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Pentagon probe finds no violation following Kabul drone strike mistake
A U.S. inspector general found no misconduct over the erroneous Kabul airstrike that killed civilians instead of an ISIS-K member. On Aug. 29, during the final days of the chaotic Kabul evacuation, the U.S. launched a drone strike at a white car believed to have belonged to a potential ISIS-K bomber. ...
Surrounded by armed fighters, Afghan TV anchor delivers Taliban message ‘Don’t Be Scared’
On social media, a video of an Afghan TV anchor in a suit and tie continuing to host his talk show while surrounded by gun-toting Taliban fighters has gone viral. The 42-second film shows Afghanistan TV anchor Mirwaiz Haidari Haqdost sitting close to a Taliban leader while delivering a message from ...
‘$6,500 per seat’, Private defense contractor, Erik Prince flying desperate Afghanis out of Kabul
As the US attempts to evacuate Americans and allies before the Aug. 31 deadline, defense contractor and Blackwater founder Erik Prince is reportedly chartering flights to transfer people out of Afghanistan. According to the Wall Street Journal, Prince is promising to transport guests securely through Kabul's Hamid Karzai International Airport and ...
Kabul airport: National youth team footballer Zaki Anwari ‘dies in fall’ from underbelly of a C-17 plane
Zaki Anwari, one of the victims who clung to the underbelly of a C-17 Globemaster airplane, perished after falling from the sky. Afghanistan's General Directorate of Physical Education and Sports announced the terrible news on Facebook. A swarm of people can be seen rushing alongside a U.S. Air Force C-17 aircraft ...
Taliban going ‘house to house’ in Kabul murdering people who worked with US military
As the U.S. military and State Department hurry to evacuate American citizens and Afghan allies from Kabul's airport, Taliban checkpoints shut many individuals off from freedom and safety—and reports on the ground suggest the terrorists are summarily murdering civilians who have assisted U.S. forces in the past. According to Ryan Rogers, ...
The Biden administration halted the overseas citizen evacuation program months before the fall of Kabul
The program that ensured the quick and safe evacuation of Americans in danger abroad was canceled by the Biden administration two months before the disaster in Afghanistan. This State Department program was created last year under then-President Donald Trump. The memo confirming its elimination was signed by Deputy Secretary of State ...
Tens of thousands of Americans are waiting for the government to schedule their evacuation from Afghanistan
Nearly 15,000 Americans are being held in Afghanistan without knowing how to return home. The State and Defense Departments, among others, have no official plan to ensure their evacuation. This was reported to a group of senators. The main difficulty is that they do not know how to get those citizens ...
Afghan president fled with 4 cars, chopper full of cash, claims Russia
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani escaped the country with four vehicles and a helicopter loaded with cash, the Russian embassy in Kabul said Monday, Aug. 16. On Sunday, Aug. 15, the besieged commander surrendered the presidential palace in Kabul to militant Taliban insurgents who had overthrown his government, New York Post reported. “To ...
As Taliban troops seize Kabul, Biden defends his handling of the situation
President Joe Biden defended his decision to withdraw U.S. forces from Afghanistan on Monday, Aug. 16, his first words since the Taliban seized control of the government on Sunday, Aug. 15.“I stand squarely behind my decision. After 20 years I’ve learned the hard way that there was never a good ...
Taliban sweep across Afghanistan’s south, take 4 more provincial capitals
Insurgents’ seemingly unstoppable advance now pushing into area 50 miles from Kabul The Taliban's inexorable progress across Afghanistan resumed on Friday, Aug. 13, as the rebels gained control of four more provincial capitals after seizing the country's second and third largest towns, Kandahar and Herat, on Thursday, Aug. 12. The Taliban are ...
Taliban council agrees to cease-fire in Afghanistan
The Taliban's ruling council agreed Sunday to a temporary cease-fire in Afghanistan, providing a window in which a peace agreement with the United States can be signed, officials from the insurgent group said. They didn't say when it would begin. A cease-fire had been demanded by Washington before any peace agreement ...
Taliban says they freed US, Australian hostage for 3 Taliban
The Taliban said it freed on Tuesday, Nov. 19, an American and an Australian hostage held since 2016 in exchange for three top Taliban figures who were released by the Kabul government and flown out of Afghanistan the previous day. The hostages—American, Kevin King and Australian Timothy Weeks—were released in southern ...
US military says 2 service members killed in Afghanistan
The U.S. military said two of its service members were killed Wednesday in Afghanistan. The deaths occurred a day after U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited the Afghan capital of Kabul, where he said Washington was hopeful of a peace deal before Sept. 1. At a news conference Wednesday in ...
Security forces mistakenly kill 6 civilians in Afghanistan
An Afghan security forces raid against Taliban fighters in eastern Nangarhar province mistakenly killed at least six civilians, including a woman and two children, provincial officials said Saturday.Attahullah Khogyani, the provincial governor's spokesman, said 10 insurgents were also killed in the Friday night attack in Sherzad district.The civilians' vehicle was ...
Taliban attack aid group office in Afghan capital, 9 wounded
The Taliban attacked the offices of an international NGO in the Afghan capital on Wednesday, setting off a huge explosion and battling Afghan security forces in an assault that wounded at least nine people, officials said.Public Health Ministry spokesman Wahid Mayar said that at least nine Afghans were wounded in ...
Afghan grand council sets recommendations for Taliban talks
An Afghan grand council on Thursday agreed on several recommendations for peace talks with the Taliban, after four days of meetings in Kabul meant to hammer out a common strategy for future negotiations.President Ashraf Ghani had convened the council of more than 3,200 participants, known as Loya Jirga, earlier in ...
Taliban: Fresh round of talks with US peace envoy starting
The Taliban say a fresh round of talks with U.S. peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad is to start in Qatar, where the religious movement maintains a political office.Khalilzad is trying to negotiate an end to Afghanistan's 17-year war, America's longest military confrontation. He was in Pakistan on Tuesday.Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid ...
US watchdog: Afghans may not be ready for ‘day after’ peace
Afghanistan may not be ready for peace unless it formulates a strategy for re-integration of Taliban fighters into society, combating corruption and reining in the country's runaway narcotics problem, a U.S. watchdog said Wednesday.The warning by Washington's Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction, or SIGAR, which monitors billions of dollars ...
Memory center takes visitors through 4 decades of Afghan war
A teary-eyed Hameed Rafi said he'll never forget the day he joined a panel of civilian war victims and family members and spoke about the suicide bombing in Kabul that killed his sister last August.Sharing his story with them in March at the Afghanistan Center for Memory and Dialogue, Rafi ...
Afghan president holds council to set agenda for peace talks
The Afghan president is hosting a grand council of some 2,500 prominent figures to agree on a shared approach to peace talks with the Taliban.But the gathering — known as a Loya Jirga — instead looks to further aggravate divisions within the U.S.-backed government, even as America makes progress with ...
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