Tag: Afghanistan

IN-DEPTH: The Real Reason Behind China’s $10 Billion Offer to Taliban for Lithium

A Chinese company has offered the Taliban $10 billion and a proposal to build key strategic infrastructure connecting north-south Afghanistan in exchange for access to the country’s lithium reserves. Some experts raised concerns that the offer would allow the Chinese regime to expand its influence in the region. The proposal was discussed between a representative…


State Department Fails to Comply With House GOP Subpoena to Turn Over Afghan Dissent Cable

Secretary of State Antony Blinken has failed to comply with a congressional subpoena, which required the State Department to hand over by April 19 a dissent cable from the time of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Epoch Times has learned. Yimmi Fontenot, the press secretary for Republicans on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, which issued…


US Military Failed in Training, Advising, Equipping Afghan Forces: Pentagon Watchdog

The U.S. military failed to properly train, advise, assist, and equip the Afghan military, according to the Pentagon’s watchdog. This assessment comes as watchdog representatives from the Defense Department, the State Department, the U.S. Agency for International Development, and the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) testified before the House Oversight Committee on April…


US Government Watchdog Blames Both Biden and Trump for Afghanistan Collapse

The Trump and Biden administrations are to blame for the collapse of Afghanistan’s government due to the U.S. withdrawal from there in 2021, according to a U.S. government watchdog. This revelation comes as watchdogs from relevant departments testify in front of the House Oversight Committee on April 19: the Department of Defense’s Robert Storch, the…


US Government Watchdog Blames Both Biden, Trump for Afghanistan Collapse

The Trump and Biden administrations are to blame for the collapse of Afghanistan’s government due to the U.S. withdrawal from the country in 2021, according to a U.S. government watchdog. Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction’s (SIGAR’s) John Sopko testified to the House Oversight Committee on April 19. In written testimony (pdf) before the committee,…


PREMIERING 7:30PM ET: Our Inaction Today Will Haunt Our Grandchildren Tomorrow—Jason Jones on Helping the World’s Most Vulnerable, From Afghanistan to China

Today I sit down with Jason Jones, a film producer and human rights worker who has devoted himself to serving the world’s most vulnerable people, from China to Afghanistan. “Through what we call Operation Noble Brother, we’re seeking to identify every widow and all of the orphans of our Afghan allies who were killed in…


Our Inaction Today Will Haunt Our Grandchildren Tomorrow—Jason Jones on Helping the World’s Most Vulnerable, From Afghanistan to China

Today I sit down with Jason Jones, a film producer and human rights worker who has devoted himself to serving the world’s most vulnerable people, from China to Afghanistan. “Through what we call Operation Noble Brother, we’re seeking to identify every widow and all of the orphans of our Afghan allies who were killed in…


Bill on Foreign Aid Won’t Include Blanket Exemption for Humanitarian Workers, Public Safety Minister Says

Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino said that a bill on foreign aid will not include a blanket exemption to terrorism laws for humanitarian workers in areas such as Afghanistan. “Our government considered all possible remedies, including the possibility of a humanitarian exemption to the existing law. However, a statutory carve-out would not provide in our…


Kash’s Corner: Obfuscation and Lies, from the Pentagon Intel Leak to the Whitewashing of the Afghanistan Exit Debacle

Why is the FBI targeting churches? Who approved the memos singling out Catholic churches and associating terms like “red pill” and “based” with domestic violent extremism? How did classified intelligence on Ukraine end up spreading online for weeks without being detected? And what does Kash Patel—as the person in charge of the Defense Department’s transition…


PREMIERING 8PM ET: Kash’s Corner: Obfuscation and Lies, from the Pentagon Intel Leak to the Whitewashing of the Afghanistan Exit Debacle

Why is the FBI targeting churches? Who approved the memos singling out Catholic churches and associating terms like “red pill” and “based” with domestic violent extremism? How did classified intelligence on Ukraine end up spreading online for weeks without being detected? And what does Kash Patel—as the person in charge of the Defense Department’s transition…