Tag: Kabul

Blinken Says US Doesn’t Know Who Was Killed in Kabul Drone Strike, Review Forthcoming

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday that he doesn’t know at this stage whether a U.S. drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan, last month killed a suspected member of the ISIS-K terrorist group or an Afghan aid worker and his family. “The guy the Biden administration droned, was he an aid worker or an…


NTD News Today Full Broadcast (Sept. 10)

Americans and other foreigners catch a commercial flight out of Kabul. It’s the first such large-scale departure since U.S. forces withdrew over a week ago. Sweeping new vaccine mandates are expected to affect 100 million Americans. It’s an effort by President Joe Biden to protect against the COVID-19 Delta variant. But the Republican National Committee…


Afghan Foreign Ministry Responds to Taliban’s Cabinet Announcement as 2 Governments Claim Power

Afghanistan’s Foreign Ministry on Sept. 8 condemned the Taliban’s “so-called cabinet” announcement, after it unveiled its new all-male interim government on Tuesday. A statement issued by the Afghan embassy in Geneva on Twitter said that “the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, which emanates from the free will of the people and epitomizes the vision and aspirations of…


Afghan Officer Rescued From Kabul Starts New Life in US

The dramatic rescue in Afghanistan happened under the cover of darkness. The Taliban were closing in, and Americans were running out of time to save Mohammad Khalid Wardak. The high-profile Afghan national police officer spent years working alongside the U.S. military, and after the fall of Kabul, he went on the run, moving from safe…


Taliban Uses Gunfire to Disperse Protest, Detains Journalists

The Taliban terrorist group fired a volley of gunfire into the air on Tuesday to disperse a large protest that was held in Kabul, while also arresting several journalists who covered the demonstration, according to reports. Thousands of Afghan men and women rallied in the streets of the Afghan capital to protest against the Taliban and…


Kabul Airport Reopens, Domestic Flights Operational Soon: Qatari Envoy

Qatar’s ambassador to Afghanistan announced on Saturday a technical team was able to reopen the airport in Kabul to receive aid and commercial airlines will also start operating again soon. The airport has been closed since the United States left the Middle Eastern nation at midnight local time on Aug. 31 after ending a large-scale…


Second Afghan Boy Dies of Mushroom Poisoning in Poland

WARSAW, Poland—A second child of an Afghan family evacuated from Kabul to Poland died Friday after eating soup containing death cap mushrooms, which the family had unknowingly gathered in a Polish forest outside their quarantine center. The 6-year-old boy had received an emergency liver transplant but doctors were unable to save him. His 5-year-old brother…


17 Killed in Taliban’s Celebratory Gunfire in Kabul After ‘Panjshir Take-Over’

The Taliban terrorist group unleashed a barrage of aerial gunfire in and around Kabul on Friday after the group reportedly gained ground in Panjshir province, the last region in Afghanistan that still remains under the control of anti-Taliban militants. At least 17 people were killed and 41 injured, including children, local Afghan news outlets reported. The…


Kash’s Corner: With Many Left Behind in Afghanistan, What Should the US Do Now?

In this episode of Kash’s Corner, Kash Patel breaks down what the United States should do now to rescue the Americans left behind in Afghanistan and why the United States must thoroughly vet all the individuals who were airlifted from Kabul. “Knowing al-Qaeda, how they operate, knowing ISIS and how they operate … I don’t…


LTC Scott Mann: Veterans Network Saves 700+ Lives from Afghanistan with New ‘Underground Railroad’

When Kabul fell, retired Army Lt. Colonel and Green Beret Scott Mann received a text from a friend, an Afghan commando named Nezam, about the situation. This commando was someone whom Mann had met during one of his tours in Afghanistan, and he had even been shot through the face while protecting U.S. special forces…