Tag: Afghanistan

Some Afghans Being Let Into United States Without Visas: Official

Some Afghan nationals are being allowed to enter the United States without visas, a senior Biden administration official said Tuesday. The unusual arrangement is being enabled by Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who is granting “humanitarian parole” to the Afghans without visas, the official said. The designation is granted to foreign nationals…


Some Afghans Being Let Into US Without Visas: Official

Some Afghan nationals are being allowed to enter the United States without visas, a senior Biden administration official said on Aug. 24. The unusual arrangement is being enabled by Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who is granting “humanitarian parole” to the Afghans without visas, the official said. The designation is granted to…


Some Afghans Being Let Into United States Without Visas: DHS Official

Some Afghan nationals are being allowed to enter the United States without visas, a senior Biden administration official said Tuesday. The unusual arrangement is being enabled by Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who is granting “humanitarian parole” to the Afghans without visas, the official said. The designation is granted to foreign nationals…


UN Anti-Terrorism Tech Group Adds Taliban to Watchlist

A United Nations anti-terrorism group will begin adding Taliban content to a database used by tech companies to moderate their platforms. Tech Against Terrorism, a group launched by the United Nations Counter Terrorism Executive Directorate (UN CTED) that works with the tech industry to combat terrorist threats, announced Monday it would begin including official Taliban…


Moscow to Request Flights for Afghan Students Permitted to Study in Russia: Embassy

MOSCOW—The Russian government will request flights out of Afghanistan in September for Afghan students who are planning to study in Russia, the embassy said in a statement on Tuesday. The Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan could stop hundreds of Afghans from taking up university places in Russia or continuing with classes that have moved online during…


Afghan Star Aryana Sayeed Recounts Harrowing Escape From Kabul

An Afghan singer who has used her international fame to amplify calls for women’s rights wore an all-enveloping veil to escape her homeland as the Taliban took Kabul. Aryana Sayeed has divided her time between Turkey, Britain, and Afghanistan and had been in Kabul in recent months to start a clothing business. She told Reuters…


More Than 4,000 US Passport Holders Plus Families Evacuated From Afghanistan: Pentagon

The United States has evacuated more than 4,000 American passport holders plus their families from Afghanistan in the ongoing airlift from Kabul, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said on Tuesday. “We expect that number to grow in coming days,” Kirby said. There was a delay in reporting the figures because U.S. officials were focused on getting…


Republicans Demand Answers Over Claims That Exiled-Afghan Leader Fled With $169 Million in Cash

Two top House Republicans on the House Oversight Committee are demanding answers over the allegations that exiled Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani fled the country with $169 million in cash, as the Taliban terrorist group seized control of Kabul. Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), the top Republican on the committee, and Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.), the ranking member on the National…


Republicans Demand Answers Over Claims That Exiled-Afghan Leader Fled With $169M in Cash

Two top House Republicans on the House Oversight Committee are demanding answers over the allegations that exiled Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani fled the country with $169 million in cash, as the Taliban terrorist group seized control of Kabul. Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), the top Republican on the committee, and Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.), the ranking member on the National…


McCarthy Says There’s ‘No Possible Way’ to Evacuate All Americans From Kabul by Aug 31

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said on Tuesday there’s “no way possible” for the United States to evacuate all Americans and complete a withdrawal from Afghanistan as per President Joe Biden’s self-imposed Aug. 31 deadline. “There’s no possible way that we can get every American that’s still in Afghanistan out in the next seven…