Category: Afghanistan

US General: ‘Possible’ to Work With Taliban in Future

The U.S. military may work with the Taliban terrorist group in the future, the military’s top officer said Wednesday. Asked if the United States would coordinate with the Taliban against ISIS in the future, Gen. Mark Milley said that it was “possible.” “Going going forward, I would not want to make any predictions,” added Defense…


Beijing Will Be ‘Playing With Fire’ If It Tests US Resolve Over Taiwan: Expert

WASHINGTON—The chaotic American departure from Kabul has presented a “golden opportunity” for China but testing U.S. resolve over Taiwan’s independence will be a big miscalculation on Beijing’s part, according to experts. Through its media, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been pushing the narrative that “the U.S. is not reliable” and Washington would leave Taiwan in the…


No More Cooperation With the CCP’s Genocides

Commentary Xi Jinping, the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), said on Aug. 28 that “[We] should hold the ground of ideology. [We] should actively and steadily address the ideological issues that involve ethnic factors, and continue to eradicate poisonous thoughts of ethnic separatism and religious extremism.” Xi’s statement is profoundly racist and bigoted…


Up to 30 California Students Stuck in Afghanistan After US Pullout: Officials

Up to 30 schoolchildren from California are stuck in Afghanistan after U.S. troops pulled out of the country, school district officials confirmed to The Epoch Times. Twenty-seven students from 19 families who go to school in the San Juan Unified School District are in Afghanistan, a spokeswoman for the district said in an email on…


NTD News Today Full Broadcast (Sept. 1)

Cleanup efforts in the wake of Hurricane Ida are held up by power outages and shortages of gas and drinking water. We hear from survivors. Despite the damage, why are some grateful? Now that the U.S. troops have withdrawn, will people flee Afghanistan for years to come? We hear from scholars who make predictions based…


Cui Bono? Who Benefits From the Afghanistan Withdrawal?

Commentary How does a leader decide what to do? The most logical response is: “Cui bono?”—”Who benefits?”—from the decision. If some policy benefits your country most, you should, within moral bounds, pursue it. If your enemies benefit most, you should avoid it. I’d be curious to learn what answer proponents of America leaving Afghanistan—conservative or…


White House Corrects Biden on Number of US Citizens Remaining in Afghanistan

The White House on Tuesday corrected President Joe Biden after he said 90 percent of the Americans who were in Afghanistan and wanted to leave were evacuated before U.S. troops left the country on Aug. 30. Biden, speaking for the first time since the withdrawal, said in remarks from the White House that “The bottom…


Evacuee Says Taliban Gaining Control of Kabul Through Threats, Coercion

The Taliban is gaining control over Kabul through threats and coercion, according to an Afghan citizen who has managed to flee his homeland before the terrorist group tracked down his address and paid a visit in search for him. Just days after fleeing Afghanistan with his son and his wife on Aug. 24, Fawad, a PhD…


Resettled Afghans Who Worked for Britain Will Get Indefinite Leave to Remain in the UK

Afghans who worked for the British military and government and their families will be permitted to remain in the UK indefinitely as soon as they arrive, the government said on Wednesday. The new policy applies to those who resettle in the UK under the Afghanistan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP), which was designed to protect the…


White House Promises to Help Stranded Afghan Interpreter Who Helped Biden in 2008

Top White House officials are promising to get an Afghan interpreter who remains in Afghanistan out of the country. The interpreter, who was identified only by his first name of Mohammed, helped rescue then-Sen. Joe Biden and two other U.S. lawmakers when their helicopter made an emergency landing in the Afghanistan mountains in 2008. Mohammed…