American troops fired shots at Kabul’s airport in a bid to control crowds trying to enter the facility, the U.S. Department of Defense said Wednesday. The shots were largely fired around gates being guarded by U.S. troops as evacuation flights take off and a mix of Americans and Afghans are processed into the facility, Pentagon…
British Officer: Taliban Not Halting Evacuations
A British officer in charge of Britain’s evacuation of between 6,000 to 7,000 people from Afghanistan says Taliban commanders around the airport in Kabul have not sought to disrupt the effort. Royal Navy Vice Admiral Ben Key says “pragmatic, tactical, low level” discussions have had to take place with the Taliban terrorists as they control…
Afghan Woman in Limbo at Kabul Airport After Taliban Sweep
With hundreds of Afghans rushing the tarmac of Kabul’s international airport desperate to flee the return of the Taliban, a young Afghan woman stood in limbo between two worlds. In one world, Massouma Tajik would board a flight to a country she did not know, destined to become a refugee. In another, she would stay…
Afghan Turmoil ‘Shames’ the West, Says German President
BERLIN, Germany—Images of throngs trying to flee Kabul are shameful for Western nations, Germany’s president said on Tuesday, as desperate people clamoured at the airport after the Taliban takeover. “We are experiencing a human tragedy for which we share responsibility,” said President Frank-Walter Steinmeier after the Western-backed government in Kabul collapsed and its foreign-trained security…
Evacuation Flights Restart at Kabul Airport After Taliban Take Over Capital: Official
U.S. military flights evacuating diplomats, Americans, and others out of Kabul restarted on Tuesday after the airport runway was cleared, said officials. “Runway in Kabul international airport is open. I see airplanes landing and taking off,” Stefano Pontecorvo, NATO’s civilian representative, wrote on Twitter Tuesday. In another tweet, Pontecorvo said the “situation [is] under control” at…
First German Plane Evacuated Only 7 People From Kabul
BERLIN—A first German military plane to land in Kabul since the Taliban takeover evacuated only seven people, the government said on Tuesday, due to chaos at the Afghan capital’s airport. Germany, which had the second largest military contingent in Afghanistan after the United States, wants to airlift thousands of German–Afghan dual nationals as well as…
White House: ‘Significant Number of Americans’ Remain in Afghanistan, Chaos Erupts at Airport
Violence and gunfire erupted on the Kabul airport as thousands of Afghans and others were trying to evacuate Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover on Sunday. At one point, numerous Afghans and others tried to hold on to the outside of an American plane as it was departing the airport, according to video footage. At least…
UK to Evacuate ‘At Least Hundreds Every Day’ From Afghanistan
Hundreds of people will be flown out of Afghanistan each day as British troops race against the clock to evacuate the remaining UK nationals and eligible Afghans following the dramatic fall of the country’s Western-backed government to the Taliban. A spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday that he believes “at least hundreds every day…
Live Q&A: 6,000 Troops Deploying to Afghanistan to Assist; Remain in Mexico Policy Reinstated
The Biden administration is sending 6,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan to help U.S. personnel evacuate the country as Taliban forces move into Kabul. And in other news, a federal judge ordered the renewal of the “Remain in Mexico” policy to address the immigration crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border. In this live Q&A with Crossroads host…
Taliban Seizes Presidential Palace, to Soon Declare Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
The Taliban have entered the presidential palace in the capital city Kabul and are now in control of the entire country, according to a highly placed source. They are soon expected to declare the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. A high-ranking source in a position to know told The Epoch Times the presidential palace had been…
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