A pregnant 25-year-old California woman who remains trapped in Afghanistan described her ordeal in an interview with VOA, in which she wondered whether she would ever make it back home and that she fears for her life. Nasria, who spoke to VOA on condition that only her first name be used out of concerns for…
American Woman Stranded in Afghanistan Says She’s Losing Hope: ‘Am I Going to End Up Dying Here?’
Second Afghan Boy Dies of Mushroom Poisoning in Poland
WARSAW, Poland—A second child of an Afghan family evacuated from Kabul to Poland died Friday after eating soup containing death cap mushrooms, which the family had unknowingly gathered in a Polish forest outside their quarantine center. The 6-year-old boy had received an emergency liver transplant but doctors were unable to save him. His 5-year-old brother…
Afghanistan a Wake-Up Call for Europe on Defense, Leadership: France
CERNOBBIO, Italy—The challenges to security emerging from the upheaval in Afghanistan should be a wake-up call for the European Union, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Saturday, urging the EU to be more ambitious on defense and on global leadership. “Europe has to become No. 3 superpower besides China and the United States….
Afghanistan Could Be Catalyst for Common EU Migration Policy: Commissioner
ZURICH—Events in Afghanistan could be a catalyst for the European Union to forge a common migration policy, European Commissioner Margaritis Schinas said in a newspaper interview. EU states are concerned that the Taliban takeover could trigger a replay of the crisis of 2015/16, when the arrival of more than a million migrants, predominantly from the…
‘I’d Do It Again Tomorrow’ Congressman Says After Attempt to Rescue Americans Stranded in Afghanistan
Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) was in a plane circling the U.S.-held airport in Kabul with Special Forces last week on a mission to rescue Americans stranded in Afghanistan. Mullin had learned American citizens were stuck in the Taliban-controlled country and wanted to help get them out before U.S. troops withdrew before President Joe Biden’s Aug. 31…
Pentagon Spokesman Won’t Name ISIS Terrorists Killed in Airstrike
U.S. military officials are withholding the names of the ISIS terrorists allegedly killed by an airstrike in Afghanistan that was carried out in retaliation for the suicide bombing attack that left at least 13 U.S. troops dead. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby twice on Friday declined to provide the identities of the terrorists said to be…
Pentagon Won’t Name ISIS Terrorists Killed in Airstrike
U.S. military officials are withholding the names of the ISIS terrorists allegedly killed by an airstrike in Afghanistan that was carried out in retaliation for the suicide bombing attack that left at least 13 U.S. troops dead. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby twice on Friday declined to provide the identities of the terrorists said to be…
17 Killed in Taliban’s Celebratory Gunfire in Kabul After ‘Panjshir Take-Over’
The Taliban terrorist group unleashed a barrage of aerial gunfire in and around Kabul on Friday after the group reportedly gained ground in Panjshir province, the last region in Afghanistan that still remains under the control of anti-Taliban militants. At least 17 people were killed and 41 injured, including children, local Afghan news outlets reported. The…
British Troops Hailed for Response to Kabul Blast ‘Carnage’
British troops have been praised for running towards the “carnage” caused by a suicide bombing, which took place as they tried to help Afghans flee the Taliban. Brigadier James Martin, commander of 16 Air Assault Brigade, said the response to the attack near Kabul airport was “one of the finest things I’ve seen”. His troops…
Afghan Paralympian Makes Her Debut After Secret Evacuation
CHIBA, Japan—Afghanistan’s Zakia Khudadadi competed in the Paralympic Games on Thursday, becoming the first woman from her country to do so since Athens 2004, after a secret international effort to help the taekwondo athlete get out of Taliban-controlled Kabul. The 22-year-old and her compatriot Hossain Rasouli arrived in Tokyo on Saturday via Paris after Khudadadi…
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