Category: Middle East

Over 60 Nations Ask Taliban to Allow Foreigners, Afghans Safe Passage Out of Kabul

More than 60 countries issued a joint statement late on Sunday calling on the Taliban terrorist group to allow safe passage for foreign nationals and Afghans out of Kabul. Citing the “deteriorating security situation” in Afghanistan, the nations said that those in positions of power and authority across Afghanistan “bear responsibility—and accountability—for the protection of…


US Embassy Says Kabul Airport Under Taliban Fire, Tells Americans to ‘Shelter in Place’

The U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan advised Americans to “shelter in place” amid reports that the Kabul Airport, one of the main exit points from Afghanistan, is taking fire from Taliban terrorists. In a bulletin sent out on Sunday, the U.S. Department of State said that “the security situation in Kabul is changing quickly including at…


Afghanistan President Flees Country as Taliban Enters Kabul

Afghanistan’s president, Ashraf Ghani, on Sunday fled the country as the Taliban terrorist group surrounded the capital, Kabul, according to a senior official. Abdullah Abdullah, the head of the High Council for National Reconciliation, confirmed on social media that Ghani fled the country, coming about a day after Ghani claimed that he would be able to…


Taliban Enters Kabul as Afghan President Flees Country

Afghanistan’s president, Ashraf Ghani, on Sunday fled the country as the Taliban terrorist group surrounded the capital, Kabul, according to a senior official, while the Taliban claimed hours later that it had entered the Afghan presidential palace. Photos circulating online show members of the Taliban, holding AK-47-style rifles, inside the palace. Abdullah Abdullah, the head…


Taliban Enters Presidential Palace as Afghan President Flees Country

Afghanistan’s president, Ashraf Ghani, on Sunday fled the country as the Taliban terrorist group surrounded the capital, Kabul, according to a senior official, while the Taliban claimed hours later that it had entered the Afghan presidential palace. Photos circulating online show members of the Taliban, holding AK-47-style rifles, inside the palace. Abdullah Abdullah, the head…


Taliban Enters Presidential Palace, Declares Victory as Afghan President Flees

Afghanistan’s president, Ashraf Ghani, on Sunday fled the country as the Taliban terrorist group surrounded the capital, Kabul, according to a senior official, while the Taliban entered the Afghan presidential palace. Photos circulating online show members of the Taliban, holding AK-47-style rifles, inside the palace. Speaking to Al Jazeera TV during a live stream, a…


Israel Condemns Poland Restitution Law, Recalls Top Diplomat

WARSAW, Poland—Israel on Saturday condemned Poland’s approval of a law that restricts the rights of Holocaust survivors or their descendants to reclaim property seized by the country’s former communist regime and announced it was recalling its top diplomat in protest. The move ignited a diplomatic crisis between Israel’s new government and the nationalist conservative government…


At Least 22 Killed in Lebanon Fuel Tank Explosion: Health Officials

BEIRUT—At least 22 people were killed and 79 injured when a fuel tank exploded in northern Lebanon early on Sunday, the health minister said. Military and security sources said that the army had seized a fuel storage tank hidden by black marketeers and was in the midst of handing out gasoline to residents when the…


Taliban at Door of Afghan Capital After Jalalabad Falls, US Starts Evacuating Embassy

KABUL—The United States started evacuating its diplomats and was sending more troops to help secure Kabul airport and the embassy after the Taliban’s lightning advances brought the Islamist group to the door of the capital in a matter of days. Just last week, a U.S. intelligence estimate said Kabul could hold out for at least…


US Starts Evacuating Embassy in Kabul

KABUL—The United States started evacuating its diplomats and was sending more troops to help secure Kabul airport and the embassy after the Taliban’s lightning advances brought the Islamist group to the door of the capital in a matter of days. Just last week, a U.S. intelligence estimate said Kabul could hold out for at least…