With the Taliban’s takeover of large swathes of Afghanistan, the group is poised to take control of the country’s billion-dollar opium and heroin trade. Afghanistan is the world’s largest illicit opiate supplier, with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) estimating the country accounts for 80 percent of global opium and heroin supply….
Taliban Likely to Continue Afghanistan’s Lucrative Drug Trade: Experts
Afghanistan’s Acting President Says Taliban Behind ISIS-K Kabul Bombing
Amrullah Saleh, who says he is Afghanistan’s acting president according to its constitution, has claimed that the Taliban were behind the suicide bombing at Kabul airport on Aug. 26, which claimed the lives of 13 U.S. service members and over 100 Afghans. “Every evidence we have in hand shows that [ISIS-K terrorist] cells have their roots…
Live Q&A: Thousands of ISIS Terrorists Escaped Prisons; US Airstrikes Vehicle In Afghanistan
Thousands of terrorists with ISIS-K were allegedly released from prisons in Afghanistan as the Taliban took over the country, raising concerns of more attacks following a suicide bombing at the Kabul airport that killed 13 US troops and over 160 Afghanis. And in other news, a U.S. airstrike has destroyed a vehicle in Afghanistan that…
What We Left Behind in Afghanistan
Many of the reports coming out of Afghanistan this past week mention something that is simultaneously deplored and swept under the rug. I mean the fact that when the United States raised the white flag to the Taliban it left behind an enormous amount of American-made military hardware. Just a couple of weeks ago, all…
Slain Marine Who Cradled Baby at Kabul Airport Loved Her Job
A woman who cradled a baby in her arms at the airport and posted on social media that she loved her job. A young husband with a child on the way. Another man who always wanted to be in the military. A man who planned to become a sheriff’s deputy when his deployment ended. Heart-wrenching…
Biden, First Lady Receive Remains of Soldiers Killed in Terrorist Attack in Kabul
President Joe Biden met with the families of 13 U.S. soldiers and went to Dover Air Force Base to receive their bodies on Sunday, days after the troops were killed during a suicide bombing attack near the Kabul airport. Biden, First Lady Jill Biden, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Army Gen. Mark…
Biden Admin Says 300 Americans Remain in Afghanistan as Terror Risk Remains ‘Very High’
Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday revealed that 300 Americans remain in Afghanistan and are awaiting evacuation amid a heightened terror threat near the airport. “We have about 300 American citizens left who have indicated to us that they want to leave. We are very actively working to help them get to the airport,…
Biden Pays Respects to US Troops Killed in Afghanistan
DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del.—President Joe Biden met in solemn privacy Sunday with the families of the 13 U.S. troops killed in the suicide attack near the Kabul airport as the remains of their loved ones returned to U.S. soil from Afghanistan. Biden and first lady Jill Biden were also to attend the “dignified transfer” of the…
US Airstrike Hits Suicide Bomber in Vehicle Going to Kabul Airport
A U.S. military spokesman confirmed that a U.S. military airstrike targeted a suicide bomber who tried to attack the Kabul airport on Sunday amid the American-led evacuation of the airport. Zabihullah Mujahid, the main Taliban spokesman, had earlier told The Associated Press and other media outlets that the strike occurred on Sunday. U.S. military officials…
Taliban: US Airstrike Hits Suicide Bomber Targeting Airport
KABUL, Afghanistan—The Taliban said that a U.S. airstrike targeted a suicide bomber in a vehicle Sunday who wanted to attack the Kabul international airport amid the American military’s evacuation there. There were few initial details about the incident, as well as a rocket that struck a neighborhood just northwest of the airport, killing a child….
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