Commentary The astonishingly ignominious collapse of the international antiterrorist activity in Afghanistan is a watershed in several important respects. It must ring down the curtain with a thunderclap on the impenetrable and all-forgiving Biden honeymoon. The national political and social media were 95 percent hostile to President Trump and locked arms to conduct Biden’s campaign…
Afghanistan Rings Down the Curtain on the Biden Administration Honeymoon
World Leaders Shocked, Express Disappointment Over Afghanistan Collapse
World leaders expressed shock and dismay after the Taliban took over Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, following swift advances that caught the United States off guard as it was withdrawing from the country. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson described the Taliban takeover as “extremely difficult,” adding that it is “very important the West collectively should work together to…
Dutch Military Plans to Send ‘Several Flights’ to Afghan Capital for Evacuations
A Dutch military plane is on the way to the Afghan capital to pick up people in Kabul following a Taliban takeover on Aug. 15, the country’s defense minister said on Monday. “A military plane is currently en route to becoming the first to evacuate interpreters, local embassy personnel, and families from Kabul,” Dutch Minister of…
Saigon All Over Again
Commentary America and the world is watching in rapt dismay as Afghanistan falls into the hands of the Taliban. Just weeks ago, Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said this would not happen. “The Afghan Security Forces have the capacity to sufficiently fight and defend their country,” he said. Biden too…
Biden Remains Silent as Taliban Swarms Kabul
President Joe Biden hasn’t spoken with the media about the Taliban overthrowing the government in Afghanistan since his last statement on Saturday, one day before the terrorist group swarmed Kabul. “[W]e have conveyed to the Taliban representatives in Doha, via our Combatant Commander, that any action on their part on the ground in Afghanistan, that…
White House Press Secretary ‘Out of the Office’ as Biden Remains Silent on Taliban, Afghanistan
President Joe Biden’s top spokesperson is out of the office for a week as the president stays silent on the Taliban overthrowing the government in Afghanistan. White House press secretary Jen Psaki says she’s “out of the office” from Aug. 15 to Aug. 22, according to an automated email message The Epoch Times received early…
Afghanistan Aviation Authority Advises Transit Aircraft to Reroute
The Afghanistan Civil Aviation Authority (ACAA) said on Monday that Kabul airspace had been released to the military and that it advised transit aircraft to reroute, according to a notice to airmen on its website, hastening some airline route switches. United Airlines, British Airways, and Virgin Atlantic had already stopped using Afghanistan airspace after the…
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…
Live Q&A: 6,000 Troops Deploying to Afghanistan to Assist; Remain in Mexico Policy Reinstated
The Biden administration is sending 6,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan to help U.S. personnel evacuate the country as Taliban forces move into Kabul. And in other news, a federal judge ordered the renewal of the “Remain in Mexico” policy to address the immigration crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border. In this live Q&A with Crossroads host…
Afghanistan and the Cost of Having a ‘Normal’ President
Consider this a letter of congratulations. I address it to Democrats everywhere who told us that Joe Biden would return the United States to a state of normality. I address it also to those, many putative Republicans as well as Democrats, who fought tooth-and-nail against Donald Trump because—well, because he was not a “normal” politician. Donald…
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