Approximately 1,500 Americans remain in Afghanistan after some 4,500 have been evacuated, a top U.S. official said Wednesday. Evacuation efforts launched on Aug. 14, after the Taliban terrorist group took over the country. On that date, there were as many as 6,000 Americans in Afghanistan who wanted to leave the country, U.S. Secretary of State…
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Dozens of California Students, Parents Stuck in Afghanistan
At least 24 students from southern California are stuck in Afghanistan, officials said this week. The students, as well as some parents, are stranded in the Central Asian country after going there for a summer trip, a spokesman for the Cajon Valley Union School District confirmed via email to The Epoch Times. The group was…
House Leaders Say Congressmen Shouldn’t Have Gone on Secret Afghanistan Trip
The two congressmen who went on a secret trip to Afghanistan to observe the evacuation process should not have gone, House leaders from both parties said Wednesday. “It was not, in my view, a good idea,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) told reporters in Washington. “This is deadly serious. I do not want members to…
Taliban Urges Women to Stay Home, Never ‘Trained’ How to Respect Them
The Taliban urges employed Afghan women to temporarily stay indoors until fighters of the terrorist group are trained in respecting and dealing with women. “Our security forces are not trained [in] how to deal with women—how to speak to women,” the group’s spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, told reporters at a press briefing on Tuesday, referring to some…
Canadian Military Drawdown Will Begin Before Aug. 31 American Deadline: Sajjan
OTTAWA—The Canadian military will begin wrapping up its mission at Kabul airport ahead of the Aug. 31 deadline the United States set for ending the mission, Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan said Wednesday. Sajjan said that’s because the United States is leading the mission and providing security and so its forces, some 6,000 personnel, must be…
It’s Time for National Soul-Searching
Commentary After the attacks on our nation on Sept. 11, 2001, President George W. Bush took to the airways to address the American people. Speaking to a nation in shock, he cast what had occurred in the framework of good and evil. “Today, our nation saw evil,” the president said. And he offered up solace…
Hungary’s Evacuation Flights From Afghanistan Nearing an End: Minister
BUDAPEST—Hungary’s evacuation flights from Afghanistan are nearing an end after the central European country airlifted more than 500 people from Kabul, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Wednesday. Western nations were rushing to complete the evacuation of thousands of people from Afghanistan on Wednesday as the Aug. 31 deadline for the withdrawal of foreign troops…
Pregnant Afghan Woman Gives Birth Aboard C-17 Cargo Plane Evacuating Afghanistan; US Air Force Medics Help
As U.S. forces evacuate from Afghanistan, with thousands of Afghans fleeing the country, an Afghan mother went into labor midflight aboard an Air Force C-17 cargo plane bound for Germany. Upon arrival, medical support personnel from the 86th Medical Group and a U.S. Army Labor and Delivery nurse helped the unnamed woman successfully give birth in the…
Pentagon Starts Drawing Down US Forces from Afghanistan as Deadline Looms
Approximately 400 U.S. troops have departed Afghanistan, leaving a smaller force to hold the airport in Kabul and conduct sporadic rescue missions. The troops were a mix of soldiers flown in after the Taliban took over the country to help with evacuations of noncombatants and soldiers who were already there before the terrorist group pummeled…
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