A California man convicted of kidnapping 26 children and a school bus driver decades ago is about to be released from prison. The state’s parole board approved his parole on Aug. 16. A bombing at a mosque in Afghanistan kills at least 21 people and wounds 33 others on Aug. 17. An eyewitness says the…
Explosion at Afghanistan Mosque Kills at Least 21 and Injures 33; California School Bus Hijacker Paroled | NTD Good Morning
Brother of Marine Killed in Afghanistan Withdrawal Commits Suicide
August 16, 2022
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The brother of a Marine killed during last year’s chaotic withdrawal of U.S. troops and civilians from Afghanistan committed suicide last week, about a mile from a permanent memorial dedicated to the fallen service members lost in the attack, authorities confirmed. Dakota Halverson, 28, was still struggling with the death of his brother Lance Capt….
Heavy Rains Set Off Flash Floods, Killing 31 in Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD—Heavy rains set off flash floods that killed at least 31 people and left dozens missing in northern Afghanistan, the Taliban’s state-run news agency reported Monday. The Bakhtar News Agency said the flooding took place on Sunday in northern Parwan province. The agency said that women and children were among the dead and 17 people…
Afghanistan Marks 1 Year Since Taliban Seizure as Woes Mount
KABUL, Afghanistan—The Taliban terrorist group on Monday marked a year since they seized the Afghan capital in a rapid takeover that triggered a hasty escape of the nation’s Western-backed leaders, sent the economy into a tailspin and fundamentally transformed the country. Taliban fighters, some hoisting rifles or the white banners of their movement, staged victory…
Biden Administration Ignored Military’s Advice During Afghanistan Withdrawal: GOP Report
August 15, 2022
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In a new report, Republicans on the House Foreign Affairs Committee detailed alleged missteps and misleading claims from the State Department and the White House about the Afghanistan withdrawal and vowed investigations into the issue if the GOP regains the House in November. After 20 years of fighting the Taliban terrorist group in Afghanistan, President…
Aid Shipment to Afghanistan Cancelled Due to Anti-Terrorist Law
Two containers of food bound for Afghanistan have been cancelled by a Canadian aid agency because of a law banning any dealings with the Taliban. World Vision says it has been forced to cancel a large shipment of “therapeutic food,” which it said could have fed around 1,800 children. Canada passed a law in 2013…
Bomb Blast in Kabul Kills 8, Injures More Than 20
KABUL—A bomb blast in a busy shopping street in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Saturday killed at least eight people and injured 22, hospital officials and witnesses said. The bomb exploded in a western district of the city where members of the minority Shi’ite Muslim community regularly meet. ISIS terrorist group claimed responsibility for the attack,…
Taliban: 2 Civilians Killed in a Bomb Blast in Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD—A bomb hidden in a cart went off on Friday near a mosque in a minority Shiite neighborhood of the Afghan capital, killing two civilians and wounding another three, a Taliban official said. According to Khalid Zadran, the Taliban-appointed spokesman for the Kabul police chief, the attack happened in western Kabul, in the Sar-e Karez…
Biden Admin Evacuated Hundreds From Afghanistan on US Watchlist: Whistleblower
August 5, 2022
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Two GOP senators have urged the Department of Defense (DoD) to immediately investigate whistleblower allegations that hundreds of Afghan evacuees who appeared on official watchlists were not properly vetted before they were released into the United States. According to the DoD whistleblower, the Biden administration failed to properly vet 324 Afghan evacuees who appeared on the DoD’s Biometrically…
Biden Admin Evacuated Hundreds on US Watchlist From Afghanistan: Whistleblower
August 5, 2022
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Two GOP senators have urged the Department of Defense (DoD) to immediately investigate whistleblower allegations that hundreds of Afghan evacuees who appeared on official watchlists were not properly vetted before they were released into the United States. According to the DoD whistleblower, the Biden administration failed to properly vet 324 Afghan evacuees who appeared on the DoD’s Biometrically…
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