Two British nationals were killed in yesterday’s bomb attack at Kabul airport in Afghanistan, alongside the child of another British national, the UK’s foreign secretary said. In a statement from the Foreign Office on Aug. 27, Dominic Raab said that two other British nationals were also injured in the attack that killed a total of…
Germany Left 5,000 Former Staff and Families Behind in Afghanistan, Network Says
EBERSWALDE, Germany—Germany has left at least 5,000 former staff and their families behind in Afghanistan, a support network founded by German troops said on Friday, vowing to keep pressing for them to leave the country after an Aug. 31 deadline runs out. The German military ended its airlift from Kabul airport late on Thursday after evacuating…
Afghanistan Pullout Should Have Been Delayed to Winter: Former US Special Forces Surgeon
The United States withdrawal from Afghanistan should have been delayed to take advantage of the harsh winter in the country, a former U.S. Special Forces flight surgeon told The Epoch Times. Lt. Col. Omar Hamada, M.D., also believes that the pullout should have been done incrementally, so things wouldn’t be as rushed as they are…
US Taps Three More Military Bases to House Afghan Refugees, Expands Upper Limit to 50,000
August 27, 2021
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The United States is housing or prepared to house Afghan nationals fleeing their country at seven military bases in America, military officials announced Friday. Four bases had already been tapped to temporarily provide shelter for refugees: Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey, Fort Lee in Virginia, Fort McCoy in Wisconsin, and Fort Bliss in Texas. The…
‘Thousands’ of ISIS Terrorists Released in Afghanistan as US Expects ‘Future’ Attacks: Pentagon
Several thousand ISIS-K terrorist members escaped Afghan prisons when the country’s government fell and the Taliban took over earlier this month, said Pentagon spokesman John Kirby on Friday. “Clearly it’s in the thousands,” Kirby said in response to a question about the number of ISIS terrorists who escaped in recent days. The Taliban, he said, emptied…
Italy Expects Last Evacuation Flight out of Afghanistan on Friday
ROME—The Italian government expects its last evacuation flight to leave Afghanistan later on Friday, Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio told reporters. “In the next few hours the last C-130 plane will depart from Kabul airport,” Di Maio said after meeting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Rome. Italian military planes have taken over 4,800 Afghans…
500,000 Afghans Likely to Seek Refuge in Other Countries, UN Warns
The United Nations (UN) said on Friday they are estimating up to half a million Afghan nationals could flee a humanitarian crisis in their homeland in a worst-case scenario. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) appealed to all neighboring countries to keep their borders open for refugees seeking safety after a Taliban takeover of…
White House: Not Every Afghan Who Wants to Get out Will Be Able To
Amid the chaotic U.S.-led evacuation in Afghanistan, White House press secretary Jen Psaki acknowledged that not every Afghan who wants to leave the country will be able to. “It is not going to be possible for every single Afghan, millions potentially, who want to leave Afghanistan to be evacuated,” Psaki said in response to a question…
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…
Turkey Undecided on Helping Taliban Run Kabul Airport, Citing Security Concerns
The president of Turkey said Friday his administration continues to weigh its response to a Taliban request for technical support with operations at Kabul airport, with security the key issue, according to Turkish media. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told reporters at a press conference that the Taliban had asked Turkey to help run operations at…
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