Five people who were recently evacuated to the United States from Afghanistan were confirmed to have measles, Virginia health officials said Tuesday. “All recently entered the United States as part of Operation Allies Welcome, the U.S. federal government’s emergency evacuation of citizens of Afghanistan,” a spokeswoman for the Virginia Department of Health told The Epoch Times…
Biden Admin Faces Bipartisan Criticism Over Afghanistan at Blinken Senate Hearing
On Tuesday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken appeared before Congress for the second time this week—this time to address the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. On Monday, Blinken’s appearance before the House Foreign Affairs Committee became heated, as Democrats and Republicans hurled accusations at rival party administrations. While debates in the upper chamber were calmer, they…
Taliban Rejects Claim Top Leader and Group’s Co-founder Was Killed
The Taliban denounced claims on Tuesday that one of its top leaders who is also a co-founder of the designated terrorist group was killed during a clash with resistance forces. Rumors recently spread on the disappearance of Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar—a top leader who hasn’t been seen in public since the Taliban’s swift takeover of…
Sen. Menendez Floats Subpoena for Biden’s Defense Secretary
A Democrat senator on Tuesday floated issuing a subpoena for Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin after the Biden administration official didn’t show up to a congressional hearing. Austin was absent for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing in Washington, stoking criticism from the top Democrats and Republicans on the panel. “I’m very disappointed that Secretary Austin…
Top CIA Official: al-Qaeda Terrorists Returning to Afghanistan
A senior CIA official on Tuesday acknowledged that terrorist network al-Qaeda is starting to return to Afghanistan, just a few weeks after the U.S. military withdrew from the country. “We are already beginning to see some of the indications of some potential movement of al-Qaeda to Afghanistan,” David Cohen, deputy director of the CIA, said…
NTD News Today Full Broadcast (Sept. 14)
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken testifies on the Afghanistan withdrawal. Democrats and Republicans point the finger on who’s to blame. What does Blinken have to say? Should Congress import rare minerals from China and the Taliban? Republicans say no. This while House Democrats defeat attempts by the GOP to stop Biden from imposing a…
US Pledges $64 Million in Aid to Afghanistan, Promises to Respect Sanctions
The United States has promised to send about $64 million more in aid to Afghanistan, pledging to respect sanctions on the Taliban terrorist group that now controls the country. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the U.S. Department of State are sending the aid through independent organizations like United Nations agencies and non-governmental…
Thousands Protest Against Taliban in Kandahar Over Evictions
Thousands of Afghans protested against the Taliban in the southern city of Kandahar on Tuesday, according to a former government official and local television footage, after residents were asked to vacate a residential army colony. Protesters gathered in front of the governor’s house in Kandahar after around 3,000 families were asked to leave the colony,…
LIVE: Blinken Testifies to Senate Committee on Afghanistan Withdrawal
Countries Donate $1.2 Billion in Aid for Afghans, Smashing UN Appeal for $606 Million
The U.N. humanitarian chief on Sept. 13 announced that more than $1.2 billion dollars in humanitarian and development aid has been donated to assist Afghans facing a growing humanitarian crisis in the country since the Taliban takeover of Kabul and many other regions. The pledges, which were announced by undersecretary-General Martin Griffiths on Monday, by…
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