Afghanistan

Middle East 01/30/22, 21:23

Joe Biden's administration wants guerrilla insurgents to free a U.S. military veteran kidnapped in Afghanistan. The president wants the Haqqani network to release Mark Frerichs immediately. Biden warned the Taliban-linked group the matter was not open for discussion almost two years after the U.S. Navy veteran was first taken hostage. "Threatening the safety ...

Middle East 01/25/22, 09:53

A group of Taliban leaders met with Western officials in Norway on Sunday, January 23, in what were the first talks in Europe since the terrorist group took control of Afghanistan. Their aim is to achieve "unfreezing of Afghan assets" to allow a respite for their economy in a context ...

World 12/28/21, 16:03

While Afghanistan's economy is completely defunded and on the verge of total collapse and various organizations denounce horrendous human rights abuses, Taliban leaders continue to deny the reality by defending their management and even claim to be better off than in the last 20 years. Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi recently ...

Middle East 11/21/21, 02:59

Family members of a well-known Afghan psychiatrist revealed on Saturday, Nov. 20, that the doctor had been kidnapped and killed in Northern Afghanistan despite a hefty ransom being paid to secure his release.According to The Associated Press, Mohamed Nader Alemi was kidnapped two months ago near Mazar-i-Sharif in northern Afghanistan. ...

Inspired Stories 11/16/21, 06:09

An army veteran who fought in Afghanistan has been reunited with his service dog after it was lost in Boardman, Ohio, last week. Nick Rankin had requested assistance from the local community in locating the two-year-old German Shepherd that assists him in managing his post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). He relocated to the ...

Middle East 11/04/21, 21:17

While international humanitarian help has been suspended since the Taliban's takeover of the country in August, families cannot fulfill their basic needs and live in despair. The Daily Mail witnessed when Parwana Malik, a nine-year-old girl, is being sold by her parents to a stranger with a white beard and eyebrows, ...

U.S. 10/06/21, 16:40

Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller was released from the brig at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina on Oct. 5. The Marine was arrested and jailed for a week after condemning military leaders about the Afghan withdrawal crisis. "Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller, Jr. is being released from confinement today, Oct. 5, 2021, as a result ...

Middle East 10/05/21, 16:44

The British government sent a diplomatic mission to Afghanistan on Tuesday, Oct. 5, to meet with leaders of the extremist Taliban group that controls the country to prevent the country from becoming an 'incubator of terrorism' and extending humanitarian aid, the Daily Mail reported. According to the British government press release, the Prime Minister's ...

Middle East 10/05/21, 03:37

Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan provide half of Afghanistan's electricity, with Iran contributing further supplies to the country's west. This year's drought has had an impact on domestic production, primarily at hydropower plants. Kabul is nearly entirely reliant on imported power from Central Asia as Afghanistan lacks a national power grid.After ...

D.C. 09/29/21, 22:53

Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley is urging President Joe Biden to explain after his top military advisers revealed in a hearing that they recommended him to keep some U.S. troops present in Afghanistan, contradicting what he said. "I think we heard from our generals about what transpired. ...

Middle East 09/29/21, 16:58

Congress should thoroughly investigate what really happened during the Biden administration's "disastrous" military withdrawal from Afghanistan, a former president said on Sept. 28. Donald Trump wants lawmakers to find out exactly how 13 U.S. troops died and taxpayer-funded military equipment was abandoned while evacuating the Middle Eastern country. "Congress should set up ...

U.S. 09/28/21, 16:08

Most North Carolina voters believe America is heading in the wrong direction since the Biden administration seized power, a new poll revealed on Sept. 28. A High Point University survey shows 60% believe the nation went seriously off track in the past eight months. This compares to 28% who claim the United ...

U.S. 09/15/21, 17:11

Joe Biden should dismiss the Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman for allegedly betraying America, a Republican from Florida said on Sept. 14. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) is urging President Joe Biden to fire Gen. Mark Milley immediately after reports revealed that the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff “contemplated” to ...

Middle East 09/14/21, 21:36

Taliban fighters have been appointed to run the same prison complex that once held them on Sept. 13. Pul-e Charkhi is under new management, and will be run by ex-convicts who once inhabited the very cell blocks they now administrate about 20 kilometers (13 miles) east of downtown Kabul. BL understands this ...

D.C. 09/13/21, 22:46

Joe Biden's top foreign policy adviser will testify about the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan. Antony Blinken is widely expected to be strongly criticized when he appears before the House of Representatives and U.S. Senate on Sept. 14 and 15. Republicans will seize on their opportunity to grill the secretary of state ...

D.C. 09/13/21, 22:12

On Monday, Sept. 13, U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken participated in a hearing with the Foreign Affairs Committee in Congress to answer questions related to the military withdrawal from Afghanistan for which the Biden administration has been harshly criticized, The Hill reported. In his first public—albeit virtual—appearance since the tragic U.S. military ...

Middle East 09/13/21, 19:59

A militant Sunni Islamist chief, who many thought was dead, made a video appearance on Sept. 11. Ayman al-Zawahri's video message on the 20th anniversary of 9/11 caught some observers off-guard. The al-Qaeda leader, who was previously rumored to have died several month ago, praised the terrorist group's January attacks on Russian ...

Middle East 09/11/21, 19:18

The U.S. government reported a drone strike launched against a suspected terrorist in Afghanistan towards the end of the military withdrawal from Kabul, but the event is being challenged by a report suggesting that the actual victim would have been a humanitarian worker along with his family.  According to an investigation ...

U.S. 09/09/21, 20:41

The President of the Council of the European Union (EU), Charles Michel, indicated during an interview that after the failure of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, the need for the European bloc "to generate greater autonomy" in geopolitical matters became more evident, also indicating his interest in achieving a rapprochement ...

Middle East 09/09/21, 20:15

A U.S. official on Thursday, Sept. 9, said that the new Afghanistan government had allowed some foreign citizens to leave the country, days after reports they held back several flights emerged. According to Reuters, the Taliban had allowed two hundred internationals to leave on charter flights from Kabul, some of which ...