Evacuation flights from Afghanistan resumed with new urgency on Friday, a day after two suicide bombings killed 13 U.S. troops and at least 95 Afghans. As the call to prayer echoed through Kabul along with the roar of departing planes, the anxious crowd outside the airport was as large as ever. Dozens of Taliban members…
More Attacks Anticipated, US Flag to Fly at Half-Staff After Kabul Carnage
The United States says it is bracing for repeat attacks by the ISIS terrorist group following Thursday’s lethal blasts outside Kabul’s international airport that left at least 85 dead, including 13 U.S. troops. Speaking at a press briefing on Thursday, shortly after the attacks, Marine Corps Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr., commander of U.S. Central…
More Attacks Expected, US Flag to Fly at Half-Staff After Kabul Carnage
The United States says it is bracing for repeat attacks by the ISIS terrorist group following Thursday’s lethal blasts outside Kabul’s international airport that left at least 85 dead, including 13 U.S. troops. Speaking at a press briefing on Thursday, shortly after the attacks, Marine Corps Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr., commander of U.S. Central…
13 US Service Members Killed in Afghanistan Bombings; Biden Promises to Retaliate
Thirteen U.S. service members were killed in a terrorist bomb attack outside the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 26. An initial report from Pentagon officials indicated that 11 Marines and one Navy medic were among those who were killed; another service member died hours later, according to The Associated Press. At least 18 service members…
For Beijing, Taliban-Controlled Afghanistan Creates More Problems Than Benefits, Experts Say
August 27, 2021
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The Chinese regime has more to lose than to gain with a Taliban-controlled Afghanistan as Beijing faces a tough task ahead fostering its relationship with the militant group, China experts warned recently. “I’m not sure that China is actually going to benefit because Beijing now has to do something that it’s never done before, which…
Biden: US ‘May Have’ Shared List of Names With Taliban
President Joe Biden on Thursday didn’t deny reports that the administration handed the Taliban a list of names of American citizens, green card holders and Afghan allied personnel in an attempt grant them entry to Kabul’s international airport, saying that it “may have” happened. “There have been occasions where our military has contacted their military…
3 California Families Get out of Afghanistan to Safety
August 26, 2021
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EL CAJON, Calif.—Three families from a San Diego suburb have made it out of Afghanistan after they went to the country earlier this summer to visit relatives and got stuck there amid the chaos following the Taliban’s takeover, officials said Thursday. Five other families from El Cajon were still trying to get out, and U.S….
Australian PM Condemns Kabul Suicide Bombings
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has condemned the suicide bombings in Kabul which killed a number of Afghan civilians and 13 U.S. Defence Force personnel. The Pentagon confirmed the attacks involved explosives being set off by a suicide bomber near Abbey Gate of Hamid Karzai International Airport, and another at the Baron Hotel. The bombings were…
EXCLUSIVE: Kabul Woman Risks Life to Call for International Action
Farzana Kochai, member of the Afghan Parliament and activist, was a child when the Taliban last occupied Afghanistan. She remembers the ban on girls attending school and on women working, and women needing a chaperone if they wanted to go outside their homes. Kochai is now risking her life to speak out in order to…
Live Q&A: Moderna Vaccine Suspended in Japan; US to Retaliate Over Kabul Bombing
Japan is suspending 1.6 million doses of the Moderna vaccine for COVID-19 over concerns of contamination after finding what it says are “foreign materials.” And in other news, President Joe Biden has announced the United States will retaliate against the terrorist organization ISIS over the recent bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan. In this live Q&A with…
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