DUBAI—Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi called on Japan to release Iranian funds frozen in the country due to U.S. sanctions, Iranian state TV reported after the president met on Sunday with the visiting Japanese foreign minister. Iran has been unable to obtain tens of billions of dollars of its assets mainly from exports of oil and…
Iran Urges Japan to Release Billions in Blocked Funds Amid US Sanctions
Biden: Afghan Evacuation Has ‘Long Way to Go,’ Much ‘Could Still Go Wrong’
President Joe Biden said that the administration is hoping for the U.S.-led Afghanistan evacuation to end by the self-imposed Aug. 31 deadline, noting that there is still “a long way to go and a lot could still go wrong.” Speaking on Sunday at the White House, Biden said there have been “discussions among” the White…
Afghan Refugee Gives Birth on US Evacuation Plane
WASHINGTON—An Afghan woman gave birth on board a U.S. evacuation plane on Saturday, moments after landing at Ramstein Air Base in Germany, the U.S. Air Force said. The woman delivered a baby girl in the cargo bay of an Air Force C-17 aircraft after going into labor and experiencing complications during the flight, U.S. Air…
Afghanistan Reveals US Choices Have Dangerously Narrowed
Commentary In the “Nicomachean Ethics,” Aristotle has a lot to say about the activity of choice and its place in securing “eudaimonia,” that “good-spiritedness” that is synonymous with human fulfillment. Choice is critical in the metabolism of virtue. But, Aristotle points out, it is possible for someone, through bad choices, to put himself in a situation…
Taliban: ‘Hundreds’ of Fighters Being Sent to Resistance Area
The Taliban said on Sunday that “hundreds” of its fighters are going to the Panjshir Valley, an area that is not controlled by the group. “Hundreds of [Taliban members] of the Islamic Emirate are heading towards the state of Panjshir to control it, after local state officials refused to hand it over peacefully,” the terrorist group…
Defense Secretary Austin: Americans Having ‘Tough Encounters With Taliban’
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin confirmed incidents of Taliban violence against Americans in Afghanistan amid a chaotic evacuation from the Kabul airport over the past week. In an interview on Sunday, Austin said there have been “tough encounters with [the] Taliban,” coming about two days after President Joe Biden denied that Americans were having difficulties getting to…
Faced With National Humiliation, Self-Justification Becomes the Theme
Commentary Whatever happened to being wrong? Have you noticed that no one ever admits to being at fault or in error anymore? “To err is Human; to Forgive, Divine.” That’s what Alexander Pope wrote three hundred years ago. A few years later, Robert Burns advised his self-righteous fellow-countrymen, whom he called the “unco guid,” to…
Britain Calls Virtual G-7 Meeting for Tuesday on Afghanistan Crisis
LONDON—British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he had called a virtual G-7 leaders’ meeting for Tuesday to discuss the crisis in Afghanistan and urged governments to find ways to prevent conditions from getting worse. Taliban terrorists seized control of Kabul last weekend in an upheaval that sent civilians and Afghan military allies fleeing for safety….
Biden Adviser: US Taking Afghanistan ISIS Threat ‘Deadly Seriously’
National security adviser Jake Sullivan on Sunday said that the United States is evaluating a threat from the ISIS terrorist organization. “It is something that we are placing paramount priority on stopping or disrupting, and we will do everything that we can for as long as we are on the ground to keep that from…
7 Afghans Killed at Crowded Kabul Airport
Seven Afghan civilians have died among chaotic scenes at the international airport in Kabul on Saturday, the British military confirmed. It comes amid reports suggesting that at least 20 people have died in the past week in and near the airport. It’s unclear if the seven who died on Saturday were killed by a stampede, heat,…
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