Three people have died in Afghanistan’s capital city of Kabul after the Taliban crashed a Black Hawk helicopter left behind by U.S. troops who withdrew from the country in 2021. The Taliban’s defense ministry confirmed the crash, which happened during a Taliban training exercise, in a statement on Sept. 10. “An American Black Hawk helicopter, which was flown … for…
3 Dead in Afghanistan After Taliban Crashes US Black Hawk Helicopter Left Behind During Withdrawal
‘We Did That’: Afghanistan a Year After the US Surrender
Originally published by Gatestone Institute Commentary July 31st 2022. Kabul, Afghanistan. Ayman al-Zawahiri is killed by an American drone strike. His death is described as a victory against Islamic terrorism and a success for the Biden administration. Zawahiri was an Islamic terrorist, head of al-Qaeda; his death was good news. America’s intelligence services showed they still could obtain precise intelligence…
Biden’s Shameful Afghan Betrayal
Commentary Recently I have held two podcast conversations on Newt’s World about the first anniversary of President Biden’s abandonment of Afghanistan. For the first podcast, I spoke with a U.S. Marine and his Afghan interpreter who was stranded in Afghanistan. During the second episode, I learned about an amazing team effort to help our Afghan…
Huge Explosion Hits Kabul Mosque, at Least 21 Dead
KABUL—A blast that tore through a Kabul mosque during evening prayers on Wednesday killed 21 people, Kabul police said on Thursday, as the United Nations expressed concern over a growing number of civilian casualties from explosions. Police spokesperson Khalid Zadran said that another 33 people had been injured in the blast, which witnesses told Reuters…
Taliban: 2 Civilians Killed in a Bomb Blast in Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD—A bomb hidden in a cart went off on Friday near a mosque in a minority Shiite neighborhood of the Afghan capital, killing two civilians and wounding another three, a Taliban official said. According to Khalid Zadran, the Taliban-appointed spokesman for the Kabul police chief, the attack happened in western Kabul, in the Sar-e Karez…
Taliban Responds to US Strike That Killed al-Qaeda Leader
The Taliban on Thursday said it wasn’t aware al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri was in Kabul days after the Biden administration confirmed it killed him in the Afghan capital. A chief spokesman for the Taliban said the group ordered its “investigative and intelligence agencies to conduct serious and comprehensive investigations on various aspects of the mentioned event.” “There…
Biden Taking Credit for the Strike on Al Qaeda, but Gets None
Commentary A U.S. drone, likely controlled by the CIA, killed Al Qaeda’s top leader, Ayman al Zawahiri, on Aug. 1. President Joe Biden took credit for the strike. Zawahiri was a deputy to Osama Bin Laden and the most important planner of the 9/11 attacks. The drone found him on his balcony in Kabul, Afghanistan,…
John Robson: Let’s Leave Literary Pomposity to the Deer Flies
Commentary The Canadian dream of paradise surely includes a book on the dock in the dog days of summer. Or possibly on the screened-in cottage porch given the Canadian deer fly’s dream of tearing out a ragged chunk of your meat, inspiring the further Canadian dream of a dragonfly’s jaws piercing the absconding miscreant with…
Gunmen Kill 2 Policemen, Polio Worker in Northwest Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan— Gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on Pakistani police escorting a team of polio workers Tuesday during a door-to-door inoculation campaign in a former Pakistani Taliban stronghold, killing two policemen and a polio worker, police said. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack in North Waziristan, a district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province….
Germany Says It Helped 21,000 People Get out of Afghanistan
BERLIN—The German government has managed to get more than 21,000 former local employees and other endangered people out of Afghanistan since the Taliban seized power almost a year ago, Germany’s foreign minister said Thursday. However, around 10,000 people are still waiting for an opportunity to get out with German help, Annelena Baerbock told reporters in…
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