Hamid Karzai International Airport
Man carves battle crosses to honor 13 dead soldiers in Afghanistan
A New Hampshire artist hand-crafted several monuments to honor military personnel who recently died while evacuating U.S. troops and asylum seekers from Afghanistan. Wings Custom Carvings owner Stephen Wing wanted to find a way to help others remember the 13 soldiers who lost their lives in a terrorist attack at Hamid ...
Pentagon officials knew Kabul ‘mass casualty’ attack was coming
Senior military officers were briefed on an Afghan terrorist bomb attack hours before a suicide bomber detonated an explosive outside Hamid Karzai International Airport on Aug. 25. Kabul-based commandants phoned the Pentagon at 4:30 p.m. local time to warn the risk of attack is "highest" at Abbey Gate–where U.S. civilians waited ...
Vacuum sucked Afghan stowaway off Air Force plane exterior, dropping him to his death
There are many unanswered questions about why an Afghan man's life was cut short after trying to hang onto an evacuation plane with his arms and legs on Aug. 16. When a U.S. Air Force C-17 transport plane arrived at Hamid Karzai International Airport, hundreds of Afghan asylum seekers quickly swarmed ...
Thousands of Americans ‘stranded’ in Afghanistan contradict ‘irresponsible’ White House claim
A growing number of U.S. citizens unable to board evacuation flights seemingly refutes the Biden administration's position that no Americans are stranded. Press Secretary Jen Psaki has been asked to explain her recent claim that no U.S. citizen is stuck in Afghanistan. The U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan issued a security alert ...
Vacationing California students stranded in Afghan danger zone
Californian students and parents are stuck in Afghanistan, after taking a summer vacation right before Taliban fighters seized control of the presidential palace. At least 24 Cajon Valley Union School District students and 16 parents are among thousands of Americans waiting to evacuate the Middle Eastern country. They are fleeing a ...
Biden asks refugee aid groups to help bring 50,000 Afghans into US
Joe Biden's administration wants nongovernment organizations to handle up to 50,000 Afghan evacuees without protection visas. The president is recruiting refugee aid organizations to help evacuate Afghan asylum seekers to the United States, even if they did not make it onto the Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) program list. Biden hopes to welcome ...
White House calls reports of ‘stranded’ Americans in Afghanistan ‘irresponsible’
Joe Biden's administration rejected any suggestion that U.S. citizens are stuck in Afghanistan on Aug. 23. The White House slammed mounting reports that Americans are stranded in Afghanistan as reckless. "First of all, I think it is irresponsible to say Americans are stranded," Press Secretary Jen Psaki said in a statement. "They ...
Nearly empty evacuation plane departs Kabul sparking outcry
A philanthropist circulated imagery showing a rescue plane depart Kabul with several vacant seats on Aug. 19. Nowzad Charity founder Paul Farthing strongly criticized the Afghan evacuation effort. The former British soldier shared a photo taken from inside the plane. The picture suggests the aircraft he boarded could have carried dozens ...
Clumsy US military withdrawal is ‘murder by incompetence’ says Air Force veteran
President Joe Biden took so long to evacuate Afghans that assisted U.S.-led forces it amounts to killing them, a former serviceman said. Sam Lerman believes the Biden administration was too inept to withdraw at-risk individuals from Afghanistan quickly enough to avoid Taliban retaliation. "This is murder by incompetence," the U.S. Air Force ...
Biden races against clock to evacuate US troops, refugees from Afghanistan
President Joe Biden's plan to rescue Afghans who aided U.S. forces faces multiple logistical challenges, as the Taliban begins its reign. The Pentagon plans to evacuate at least 22,000 Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) applicants, families members, and other at-risk individuals. "It is a nice goal to have but, realistically, it is going ...
Body of Afghan stowaway found in US Air Force landing gear
U.S. forces discovered human remains in aircraft equipment on Aug. 16. Crew members made the grisly find on the U.S. Air Force C-17 transport plane. They suspect an Afghan national was so desperate to flee violent Taliban fighters that he tried to make the journey in the landing gear compartment. Pilots first ...
Desperate Afghans fall to death after clinging to US Air Force plane during take off
Afghans were so desperate to leave their country they hung onto a moving aircraft with their arms and legs on Aug. 16. Disturbing images have appeared on the internet, showing what appears to be hundreds of Afghan asylum seekers jumping onto the exterior of a U.S. Air Force plane in Kabul. The ...
End of content
No more pages to load
