Tag: Afghanistan

San Diego Families Rescued From Afghanistan, More Stranded

Over 21 students and their families from the Cajon Valley Unified School District (CVUSD) were rescued by U.S. troops from Afghanistan. But a family with three students in the district is still stranded, officials said during a Sept. 2 press conference.  David Miyashiro, superintendent of the Cajon Valley Unified School District, said around Aug. 16 the school district realized that…


Kash’s Corner: With Many Left Behind in Afghanistan, What Should the US Do Now?

In this episode of Kash’s Corner, Kash Patel breaks down what the United States should do now to rescue the Americans left behind in Afghanistan and why the United States must thoroughly vet all the individuals who were airlifted from Kabul. “Knowing al-Qaeda, how they operate, knowing ISIS and how they operate … I don’t…


LTC Scott Mann: Veterans Network Saves 700+ Lives from Afghanistan with New ‘Underground Railroad’

When Kabul fell, retired Army Lt. Colonel and Green Beret Scott Mann received a text from a friend, an Afghan commando named Nezam, about the situation. This commando was someone whom Mann had met during one of his tours in Afghanistan, and he had even been shot through the face while protecting U.S. special forces…


Special LIVE Q&A Webinar: How Will China Deal With the Taliban?

The Chinese regime has thrown its cards in on Afghanistan. As the United States withdrew its troops from the country, the Chinese Communist Party used it for propaganda to criticize Washington and promote its own form of government against the U.S. model. Yet as China plays a larger role in the region and looks to…


Special LIVE Q&A Webinar: China’s New Terror War

The Chinese regime has thrown its cards in on Afghanistan. As the United States withdrew its troops from the country, the Chinese Communist Party used it for propaganda to criticize Washington and promote its own form of government against the U.S. model. Yet as China plays a larger role in the region and looks to…


Afghanistan Brings Disaster, but no Responsibility is Taken

Two weeks ago in this space, I wrote about the foolishness of a political leader like President Joe Biden who is so ideologically rigid, so thoroughly self-identified with his beliefs about the world that, when those beliefs turn out to be wrong, he can never afford to acknowledge the truth. This week, Biden provided yet…


40,000 From Afghanistan Airlift Have Entered United States: Official

Some 40,000 people airlifted from Afghanistan have arrived in the United States, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Friday. U.S. troops flew or facilitated the flight of more than 120,000 people from the airport in Kabul during about two-and-a-half weeks through Aug. 30, when the troops withdrew from Afghanistan completely. Approximately 13 percent of the…


US Has No Plans to Release Billions in Afghan Assets, Treasury Says

WASHINGTON—The Biden administration has no plans to release billions in Afghan gold, investments, and foreign currency reserves parked in the United States that it froze after the Taliban’s takeover, despite pressure from humanitarian groups and others who say the cost may be the collapse of Afghanistan’s economy. Much of the Afghan central bank’s $10 billion…


Heavy Fighting Erupts Between Taliban and Anti-Taliban Group in Afghanistan’s Panjshir

Heavy fighting erupted on Thursday between the Taliban and an anti-Taliban resistance group in the Panjshir Valley, the last significant holdout area in Afghanistan, according to local residents and resistance officials. The Panjshir, mountainous region located north of Kabul, has a long history of resisting the Taliban, the Soviet Union, and even the British Empire. The coalition is…


UK Will Pay to Shelter Refugees in Countries Neighbouring Afghanistan

LONDON—Britain said on Friday it would release £30 million ($41 million) of aid to support nations neighbouring Afghanistan dealing with refugees fleeing the country since the Taliban took control. The British government said £10 million ($13 million) would immediately be made available to the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR and other humanitarian groups to help with…