Over a hundred people were killed in the terrorist attack outside the Kabul airport. Evacuation flights resume, as President Biden commits to hunting down the attackers. The terrorist attack marks a return to the dark days in Afghanistan, says an Afghan living in the U-S. But did Congress do enough to prevent the tragedy? We…
‘Thousands’ of ISIS Terrorists Released in Afghanistan as US Expects ‘Future’ Attacks: Pentagon
Several thousand ISIS-K terrorist members escaped Afghan prisons when the country’s government fell and the Taliban took over earlier this month, said Pentagon spokesman John Kirby on Friday. “Clearly it’s in the thousands,” Kirby said in response to a question about the number of ISIS terrorists who escaped in recent days. The Taliban, he said, emptied…
Italy Expects Last Evacuation Flight out of Afghanistan on Friday
ROME—The Italian government expects its last evacuation flight to leave Afghanistan later on Friday, Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio told reporters. “In the next few hours the last C-130 plane will depart from Kabul airport,” Di Maio said after meeting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Rome. Italian military planes have taken over 4,800 Afghans…
500,000 Afghans Likely to Seek Refuge in Other Countries, UN Warns
The United Nations (UN) said on Friday they are estimating up to half a million Afghan nationals could flee a humanitarian crisis in their homeland in a worst-case scenario. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) appealed to all neighboring countries to keep their borders open for refugees seeking safety after a Taliban takeover of…
White House: Not Every Afghan Who Wants to Get out Will Be Able To
Amid the chaotic U.S.-led evacuation in Afghanistan, White House press secretary Jen Psaki acknowledged that not every Afghan who wants to leave the country will be able to. “It is not going to be possible for every single Afghan, millions potentially, who want to leave Afghanistan to be evacuated,” Psaki said in response to a question…
Last German Flight With Afghan Evacuees Lands in Frankfurt
FRANKFURT—The last German civilian plane carrying Afghans fleeing Taliban rule landed in Frankfurt on Friday, a day after the country’s armed forces said they had finished their evacuation operation at Kabul airport. The final German military aircraft carrying soldiers and German and Afghan civilians left Kabul for Tashkent on Thursday. An Afghan student who was…
Turkey Undecided on Helping Taliban Run Kabul Airport, Citing Security Concerns
The president of Turkey said Friday his administration continues to weigh its response to a Taliban request for technical support with operations at Kabul airport, with security the key issue, according to Turkish media. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told reporters at a press conference that the Taliban had asked Turkey to help run operations at…
‘Not a Day for Politics’: Psaki Answers US Lawmakers’ Calls for Biden to Resign
August 27, 2021
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White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on Thursday responded to calls from U.S. lawmakers urging President Joe Biden to resign after 13 U.S. service members were killed in a terrorist attack in Afghanistan. Psaki told reporters during a press conference that today is “not a day for politics,” but to honor the memory of service members—as…
Documents Identifying Afghan Staff Left at British Embassy in Kabul
Documents with contact information of some Afghans who worked for British authorities were found lying on the ground in the abandoned UK Embassy compound in Kabul, left by Foreign Office staff as the Taliban advanced. The discovery was made on Aug. 24 by a journalist from The Times of London during a tour through the…
UK Enters Final Stages of Afghan Evacuation, Shuts Processing Site
Britain’s evacuation mission at Kabul airport is in its final hours after the main processing site was shut, UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said on Friday morning. “We will process the people that we’ve brought with us, the 1,000 people approximately in the airfield now, and we will seek a way to continue to find…
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