Category: Middle East

Famous Actor Among Afghan Refugees in Karachi

With the Taliban’s takeover of Kabul thousands of people have fled Afghanistan fearful of what the future may hold for the nation, including a well known actor in the country. Farhad Khan is one of many Afghan refugees now living in a camp in the Pakistani city of Karachi. The local star has worked with…


Cancer Patients’ Own Cells Used in 3D Printed Tumors to Test Treatments

TEL AVIV—Researchers have used brain cancer patients’ own cells in a form of 3D printing material to make a model of their tumor to test the efficacy of potential treatments before using them for real inside the body. The scientists extract “a chunk” of the tumor from the brain of a patient with glioblastoma—an aggressive…


US Families Mid-Adoption Trying to Get Afghan Children Out

After five frustrating years mired in bureaucratic delays, Bahaudin Mujtaba and his wife Lisa had hoped to finally bring the 10-year-old Afghan boy they’re adopting to their home in Florida this year for a chance at a different future. But with the collapse of the Afghan government, the couple is desperately trying to get the…


US Troops to Continue Evacuations of Americans in Afghanistan ‘Until We Get Them All Out’: Biden

President Joe Biden said in an interview on Wednesday that his administration plans to keep U.S. troops in Afghanistan until all Americans who seek to leave have been evacuated. In an interview with ABC News, Biden was pressed by host George Stephanopoulos repeatedly about what the administration will do if Americans and their Afghan allies are…


Facts Matter (Aug 18): $83B Spent on Afghan Army Ends Up in Taliban Hands: Guns, Ammo, Helicopters, Rockets

There are currently about 11,000 Americans who are stuck in Afghanistan. However, it appears that they are being left alone and allowed to evacuate. Meanwhile, after taking over provincial capitals, as well as Kabul, the Taliban was able to seize billions of dollars worth of American military equipment. This includes guns, ammunition, rocket launchers, as…


Biden: No Way to Withdraw US Military From Afghanistan Without ‘Chaos’

In his first interview following the Taliban capture of Afghanistan, President Joe Biden defended his choice to withdraw from Afghanistan and said it was impossible to do so without “chaos ensuing.” “No, I don’t think it could have been handled in a way that, we’re gonna go back in hindsight and look—but the idea that…


Pennsylvania Man Worried About Family Stranded in Afghanistan

It has been two days since Syed Parast heard from his brother-in-law, an American citizen trapped in Afghanistan with his wife and four children, ages 4, 7, 8, and 13. The family had gone to Afghanistan for a wedding and stayed a few months to visit with family. They planned to return to the United…


‘First-Come, First-Serve’: US Embassy Says Military Can’t Ensure ‘Safe Passage’ to Kabul Airport

The U.S. Embassy in Kabul said Wednesday the federal government and military cannot ensure the safe passage to the Kabul airport after Taliban extremists took over the capital as video footage shows throngs of people trying to enter the facility. “The United States government cannot ensure safe passage to the Hamid Karzai International Airport,” the U.S….


‘I’m Trying to Get My Family out of Here’: American Describes Being Stranded in Afghanistan

An American stranded in Afghanistan says he is having trouble making it to the Kabul airport, the last vestige of U.S. presence in the city. “No one wants to say, ‘Hey, I’m an American, let me go in,’” Haroon, the American, said on “Fox & Friends.” U.S. troops control the Hamid Karzai International Airport, but Taliban…


Former Afghan Women’s Captain Tells Players to Burn Kits, Delete Photos

The former captain of the Afghan women’s soccer team has urged players to delete social media, erase public identities and burn their kits for safety’s sake now that the country is again under Taliban rule. Copenhagen-based Khalida Popal told Reuters in a video interview on Wednesday that the militants had killed, raped and stoned women…