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The Austrian government coalition of the Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP) and the Greens are increasingly publicly at odds with each other over whether or not to take in Afghan asylum seekers. Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, leader of the ÖVP, made

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.

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid on Tuesday announced the jihadist organization would not allow Afghan nationals to enter Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul.

A majority of Americans oppose the resettlement of more than 50,000 Afghans in the United States, according to a survey by Rasmussen Reports.

U.S. voters say it is more important to get Americans out of Afghanistan first, a Rasmussen Reports survey released Monday found.

A pregnant woman evacuated from Afghanistan aboard a U.S. Air Force C-17 transport plane went into labor during the flight and delivered her daughter in the cargo bay after the plane landed in Germany on Saturday.

As recriminations fly among Biden administration officials over who bungled the Afghanistan withdrawal, some are questioning the responsibility of Russ Travers, who was fired by the Trump administration as acting head of the National Counterterrorism Center and subsequently rehired by President Joe Biden to lead the interagency process on the evacuation operation.

Haunted by a 2015 migration crisis fueled by the Syrian war, European leaders desperately want to avoid another large-scale influx of migrants from Afghanistan.

President Joe Biden has suggested that up to 65,000 Afghans must be resettled abroad as it remains unclear how many will ultimately arrive in the United States.

Populist Italian senator Matteo Salvini said that while he would consider allowing some refugees to Italy from Afghanistan, he was against opening the gates to thousands of “potential terrorists”.

Home Secretary Priti Patel has said that the number of Afghan contractors and interpreters brought over could be double the number predicted, and could be even higher.

The U.S. Air Force’s Air Mobility Command issued a revised statement on Friday that confirmed one of the first C-17s to carry refugees out of Afghanistan’s Hamid Karzai International Airport on Sunday had over 800 passengers packed into its cargo hold. The flight established a new record for the C-17 aircraft.

President Joe Biden says his deputies are predicting they will extract up to 65,000 Afghans from Afghanistan.

British troops in Kabul on Thursday confirmed a horrifying rumor, telling reporters that desperate women in Kabul are throwing their babies over razor-wire barriers in the hope soldiers will catch them and take them out of Afghanistan. Some of the children are landing in the razor wire. 

Wednesday on FNC’s “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” host Tucker Carlson warned of a refugee crisis, which he said was already underway as a result of the deterioration of the situation in Afghanistan.

Republican Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) have joined a group of Senate Democrats in asking President Joe Biden to rapidly expand refugee resettlement from Afghanistan to the United States. 

President Biden ended the war in Afghanistan earlier this week, fulfilling the broken promises of the last three presidents, whereupon both the liberal and conservative media rose up as one to shout: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Representatives of the U.S. Bishop’s Conference (USCCB) are urging the federal government to act swiftly to help relocate refugees fleeing the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan.

Gen. Frank McKenzie, commander of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), released a statement on Tuesday that said Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul has been secured and is once again open to civilian air traffic. McKenzie warned the Taliban not to interfere with U.S. evacuation efforts, and threatened to respond to any attack with “overwhelming force.”

Van (Turkey) — Underwear, an empty bottle and fresh footprints betray signs of migrants sneaking around a new wall along the Turkey-Iran border and stirring worries in Europe following the Taliban’s rise in Afghanistan.

The British government has committed to accepting 20,000 Afghan refugees, on top of the plan to resettle interpreters, but the Home Office said that officials could end up bringing in “many more”.

Amid backlash from his failed withdrawal in Afghanistan, President Joe Biden is receiving support from Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R), who penned a letter to him on Tuesday and said he is “eager” to welcome Afghan refugees to the state.

Former President George W. Bush is urging the United States to resettle Afghans “who have been on the forefront of progress inside their nation” now that the Taliban has taken control of the country.

Democrats have reportedly begun on Tuesday to consider funding Afghan refugees coming to the United States with the $3.5 trillion Trojan horse infrastructure package. 

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signalled Tuesday that the Peach State would accept Afghan refugees in the wake of the Taliban seizing power of the Middle East country following the Biden administration’s withdrawal of U.S. forces. 

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Monday said the Golden State would welcome Afghan refugees in the wake of the Taliban retaking their warn-torn country following the Biden administration’s badly botched withdrawal of U.S. forces. 

The Washington Post on Tuesday quoted unnamed U.S. officials who said human remains were found in the wheel well of a heavily-loaded C-17 transport plane that took off from the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday.

Pentagon press secretary John Kirby estimated between 5,000 and 10,000 Americans are stuck near Kabul after the rapid takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban, in an interview on CNN on Tuesday morning.

More than 80,000 Afghans want visas to come to the United States, according to an August 16 report in the Washington Post.

As many as 22,000 Afghan nationals will be fast-tracked to United States military bases before being resettled across the nation, a Defense Department spokesperson has confirmed.

The British government will scrap border requirements for passports for Afghan asylum seekers attempting to flee to Britain, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said on Monday.

President Joe Biden is not planning to prioritize thousands of American citizens stranded in evacuations from Afghanistan, as the country falls similar to that of the Fall of Saigon in 1975, over Afghan nationals applying for visas to the United States.

President Joe Biden’s Department of Defense (DOD) will reportedly accept 30,000 Afghan refugees into military installations following the collapse of Kabul, Afghanistan, over the weekend.

The Taliban’s swift advance across Afghanistan has created an enormous refugee crisis, as thousands of civilians are displaced from their homes by the brutal insurgency and humanitarian aid grows difficult to deliver.

Communist are impersonating Hong Kong refugees to infiltrate the UK through the resettlement scheme, a has report claimed.

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo ripped the immigration policy of the Biden administration in an exclusive interview with Breitbart News in Franklin, Tennessee on Saturday.