A large explosion shook the area outside Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul this morning, where the United States and NATO allies are still evacuating thousands of people from the city, Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby confirmed. “We can confirm an explosion outside Kabul airport,” he tweeted. “Casualties are unclear at this time. We will provide … Continued
Biden administration officials are downplaying the threat of a resurgent al Qaeda under Taliban rule in Afghanistan, but security analysts, former U.S. military generals, members of Congress and even the United Nations say the terrorists will become more active now that their Taliban hosts are back in power in Kabul. “They will flourish under the … Continued
U.S. troops have not rescued any Americans in Afghanistan outside of Kabul, though they have the capability to do so, the Pentagon said Wednesday. Only three rescue missions have been conducted by American soldiers since the Taliban took over the country, according to military officials. But all three took place within Kabul, Pentagon spokesman John … Continued
A disparate group of American veterans, military contractors, aid workers and former spies is scrambling to get as many people out of Afghanistan as they can before President Biden shuts the window for rescues in coming days. Even as tens of thousands of Afghans who helped the U.S. and a large number of American and … Continued
The Central Intelligence Agency and the U.S. military are conducting extraction operations to evacuate Americans using helicopters and ground troops as the window begins to close for rescuing all people at risk in Afghanistan. The CIA has launched clandestine operations to rescue Americans in and outside Kabul in recent days, according to U.S. and other … Continued
This is the result of one of the many errors of the Biden withdrawal from Afghanistan: Abandoning Bagram Airbase, which is now in the hands of the Taliban. There is only one runway at the Kabul airport, and the place is tough to defend. Our service members are in danger there, and the perimeter is not … Continued
The World Bank has halted financial aid to Afghanistan amid concerns about “the country’s development prospects, especially for women,” under the Taliban, a spokesperson told multiple media outlets Wednesday. “We have paused disbursements in our operations in Afghanistan” the spokesperson told the BBC. The move, announced less than a week after the International Monetary Fund … Continued
CIA Director William Burns met secretly with the Taliban’s top figure in Kabul on Monday amid a chaotic U.S. effort to evacuate American citizens and Afghans allied with the U.S. in advance of an Aug. 31 deadline, U.S. officials said. Details of the meeting weren’t immediately available, but the CIA chief’s crisis diplomacy comes as … Continued
Republicans are calling on the Pentagon’s inspector general to launch a formal investigation into the Biden administration’s bungled withdrawal from Afghanistan, including its decision to abandon scores of American-made weapons that are now in the Taliban’s possession. Rep. Carlos Giménez (R., Fla.), a member of the House Homeland Security Committee, is spearheading legislation that would … Continued
President Biden was five hours late for his speech of Afghanistan. This administration is in a state of disarray over Afghanistan — though Biden was several times more than an hour late for appearances before the crisis began. The average daycare center has less chaos than the West Wing. Biden needs to make sure we … Continued
A daughter wants her father to be remembered as a hero after he spent his final moments saving those he loved the most during catastrophic flooding. Joseph Reeves, a United States veteran, loved his family more than anything in the world. His daughter Rachel Reeves says he was always willing to give to others. Rachel received … Continued
Pence tells Brian Kilmeade Trump admin would have acted from position of ‘strength’ Former Vice President Mike Pence blasted the Biden administration’s Afghanistan troop withdrawal Tuesday as a “foreign policy humiliation” on par with the Iran hostage crisis and dismissed efforts to cast blame on the Trump administration for the debacle.”I was in Washington, D.C. on September … Continued
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