Commentary Paul Shinkman of U.S. News wrote the other day: “China is considering deploying military personnel and economic development officials to Bagram airfield, perhaps the single-most prominent symbol of the 20-year U.S. military presence in Afghanistan. “The Chinese military is currently conducting a feasibility study about the effect of sending workers, soldiers and other staff…
All 13 US Service Members Who Died in Kabul Airport Attack Will Be Posthumously Awarded the Purple Heart
All 13 U.S. service members who were killed on Aug. 26 during the U.S.-led evacuation mission at the Kabul airport in Afghanistan have been posthumously awarded the Purple Heart. The Navy announced on Tuesday that a sailor killed in the incident was awarded the Purple Hearts, along with the 12 other service members. As a result of his brave actions in…
Conrad Black: Can the US Recover from Its Botched Afghanistan Withdrawal?
As doubts about America’s leadership grow among its allies, can the United States recover from its botched withdrawal from Afghanistan? We sit down with Conrad Black, once one of the world’s leading newspaper publishers and author of several presidential biographies. What can the United States learn from its eminent statesmen of yesteryear? And should the…
Pentagon Leaders to Testify on US Pullout From Afghanistan
Top U.S. military leaders will answer questions from senators about the U.S. pullout from Afghanistan, which left behind over 100 Americans. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin will testify before the Senate Armed Forces Committee later this month, the top Democrat and Republican on the panel announced Thursday. Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint…
Report: Taliban Has Banned Women’s Sports in Afghanistan
SYDNEY—Australia’s SBS TV has quoted a Taliban spokesperson as saying that women’s sports—and women’s cricket specifically—will be banned by his group in Afghanistan. “In cricket, they might face a situation where their face and body will not be covered. Islam does not allow women to be seen like this,” the network quoted Ahmadullah Wasiq, the…
Psaki Defends Barring Flights Holding US Citizens From Leaving Afghanistan
White House press secretary Jen Psaki defended the Biden administration’s decision to block evacuation flights holding American citizens from departing Afghanistan because they included people who haven’t been through security protocols. “We’re not going to allow flights that have hundreds of people who we don’t know who they are, who haven’t been through security protocols,…
Taliban Let Flight Take Off From Kabul for First Time Since US Withdrawal
The Taliban terrorist group on Thursday allowed a flight to take off from Kabul’s airport for the first time since U.S. troops withdrew from the country late last month. The Qatar Airways plane left Hamid Karzai International Airport on Thursday evening local time. Details about the flight, including whether it was a commercial or charter flight,…
Taliban Lets Flight Leave Kabul for First Time Since US Withdrawal
The Taliban terrorist group has allowed a flight to take off from Kabul’s airport for the first time since U.S. troops withdrew from the country late last month. The Qatar Airways plane left Hamid Karzai International Airport on the evening of Sept. 9 local time. Details about the flight, including whether it was a commercial or charter…
First Flight From Kabul Since US Withdrawal Lands in Qatar
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…
Exiled Ghani Apologizes to Afghan People
Former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, who fled Kabul as Taliban forces reached the outskirts of the city last month, apologized on Wednesday for the abrupt fall of his government but denied that he had taken millions of dollars with him. In a statement posted on Twitter, Ghani said he had left at the urging of…
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