White House chief of staff Ron Klain said on Tuesday that he was not sure if the United States would ever recognize the Taliban as the legitimate government of Afghanistan. “I don’t think anytime soon. I don’t know if we’ll ever recognize their government,” Klain said on the “The Mehdi Hasan Show.” “What we know is…
WH Chief of Staff: ‘I Don’t Know If We Will Ever Recognize’ a Taliban Government
At Least 7 Taliban Reported Killed in Panjshir Fighting
Taliban forces clashed with militia fighters in the Panjshir valley north of the Afghan capital Kabul on Monday night, with at least seven killed, two members of the main anti-Taliban opposition group said on Tuesday. Since the fall of Kabul on Aug. 15, the Panjshir has been the only province to hold out against the…
Biden Administration Won’t Rule Out Giving Aid to Afghan Taliban
August 31, 2021
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President Joe Biden’s national security adviser Jake Sullivan said it is possible that the Biden administration would provide aid to the Taliban following the United States’ withdrawal from Afghanistan and the collapse of the Afghan government. Sullivan told ABC News’ “Good Morning America” on Tuesday that regarding giving financial assistance to the Taliban, “that will…
Biden Says ‘No Deadline’ for Americans Still in Afghanistan
There’s no deadline for getting out the Americans who are still in Afghanistan after U.S. troops withdrew from the country, President Joe Biden said Tuesday. Biden, speaking publicly for the first time since the withdrawal, called the evacuation mission “an extraordinary success” as he pointed to the thousands of Americans and tens of thousands of…
Facebook: Deletion of Marine Mother’s Account a Mistake
August 31, 2021
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The deletion of an Instagram account belonging to a mother whose Marine son was killed in Afghanistan last week was a mistake, parent company Facebook said Tuesday. Shana Chappell raised an alarm on Facebook on Monday after she said her account was removed. Chappell said she believed the deletion was “because [I] gained so many…
House Democrats Block GOP Afghanistan Withdrawal Transparency Bill
In a short pro forma session on Tuesday, House Democrats blocked a Republican-sponsored bill that would put new obligations on the White House and military leaders as the Afghanistan crisis continues to unfold. The bill, introduced by Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.), requires the White House and military to send daily reports to Congress on the…
GOP Lawmakers Denounce Ending Afghanistan Evacuation, Saying House Members Still Receiving Calls From US Citizens
August 31, 2021
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Republican lawmakers are blasting President Joe Biden for adhering to the Taliban-set Afghanistan evacuation deadline, with U.S. citizens and allies left behind, saying that GOP and Democrat members of the House are still receiving calls from citizens stuck in Afghanistan. “I want to thank, also, so many congressional offices, so many of you, Republican and…
Pakistan Counter-Terrorism Division Kills 11 Suspected ISIS Members in Raid
A Pakistani Counter-Terrorism Division (CTD) unit killed 11 suspected members of the ISIS terrorist group on Monday during a special operation that erupted into an intense shootout in Baluchistan province, according to local authorities. The unit carried out the raid in the district of Mastung, where ISIS recently killed two police officers, after obtaining intelligence…
Situation in Afghanistan ‘A High Tension, High Panic, Anne Frank-Like Environment’: Rescue Mission Leader
As news reports spread the word that the United States has officially ended its military presence in Afghanistan, one member of a group of former special operations warriors reminds the world of the terror faced by those the federal government has left behind. “This is 1936 Germany Gestapo meets the Hunger Games,” Peter Quinn, director…
Poland Seeks State of Emergency Along Border Amid Record-High Migration Levels
Poland’s government is set to declare a state of emergency on Tuesday in several areas along the countries’ border with Belarus as immigration levels have recently surged. The legislation, believed to be signed by Polish President Andrzej Duda on Aug. 31, comes as thousands of illegal immigrants, mostly from Iraq and Afghanistan, have tried to unlawfully…
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