MOSCOW—The Russian government will request flights out of Afghanistan in September for Afghan students who are planning to study in Russia, the embassy said in a statement on Tuesday. The Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan could stop hundreds of Afghans from taking up university places in Russia or continuing with classes that have moved online during…
Moscow to Request Flights for Afghan Students Permitted to Study in Russia: Embassy
McCarthy Says There’s ‘No Possible Way’ to Evacuate All Americans From Kabul by Aug 31
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said on Tuesday there’s “no way possible” for the United States to evacuate all Americans and complete a withdrawal from Afghanistan as per President Joe Biden’s self-imposed Aug. 31 deadline. “There’s no possible way that we can get every American that’s still in Afghanistan out in the next seven…
Deep Dive (Aug. 24): NY Gov. Cuomo Gives Last Speech Before Exit, Denies Wrongdoing
An emergency meeting of Group of Seven (G-7) nations was held on the crisis in Afghanistan. One of the goals was to delay the Aug. 31 U.S. troop withdrawal. President Joe Biden says he’s sticking to that timeline. Some are raising concerns that it’s not enough time to get everyone out. Now, amid the scenes…
US Working On Offering COVID-19 Vaccines to Afghan Refugees: Psaki
The Biden administration is working on offering COVID-19 vaccines to Afghan refugees, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said on Monday. Psaki also told reporters that refugees from Afghanistan arriving in the United States are being tested for COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus. “They are being tested, and we…
Failure in Afghanistan
In this episode of Counterculture with Danielle D’Souza Gill, Danielle dives deeper into America’s failure in Afghanistan. What was problematic about the way the US pulled out, and what should we have done instead? Danielle interviews political scientist Victor Davis Hanson of the Hoover Institute about the long-term implications of all of this, and how…
NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (Aug. 12)
President Joe Biden orders the deployment of 3,000 troops to help evacuate personnel from the U.S. embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, we look at border patrol challenges as hundreds of thousands of migrants were encountered at the border in July, and Biden lists at least five things he will do to lower drug prices.
Afghan Neighbour Tajikistan Holds Largest Ever Military Exercise
DUSHANBE—Afghanistan’s northern neighbour Tajikistan held its largest ever military exercise on Thursday involving the Central Asian nation’s entire army, and President Emomali Rakhmon urged vigilance amid fighting to the south of the border. Insecurity has been growing in Afghanistan in recent weeks, largely spurred by fighting in its provinces as U.S.-led foreign troops complete their…
Beijing and the Taliban Are Friends, Brags Global Times Editor
July 13, 2021
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As the United States withdraws its remaining troops from Afghanistan, the Chinese communist regime is starting to make moves to expand its influence in the war-torn country. On July 6, U.S. Central Command announced that the U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan was more than 90 percent complete. The Taliban then began to attack and capture…
Why We Lost the War in Afghanistan
Commentary America’s top general in Afghanistan, Austin S. Miller, is deeply worried the United States has lost the war in that region—and he knows best, because he’s on the scene. In a recent conversation with journalists in Kabul, Miller declared, “A civil war is certainly a path that can be visualized if this continues on…
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Afghan Interpreters Face Desperation; Memories of Saigon; Song to Inspire Veterans
Amid the chaos, evacuations in Afghanistan continue. While we hope for the best, there’s grave concern about who’ll be left behind. Former interpreter Ahmadullah Sediqi shares about the grim reality facing thousands of Afghans like himself. In America Q&A, we find out if people are worried about inflation. In 1975, Saigon and South Vietnam fell…