Republican lawmakers raised concerns about the vetting process of Afghan evacuees. They say the system already failed to screen one Afghan man who’d been convicted of a crime and previously deported. President Biden touted his massive spending plan as he recognized labor unions after the holiday. That’s while he plans to take a tougher stance…
Afghan Officer Rescued From Kabul Starts New Life in US
The dramatic rescue in Afghanistan happened under the cover of darkness. The Taliban were closing in, and Americans were running out of time to save Mohammad Khalid Wardak. The high-profile Afghan national police officer spent years working alongside the U.S. military, and after the fall of Kabul, he went on the run, moving from safe…
Second Afghan Boy Dies of Mushroom Poisoning in Poland
WARSAW, Poland—A second child of an Afghan family evacuated from Kabul to Poland died Friday after eating soup containing death cap mushrooms, which the family had unknowingly gathered in a Polish forest outside their quarantine center. The 6-year-old boy had received an emergency liver transplant but doctors were unable to save him. His 5-year-old brother…
Afghan Paralympian Makes Her Debut After Secret Evacuation
CHIBA, Japan—Afghanistan’s Zakia Khudadadi competed in the Paralympic Games on Thursday, becoming the first woman from her country to do so since Athens 2004, after a secret international effort to help the taekwondo athlete get out of Taliban-controlled Kabul. The 22-year-old and her compatriot Hossain Rasouli arrived in Tokyo on Saturday via Paris after Khudadadi…
US Has No Plans to Release Billions in Afghan Assets, Treasury Says
WASHINGTON—The Biden administration has no plans to release billions in Afghan gold, investments, and foreign currency reserves parked in the United States that it froze after the Taliban’s takeover, despite pressure from humanitarian groups and others who say the cost may be the collapse of Afghanistan’s economy. Much of the Afghan central bank’s $10 billion…
Evacuee Says Taliban Gaining Control of Kabul Through Threats, Coercion
The Taliban is gaining control over Kabul through threats and coercion, according to an Afghan citizen who has managed to flee his homeland before the terrorist group tracked down his address and paid a visit in search for him. Just days after fleeing Afghanistan with his son and his wife on Aug. 24, Fawad, a PhD…
Hundreds of Afghan Evacuees Arrive in Philadelphia
August 30, 2021
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Philadelphia International Airport has been transformed into a welcome center For Afghan evacuees, processing hundreds of men, women, and children fleeing the country as U.S. troops leave. The city of Philadelphia is providing updates on the effort, dubbed “Operation Allies Refuge PHL.” On Saturday, the city reported 505 total evacuees came through the airport on…
Afghan Paralympians Evacuated to Japan Granted Australian Humanitarian Visas
Two Afghan Paralympians, Zakia Khudadadi and Hossain Rasouli, will be resettled in Australia after arriving in Tokyo on Saturday for the 2020 Paralympics. Former Socceroo and human rights activist Craig Foster confirmed to the Nine Network on Aug. 29 that Australia had granted humanitarian visas to these two athletes. While no details about where they will…
Taliban: US Airstrike Hits Suicide Bomber Targeting Airport
KABUL, Afghanistan—The Taliban said that a U.S. airstrike targeted a suicide bomber in a vehicle Sunday who wanted to attack the Kabul international airport amid the American military’s evacuation there. There were few initial details about the incident, as well as a rocket that struck a neighborhood just northwest of the airport, killing a child….
Last German Flight With Afghan Evacuees Lands in Frankfurt
FRANKFURT—The last German civilian plane carrying Afghans fleeing Taliban rule landed in Frankfurt on Friday, a day after the country’s armed forces said they had finished their evacuation operation at Kabul airport. The final German military aircraft carrying soldiers and German and Afghan civilians left Kabul for Tashkent on Thursday. An Afghan student who was…
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