OTTAWA—Canada joined its G20 allies in pushing Afghanistan’s new Taliban rulers to allow humanitarian aid to better reach the country’s suffering people. During a virtual summit, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his fellow G20 leaders discussed the crisis in Afghanistan created by the Taliban rout of Kabul’s Western-backed government. The European Union emerged from the…
Trudeau Joins G20 Leaders in Pushing Taliban for Aid Access, Respect for Rights
Taliban Forces Able to Control ISIS Threat in Afghanistan, Says Political Spokesman
The Taliban is able to control threats from the ISIS terrorist group, which has been responsible for a series of deadly attacks in Afghanistan in recent weeks, a political spokesman who serves as foreign minister under the Taliban’s new government said on Tuesday. Amir Khan Muttaqi made the comments during talks in Doha, explaining that…
EpochTV Review: Keep Your Enemies Closer
Commentary President Joe Biden has never met a foreign policy decision he couldn’t get wrong. That has never been more true than it is now in the wake of our withdrawal from Afghanistan. Much has been made of the damage the withdrawal has done to the United States’ reputation, to our relationship with our allies,…
US Says Aid Will Go Directly to Afghan People
The United States during talks with the Taliban in Doha, Qatar over the weekend agreed to provide humanitarian aid directly to the Afghan people, State Department spokesman Ned Price said in a statement. Price said an inter-agency delegation traveled to Doha to meet with senior Taliban representatives on Oct. 9 and 10, marking the first…
US Charges Former Taliban Commander With Killing US Troops in 2008
A former Taliban commander already in U.S. custody has been charged with murder and terrorism-related offenses in the deaths of three U.S. troops and an Afghan interpreter and the downing of a U.S. helicopter in Afghanistan in 2008, federal prosecutors in New York said on Thursday. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Manhattan said Haji Najibullah…
US to Investigate Allegations Former Afghan President Fled With Millions in Cash
The office overseeing reconstruction in Afghanistan is investigating whether former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has taken millions of dollars intended for the people of the war-torn country. Ghani, in the wake of the American and NATO forces’ withdrawal and a rapid Taliban takeover, abandoned the besieged city of Kabul on Aug. 15 and has been…
Free World Now Dealing With a ‘New Axis of Evil’, Allen West Warns
Threats to the national security of the United States are higher than they have been in 20 years, thanks to a new “Axis of Evil” comprising of China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and Islamic terrorism, according to Lieutenant Colonel Allen West. Speaking to NTD at the Conservative Minority Conference at Dallas in September, West, who is a combat veteran…
Afghanistan Is ‘A Massive Safe-Haven for Al Qaeda, ISIS’—Feat. Marine Corps Veteran Elliot Ackerman
October 6, 2021
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Best-selling author and veteran U.S. Marine Captain Elliot Ackerman describes Afghanistan, under Taliban rule, as descending into a black hole. This is a circumstance we’ve seen before in other parts of the world, he says: “What eventually crawls out of that black hole is some type of terrorist group that is going to lash out…
ISIS Terrorist Responsible for Kabul Airport Bombing Was Prisoner Released by Taliban: Congressman
The ISIS-K terrorist who carried out a suicide bomb attack in August outside of Kabul’s airport in Afghanistan had reportedly been released from prison just days before the Taliban’s takeover of Kabul, according to a top U.S. official. “U.S. national security officials have now confirmed to me the reports that the Aug. 26 Kabul bomber…
ISIS-K Terrorist Responsible for Kabul Airport Bombing Was Prisoner Freed by Taliban: Congressman
The ISIS-K terrorist who carried out a suicide bomb attack in August outside of the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, had reportedly been released from prison just days before the Taliban’s overthrow of the government, according to a U.S. lawmaker. “U.S. national security officials have now confirmed to me the reports that the Aug. 26 Kabul…
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