The first flight allowed to take off from Kabul’s airport since U.S. troops withdrew from the country late last month safely landed in nearby Qatar, U.S. officials said. The Qatar Airways plane left Hamid Karzai International Airport on the evening of Sept. 9 local time and landed in Qatar several hours later. Emily Horne, spokesperson for the…
Pentagon Chief: Al Qaeda Expected to Try and ‘Regenerate’ in Afghanistan
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Thursday that al-Qaeda terrorists may attempt to reconstruct itself in Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover of the country and now that the United States has withdrawn its troops. “I think the whole community is kind of watching to see what happens and whether or not al Qaeda has the ability…
Taliban Declare Ban on Slogans, Protests That Don’t Have Their Approval
The Taliban on Sept. 8 announced a ban on all slogans, demonstrations, and protests that do not have their official approval in yet another signal that the Islamist group is taking a hardline and repressive approach to government. A decree was issued on Wednesday by the head of the Taliban’s new interior ministry, Sirajuddin Haqqani, who is a member of the…
Deep Dive (Sept. 8): Blinken: Taliban Not Permitting Flights to Leave
Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the Taliban isn’t allowing flights with Americans on board to leave Afghanistan. Blinken went on to say the United States will push the Taliban to allow them to depart: “The bottom line is this, those flights need to be able to depart. And we will work every day to make…
Social Media Companies Should Remove Taliban Content: Pelosi
At a weekly press conference Wednesday morning, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) criticized social media giants like Twitter and Facebook for allowing content from the Taliban terrorist organization on their platforms. An audience member asked about this situation in the midst of reports that videos of women being beaten by Taliban terrorists were…
NTD News Today Full Broadcast (Sept. 8)
President Biden weighing on whether he thinks China will try to work out an arrangement with the Taliban. And a lawmaker defies the administration’s account of evacuation efforts. What is the biggest homeland security threat to America? The Biden administration says it is domestic terrorism. But two former top officials in law enforcement disagree. They…
Biden Administration Word Games Cannot Hide Prolonged Hostage Crisis
Commentary On Sept. 7, Secretary of State Antony Blinken at a news conference in Qatar declared he was “unaware” of any “hostage-like situation” in aircraft waiting to take off from Mazar-i-Sharif International Airport. Blinken was responding to Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas). On Sept. 5, McCaul told Fox News Sunday that six planes at Mazar-i-Sharif transporting…
US, UK to Judge New Taliban Government on Actions
The United States and the UK are concerned about the makeup of the newly formed Taliban government in Afghanistan, while some other countries have expressed support for the interim ruling structure. On Sept. 7, the Taliban named Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund, a longtime top Taliban official, Afghanistan’s interim prime minister and Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani…
US ‘Concerned’ by Taliban Government Having No Women
The United States is expressing concern that the newly named Taliban government in Afghanistan has no women. “We note the announced list of names consists exclusively of individuals who are members of the Taliban or their close associates and no women. We also are concerned by the affiliations and track records of some of the…
US, Britain to Judge New Taliban Government on Actions
The United States and Britain are concerned about the makeup of the newly named Taliban government in Afghanistan, while some other countries expressed support for the interim ruling structure. The Taliban on Tuesday named Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund, a longtime top Taliban official, Afghanistan’s interim prime minister, and Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar his second-in-command….
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