ISLAMABAD—Heavy flooding from seasonal rains in Afghanistan killed at least 31 people and left dozens missing over the past three days, while in neighboring Pakistan 13 people died due to heavy rains and landslides. Shafiullah Rahimi, the ruling Taliban’s appointed spokesman for Afghanistan’s State Ministry for Natural Disaster Management, said Sunday that at least 31…
Heavy Rains in Afghanistan and Pakistan Unleash Flash Floods That Killed Dozens of People
Defence Committee Chairman Tobias Ellwood Backtracks on Taliban Video
The chairman of the House of Commons defence select committee, Tobias Ellwood, has admitted he “got it wrong” and has deleted a video filmed in Afghanistan, in which he praised the Taliban. On Monday night Mr. Ellwood posted the video on Twitter and wrote: “Hold your breath—but this is a country transformed. Security vastly improved….
Tobias Ellwood Warned by MPs After ‘Utterly Bizarre’ Video Praising Taliban Rule
The chairman of the House of Commons defence select committee has been heavily criticised by fellow Conservative MPs after he posted a video of himself in Afghanistan in which he praised the Taliban. The video was described as “utterly bizarre” by Mark Francois, Tory MP for Rayleigh and Wickford, who also sits on the defence…
MoD: Identities of Troops Accused of Afghan War Crimes Should Be Anonymous
An inquiry into allegations of unlawful activity of the UK’s special forces in Afghanistan has heard that the identities of the accused should be kept anonymous. The inquiry was commissioned by Defence Secretary Ben Wallace in December last year. The probe is looking into matters arising from the deployment of British armed forces to Afghanistan…
Taliban Orders Hair and Beauty Salons in Afghanistan to Close
The Taliban in Afghanistan has ordered beauty salons in the country to close within a month, according to a Taliban spokesperson, marking another blow to Afghan women’s rights since the regime seized nearly power two years ago. Mohammad Sadiq Akif, a spokesman for the Taliban-led Ministry of Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, said…
Pence Says Trump Would Have Kept US Troops in Afghanistan, Rejects Blame for Chaotic Withdrawal
July 3, 2023
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Former President Donald Trump would have kept at least a couple thousand U.S. troops in Afghanistan despite his 2020 peace agreement with the Taliban, according to former Vice President Mike Pence. In February 2020, the Trump Administration reached a deal (pdf) with the Taliban to withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan within 14 months, so…
Border Patrol Agents Record ‘1000 Percent Increase’ in Illegal Immigrants From Nations Including China, Afghanistan
June 14, 2023
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Border Patrol agents have seen a more than 1000 percent increase in the number of illegal immigrants from countries including China and Afghanistan attempting to enter the United States, according to Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz. Ortiz, who is set to retire next month after more than three decades with the agency, took to Twitter on…
Pakistan Police Urged to End ‘Oppressive’ Expulsion of Afghan Refugees
The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) on Sunday urged Pakistan’s police to cease their “oppressive actions” against Afghan refugees after reports of the expulsion of Afghans from Pakistan. It came after the Afghan Embassy said on June 8 that Pakistani police had detained 250 Afghan nationals despite having travel documents. Some of them were…
Blast in Northern Afghanistan Kills 11 During Funeral of Deputy Governor
KABUL—An explosion inside a mosque in northern Afghanistan on Thursday killed at least 11 people during the funeral of the Taliban’s provincial deputy governor, who died in an attack earlier this week, officials said. The Taliban-run Ministry of Interior said that more than 30 people were also injured in the blast in Badakhshan, a province…
Car Bombing in Northeast Afghanistan Kills Local Official and His Driver, Wounds 10 People
KABUL, Afghanistan—A car bombing in Afghanistan’s northeast on Tuesday killed a provincial deputy governor and his driver, a local official said. Ten people were also wounded in the blast. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the bombing in the city of Faizabad in Badakhshan Province. The deputy governor, Molvi Nisar Ahmad Ahmadi, was wounded in…
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