Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Thursday delayed the Senate’s vote to pass a nearly $40 billion aid package for Ukraine that would provide the nation with further military and economic assistance amid its ongoing conflict with Russia. While leaders were unanimous in their agreement to proceed with passing the package this week, Paul refused to do so…
Sen. Paul Delays Vote on $40 Billion Ukraine Package, Calls for Spending Oversight
May 13, 2022
admin
AfghanistaneconomyMiddle EastPolicies & ImpactsPoliticsRepublicansSen. Rand PaulUkraineUSUS NewsWorld
0 Comment
Back to the Burqa—It’s Biden’s Taliban Now
Commentary Less than a year since the chaotic U.S. departure from Afghanistan on Aug. 30, 2021, the Taliban, despite promises to the contrary, have returned to being, well, the Taliban. That means misogyny on an almost incomprehensible scale. The burqa is back, accompanied by women locked in their homes. For the most part, forget about…
Taliban Orders Afghan Women to Cover Faces Again
KABUL—Afghanistan’s Taliban terrorist group ordered women on Saturday to cover their faces in public, a return to a signature policy of their past hardline rule. A decree from the group’s supreme leader, Haibatullah Akhundzada, said that if a woman did not cover her face outside home, her father or closest male relative would be visited…
Afghanistan Watchdog Reports Widespread Organ Harvesting Amidst Famine
As the U.S. government diverts military equipment and humanitarian aid to Ukraine, the famine in Afghanistan has become so dire that some people are engaging in organ harvesting and human trafficking to survive, according to the latest quarterly report from the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR). The April 30 SIGAR report said the number of people…
Afghanistan Watchdog Reports Widespread Organ Harvesting Amid Famine
As the U.S. government diverts military equipment and humanitarian aid to Ukraine, the famine in Afghanistan has become so dire that some people are engaging in organ harvesting and human trafficking to survive, according to the latest quarterly report from the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR). The April 30 SIGAR report said the number of people…
The World’s Most Dangerous Paper Route
The story of the unsung heroes who deliver the ‘Stars And Stripes’ military newspaper to soldiers in Afghanistan. Part of the film shows the paper delivery to Camp Lightning after 90 minutes on a Chinook helicopter, two miles up a mountain, and further travel on Humvees. Director: Matthew Hausle Writer: Paul Freedman – Feature Films:…
[PREMIERING 9 PM ET]The World’s Most Dangerous Paper Route
The story of the unsung heroes who deliver the ‘Stars And Stripes’ military newspaper to soldiers in Afghanistan. Part of the film shows the paper delivery to Camp Lightning after 90 minutes on a Chinook helicopter, two miles up a mountain, and further travel on Humvees. Director: Matthew Hausle Writer: Paul Freedman – Feature Films:…
[PREMIERING 9 PM ET] The World’s Most Dangerous Paper Route
The story of the unsung heroes who deliver the ‘Stars And Stripes’ military newspaper to soldiers in Afghanistan. Part of the film shows the paper delivery to Camp Lightning after 90 minutes on a Chinook helicopter, two miles up a mountain, and further travel on Humvees. Director: Matthew Hausle Writer: Paul Freedman – Feature Films:…
Blast Kills More Than 50 at Kabul Mosque, Its Leader Says
KABUL—A powerful explosion killed more than 50 worshippers after Friday prayers at a Kabul mosque, its leader said, the latest in a series of attacks on civilian targets in Afghanistan during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The blast hit the Khalifa Sahib Mosque in the west of the capital in the early afternoon, said…
ISIS Claims Bombing Targeting Shiites in North Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan—The ISIS terrorist group’s affiliate in Afghanistan claimed responsibility on Friday for two bombings in the country’s north that targeted the country’s minority Hazara ethnic group a day earlier. The car bombings Thursday in Mazar-e-Sharif killed at least nine people and wounded 13 others, according to local Taliban representatives. The Hazaras are mostly Shiite…
US News
RSS Error: A feed could not be found at `https://www.theepochtimes.com/c-us/feed`; the status code is `200` and content-type is `text/html; charset=utf-8`