Category: Afghanistan

Biden Demands Taliban Release Captive Civil Engineer

President Joe Biden is calling for the release of Navy Veteran Mark Frerichs, a civil engineer who was taken hostage by the Taliban two years ago. “Threatening the safety of Americans or any innocent civilians is always unacceptable, and hostage-taking is an act of particular cruelty and cowardice,” said the president in a statement released…


Biden Calls on Taliban to Release of American Hostage

WASHINGTON—U.S. President Joe Biden on Sunday called on Afghanistan’s Taliban terrorist group to release a U.S. civil engineer who was abducted two years ago and is believed to be the last American hostage held by the Taliban. Mark Frerichs, a 59-year-old U.S. Navy veteran from Lombard, Illinois, who worked in Afghanistan for a decade on…


Biden Calls on Taliban to Release American Hostage

WASHINGTON—U.S. President Joe Biden on Sunday called on Afghanistan’s Taliban terrorist group to release a U.S. civil engineer who was abducted two years ago and is believed to be the last American hostage held by the Taliban. Mark Frerichs, a 59-year-old U.S. Navy veteran from Lombard, Illinois, who worked in Afghanistan for a decade on…


Capitol Report (Jan. 31): 56 Bills Introduced to Ban CRT

At the White House Monday, President Joe Biden met with state governors, encouraging them to make good use of the billions in federal aid received this past year. Hours later, he welcomed Qatar’s leader to discuss oil supply, Iran nuclear talks, and Afghanistan. Critical race theory may have been the deciding factor in the race…


Beijing’s Spokesman Uses Syrian Photos to Attack US Policy in Afghanistan

Zhao Lijian, spokesman for China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, recently tweeted images of a child in war-torn Syria while falsely claiming they were taken in Afghanistan in a swipe against U.S. foreign policy. Zhao, posted four photos on his Twitter account on Jan. 24, with the caption of “After 20 years’ war, this is what…


Ernst Blasts Biden’s Release of US Tax Dollars to Aid Taliban’s ‘Endangered Species’ Efforts

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) says President Joe Biden is compounding the tragedy of the bungled U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan by approving unspecified amounts of U.S. foreign aid for “endangered species” programs through the Taliban and Haqqani terrorist networks that now control the war-torn country. “After ordering a hasty and disastrous retreat from Afghanistan last August,…


Emails Show Johnson Lied Over Afghan Animal Evacuation: UK Opposition

Opposition parties have accused British Prime Minister Boris Johnson of lying about the role he played in bringing over 100 animals from Afghanistan to the UK during the Kabul airlift, after a leaked email shows he “authorised” the evacuation. The 94 dogs and 69 cats were in the care of an animal welfare charity called…


Afghan Evacuee Convicted of Molesting 3-Year-Old at Refugee Camp in Virginia

An Afghan national who helped U.S. troops in his home country has been convicted of molesting a 3-year-old girl at a Marine Corps refugee camp in Virginia. Mohammed Tariq, 24, was convicted by a federal jury on charges of abusive sexual contact, the Department of Justice announced this week. Tariq was spotted on Sept. 22…


ISIS Claims Responsibility for Attack in Herat, Afghanistan

CAIRO—The ISIS terrorist group claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on Saturday in the western Afghan city of Herat, it said in a post on Telegram on Sunday. At least six people were killed when a blast ripped through a minivan in the city, officials said. Since the Taliban terrorist group took over in August,…


Taliban Says Bombers Target Minivan in Afghanistan, 7 Dead

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan—A bomb attached to a packed minivan exploded in Afghanistan’s western Herat province on Saturday, killing at least seven civilians and wounding nine others, Taliban officials said. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the explosion, but the Islamic State has claimed credit for similar attacks on civilians and the country’s new Taliban leaders elsewhere…