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House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-NY) slammed President Joe Biden’s response to the Taliban terrorists talking over Afghanistan as “weak,” showing “he is unfit to serve as President of the United States.”

CNN Journalist Clarissa Ward was forced to don a hijab overnight as the Taliban begin their campaign to restrict women.

President Joe Biden used an address to the American public on Monday afternoon to defend his alleged decision to withdraw militarily from Afghanistan, just hours after approving a 6,000-troop deployment to the country and nearly four months from the date U.S. troops would have withdrawn if he had not changed the deadline.

After NBC News chief legal correspondent and TODAY co-anchor Savannah Guthrie questioned how the Biden administration had been “so wrong” in it’s Afghanistan assessment, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan attempted to minimize the extent of the chaotic scenes in Kabul.

On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Deadline: White House,” Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) said that the way the U.S. is leaving Afghanistan is “regrettable” and negotiating with the Taliban to ensure people can leave Afghanistan safely “is the best we can

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is trying to push the same talking points that President Joe Biden’s White House has been using on his failed withdrawal from Afghanistan saying the administration knew it was a possibility that Kabul would fall back into the hands of the Taliban terrorists.

The United Nations Security Council echoed the Taliban’s call for an “inclusive” Afghanistan in a statement on Monday, calling for an “inclusive and representative” new government that includes “the full, equal and meaningful participation of women.” The U.N. also urged the Taliban

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Monday criticized President Biden’s handling of the Taliban’s takeover of the Afghan government, stating that the administration has failed to act with urgency and sufficiently address the humanitarian crisis both in Afghanistan and at the U.S. border.

America’s most determined enemies around the world celebrated the victory of the Taliban in Afghanistan, hailing it as a sign that the United States no longer has the power to interfere with their own ambitions.

President Joe Biden addressed the nation on Monday in the wake of the botched withdrawal from Afghanistan over the weekend, defending his decision to pull U.S. forces out of the country, but failing to explain the chaotic departure.

The Taliban terror group’s defeat of the U.S.-backed government in Afghanistan on Sunday should restore “peace” to the country, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said in a statement released Monday.

President Joe Biden finally publicly addressed the nation regarding the shocking fall of Afghanistan on Monday.

President Joe Biden has abandoned the media in Afghanistan, as the Washington Post publisher reportedly requested help from the White House to evacuate more than 200 journalists in the collapsed country.

President Biden pledged he would protect LGBT human rights around the globe but abandoned them to the Taliban in Afghanistan.

Democrats and mass migration activists are pleading with President Joe Biden to open the United States’ borders to a flood of Afghans. 

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) on Monday took aim at President Biden for his role in the collapse of the Afghan government to the Taliban, asserting the president’s “disastrous display of incompetence” has “provoked a humanitarian crisis.”

China’s state-run Global Times newspaper celebrated the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban jihadist organization Sunday as a “complete humiliation” for the United States, shortly before the Foreign Ministry hinted it would be open to friendly ties with a new Taliban regime.

Fox News obtained a photo Monday of the U.S. Embassy flag reportedly being flown out of Kabul, Afghanistan, in the arms of what appeared to be a member of the military.

Famed conservative actor James Woods blasted President Biden after the Taliban seized the Afghan government under the 78-year-old’s watch, calling for his resignation but lamenting his replacement, describing Vice President Kamala Harris as the “cackling imbecile on deck.”

MSNBC’s Tehran bureau chief Ali Arouzi reported Sunday on the “The Mehdi Hasan Show” that the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan had been “relatively peaceful” as Americans were evacuating the chaos in helicopters.

White House talking points are reportedly being circulated by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to the Democrat caucus about mitigating the Afghan disaster, claiming that President Joe Biden will “hold the Taliban accountable.”

McCarthy is calling for a congressional probe into the disaster unfolding in Afghanistan, which has left thousands of Americans stranded.

The Taliban, now in near-total control of the country, are going door to door in newly conquered Kabul searching for journalists and political opponents, according to multiple outlets on the ground.

Biden’s National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan attempted to blame the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan on the failure of Afghan forces.

Former Navy SEAL Rob O’Neill, who killed terrorist leader Osama bin Laden in 2011, has lambasted President Joe Biden and his administration for its handling of the dire situation in Afghanistan.

A lawyer who represented Shamima Begum has drawn criticism after seemingly celebrating the capture of Kabul by the Islamist Taliban forces.

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) blasted President Joe Biden on Monday for his response to the chaos in Afghanistan after the Taliban seized the country while the 78-year-old was on vacation at Camp David.

Kash Patel noted how both President Joe Biden and White House press secretary Jen Psaki are on vacation “while Afghanistan is on fire.”

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) railed against President Joe Biden and called him a “deserter” for hiding from the outcome of his failed handling of the Afghan war.

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.

The Taliban terror group’s reconquering of Kabul on Sunday broke the “shackles” of a “cultural enslavement” Afghanistan endured since the U.S. invaded the country in 2001, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, a hardline Islamist, argued on Monday.

Russia said on Monday that it would cultivate friendly relations with the Taliban, which Russian officials insisted was not a security threat to Central Asia.

President Joe Biden’s job approval dipped on Monday and is currently underwater, matching his all-time low days following the Taliban’s takeover of the U.S.-backed Afghan government.

The Russian embassy in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, claimed on Monday that former President Ashraf Ghani had fled the country with four cars and a helicopter stuffed with cash.

China quickly offered “friendship and cooperation” to the Islamist extremists in official statements on Monday, contrary to the Biden administration’s frequent threats that the Taliban would become international pariahs if they seized control of Afghanistan by force.

A prominent Afghan filmmaker has blasted world leaders for what she sees as their “betrayal” of Afghanistan, warning that the Taliban will ban the arts and erase the gains made by women.