’s goal of injecting 100 mil- lion coronavirus vaccinations weeks ahead of his target date, the White House said the nation is now in position to help supply neighbors Canada and Mexico with millions of lifesaving shots. The Biden administration on Thursday revealed the outlines of a plan to “loan” a limited number of vaccines to Canada and Mexico as the president announced the U.S. is on the cusp of meeting his 100-day injection goal “way ahead of schedule.” “I’m proud to announce that to- morrow, 58 days into our adminis- tration, we will have met our goal,” Biden said. He promised to ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENKO/AP unveil a new vaccination target Khairullah Khairkhwa, left, former western Herat governor, gestures while speaking as Suhail Shaheen, a member of negotiation team, listens next week, as the U.S. is on pace to to him during their joint news conference in Moscow on Friday. have enough of the three currently authorized vaccines to cover the entire adult population SEE VACCINATIONS ON PAGE 5 Taliban expect US withdrawal Negotiators warn against defying May 1 deadline; vow to restore Islamic rule BY VLADMIR ISACHENKOV ing at a press conference in Mos- Wednesday that the May 1 dead- would not be from our side … AND KATHY GANNON cow, the day after meeting with se- line “could happen, but it is Their violation will have a reac- Associated Press nior Afghan government negotia- tough,” adding that if the deadline tion.” MOSCOW — The Taliban tors and international observers to is extended it won’t be by “a lot He did not elaborate on what warned Washington on Friday try to jumpstart a stalled peace longer.” form the “reaction” would take, against defying a May 1 deadline process to end Afghanistan’s dec- “They should go,” Suhail Sha- but in keeping with the agreement for the withdrawal of American ades of war. heen, a member of the Taliban ne- they signed in February 2020, the ANDREW HARNIK/AP and NATO troops from Afghanis- President Joe Biden’s adminis- gotiation team, told reporters, Taliban have not attacked U.S. or President Joe Biden arrives to tan, promising a “reaction,” which tration says it is reviewing an warning that staying beyond May NATO forces, even as unclaimed speak about COVID-19 could mean increased attacks by agreement the Taliban signed 1 would breach the deal. “After bombings and targeted killings vaccinations from the East Room the insurgent group. with the Trump administration. that, it will be a kind of violation of of the White House on Thursday. The Taliban issued their warn- Biden told ABC in an interview the agreement. That violation SEE TALIBAN ON PAGE 4 PAGE 2 • STARS AND STRIPES • Saturday, March 20, 2021 BUSINESS/WEATHER AMC to reopen more of its movie theaters EXCHANGE RATES Military rates So. Korea (Won) 1132.50 Associated Press the proper local approvals are in tions to choose from if they want to Switzerlnd (Franc) 0.9311 Euro costs (March 22) $1.16 Thailand (Baht) 30.86 It’s showtime! AMC Theatres place. AMC previously opened see a film on the big screen. Dollar buys (March 22) 0.8193 Turkey (NewLira) 7.2711 British pound (March 22) $1.36 says it expected to have 98% of its more than 500 of its theaters else- Analyst Eric Wold of B. 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TODAY IN STRIPES American Roundup ...... 11 Comics/Crossword .......17 Food ............................ 12 Lifestyle .................... 15 Opinion ........................ 16 Sports .................... 18-24 Video Games ............. 13 Saturday, March 20, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 3 MILITARY Bill would repeal old force authorizations BY RACHEL OSWALD communist threats to the Middle eign Affairs Committee members Iraq and Gulf War resolutions to essary AUMFs off the books, si- CQ-Roll Call East. and could offer the legislation as justify military actions that multaneously send the signal that WASHINGTON — A bipartisan “It’s a matter of basic constitu- an amendment to the Lee bill. seemed to have only a tangential Congress has a constitutional role group of House lawmakers with tional hygiene,” Gallagher, the “Obviously, I don’t speak for relationship to the underlying au- when it comes to war powers, and national security backgrounds in- lead sponsor of the measure, said her,” Gallagher said of Lee. “But thorization. then hopefully kick-start a discus- troduced legislation Thursday to in an interview. “As Congress theoretically, I don’t see why she For example, in 2014, the Oba- sion about revising the 9/11 repeal not just the 2002 Iraq War struggles with having abdicated would have any problem or the ma administration used the 2002 AUMF.” military authorization but also the its authority in general and partic- proponents of the 2002 repeal AUMF as a supplementary legal The 1957 authorization is a less- Gulf War authorization from 1991 ularly when it comes to war pow- would have any problem adding justification for its redeployment well-known statute that has never and an Eisenhower-era anti-com- ers, the easiest and most practical 1991 and 1957 to that effort. In any of troops to Iraq even though they been invoked even as it remains munist military authorization. first step is to clean up past autho- case, I think it would enhance the were going there to fight Islamic technically on the books. It was Supporters of constraining the rizations that have not been re- overall message and tee us up for State terrorists and not the Sad- passed by Congress at the behest Pentagon’s expansive post-9/11 pealed and are no longer oper- that broader debate about the 9/11 dam Hussein regime, which was of President Dwight Eisenhower powers to carry out open-ended ationally necessary.” AUMF.” toppled more than a decade be- who feared the Soviet Union military interventions abroad are House Foreign Affairs Chair- The 9/11 AUMF refers to the fore.