On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Ayman Mohyeldin Reports,” Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) responded to the attacks at the Kabul airport by stating the attacks should not keep the United States from extending the deadline to leave Afghanistan in order to
On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Varney & Co.,” Rep. Mark Green (R-TN) blamed President Joe Biden for the bombings at the Kabul airport and argued that the attacks were the expected result of concentrating all the evacuation
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said the terrorist group “strongly condemns” the suicide bombings outside Kabul’s international airport in a statement Thursday.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced that Britain’s own airlift will continue unchanged despite Thursday afternoon’s bombing.
Kirby confirmed Thursday that “a number” of U.S. service members were killed by at least two bomb attacks in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Pentagon press secretary John Kirby confirmed Thursday an explosion at the Kabul Hamid Karzai International Airport in Afghanistan resulted in several U.S. and civilian casualties.
Britain’s Ministry of Defence has said that no British military or govt employees were killed at the double bomb-blast by Kabul airport.
Afghanistan’s Tolo News reported on Thursday morning that most of the 25 people killed during the past ten days in attacks and stampedes around Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul were women and children.
Reports this week indicate the Afghan economy is not faring well under Taliban domination, thanks to a combination of public terror, Taliban mismanagement, and the termination of foreign aid programs that were propping up civil services.
Three Marines were “seriously wounded” in one of the bombings Thursday morning in Afghanistan at the Kabul airport, according to a report.
Multiple media outlets confirmed on Wednesday and Thursday the growing presence of impromptu vendors this week in and around Kabul’s international airport, selling basics like food and water for outrageous prices and refusing to accept payment not in U.S. dollars.
Canada announced Thursday an end to helping President Joe Biden’s Afghan evacuation, joining other European allies leaving amid deadly attacks at Kabul’s airport.
Twin suicide bombings outside Hamid Karzai International Airport and the Baron Hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan, killed at least 90 people, including 13 U.S. service members, and wounded another 150 people on Thursday, according to reports. Warning: Graphic photos and video inside.
U.S. officials on Wednesday evening warned of an imminent terrorist threat at the Kabul airport and instructed American citizens to leave several of the crowded airport gates immediately. The Biden administration and Taliban spokesmen both claimed the threat came not from the Taliban or its terrorist allies, but from the Islamic State, which has been fighting the Taliban for turf in Afghanistan for several years.
European allies on Thursday halted evacuations amid suicide terror threats at the Kabul airport, the New York Times reported.
The UK and U.S. have warned of credible intelligence of an “imminent” attack against Kabul airport, where thousands of people continue to crowd.
Wednesday on FNC’s “Special Report,” Rep. Peter Meijer (R-MI), fresh off of what has been labeled an unauthorized trip with Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) to Afghanistan, explained why he and his Democrat colleague determined such a trip was warranted.
Afghan Sikhs and Hindus attempting to flee Kabul following the Taliban’s recent takeover of the city are turning down offers to evacuate to India in favor of waiting for unguaranteed opportunities to fly to the U.S. and Canada, the Times of India reported Wednesday.
A spokesman for Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday denied an earlier claim by Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister Yevhen Yenin that Iran allegedly “hijacked” a plane attempting to evacuate Ukrainian citizens from Kabul, Afghanistan, in recent days.
The White House sought congratulations this week for a deadly Afghanistan evacuation they told Americans would not be necessary and which nobody can verify.
The last known Jew in Afghanistan, Zebulon Simentov, refuses to leave because he does not want to give his estranged wife a divorce.
British operations will end in a matter of hours, it is claimed, with UK armed forces and consular staff to withdraw over the weekend.
The Barnabas Fund, which monitors Christian persecution around the world, warned Tuesday that Christians remaining in Afghanistan face “great danger” following the Taliban takeover.
Poland said Wednesday it halted its airlift evacuations from Kabul’s international airport over safety concerns.
U.S. Representatives Seth Moulton (D-MA) and Peter Meijer (R-MI) stoked a fire of controversy Tuesday after their surprise visit to Kabul, Afghanistan, exposed some basic truths about the Biden administration’s withdrawal of troops from the region.
The Taliban have begun halting U.S. citizens trying to pass through the gates of Kabul’s main airport for evacuation following an announcement from Afghanistan’s new rulers that routes to the airport are now only open to foreigners.
One House Democrat has revealed top U.S. diplomatic and military officials have suggested completing evacuations from Kabul’s chief airport by the August 31 deadline could be too tall a task.
The White House on Monday said the U.S. military has “facilitated” the evacuation of about 48,000 people from Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover ten days ago.
The British Defence Secretary said the chances of the deadline for Western withdrawal on August 31st is “unlikely” to be pushed back.
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid on Tuesday announced the jihadist organization would not allow Afghan nationals to enter Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul.
Ongoing “summary executions,” torture, rape and repression of Taliban opposition was cited by the U.N. on Tuesday as evidence of what lies ahead for Afghanistan as President Joe Biden presses ahead with plans to withdraw U.S. forces.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has promised financial incentives to European Union member states who take in refugees and asylum seekers from Afghanistan. President Von der Leyen made the announcement after a visit to a reception centre for
International pressure is building on President Joe Biden to change his arbitrary decision to withdraw all U.S. forces from Afghanistan by August 31, a move that will effectively close Kabul airport and end repatriation hopes for anyone left behind.
Taliban rival group the Islamic State may launch an attack, using the chaos to strike and increase their notoriety, experts have warned.
An aide to Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) tweeted Monday that an American woman was stranded in Kabul, beaten by the Taliban, and unable to get out.
The presence of U.S. military personnel at Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport is “the main cause behind the ongoing misery” at the airport, the Taliban claimed in statements published by Afghanistan’s Khaama Press on Monday.
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) stated that the U.S. does not have to accept Taliban control of Kabul and President Joe Biden is “timid and fearful of the Taliban.” Cotton
Americans in Afghanistan cannot reach the airport in Kabul before the August 31 deadline set by Joe Biden, Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY) said.
Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY) said White House officials are “trying to find levity and joking around” Americans remain imperiled in Afghanistan.
Pentagon press secretary John Kirby on Monday refused to give the specific number of Americans evacuated from Afghanistan.
