Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday that President Joe Biden is doing the “right thing” by withdrawing all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, but stressed that it matters how the Biden administration executes the plans. The Biden administration’s tactics, decisions, timing, and execution regarding the drawdown of combat troops in the…
Pompeo: Biden ‘Right’ to Withdraw US Troops From Afghanistan, But Execution Matters
White House Won’t Say Whether Special Operations Troops Will Remain in Afghanistan After Sept. 11
The White House hasn’t yet announced whether special operations troops will remain in Afghanistan after President Joe Biden on April 14 outlined a drawdown of combat troops in the region that will begin May 1 and conclude by Sept. 11. Special operations troops were the first deployed in the war in Afghanistan nearly two decades…
White House Won’t Say Whether Special Operations Troops Will Remain in Afghanistan After September 11
The White House hasn’t yet announced whether special operations troops will remain in Afghanistan after President Joe Biden on April 14 outlined a drawdown of combat troops in the region that will begin May 1 and conclude by Sept. 11. Special operations troops were the first deployed in the war in Afghanistan nearly two decades…
NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (April 14)
President Biden says U.S. troops will be coming home from Afghanistan, Minnesota saw its third consecutive day of violent demonstrations after the shooting of Daunte Wright, and the House Oversight and Reform Committee passes a bill that would make Washington D.C. the 51st state of the United States.
Will There Be a Penalty for Withdrawal From Afghanistan?
Commentary President Biden’s announced intention to complete the withdrawal of all U.S. forces from Afghanistan by September 11, exactly 20 years after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, will complete a goal former President Trump wanted to meet, but did not, following advice from military leaders, who convinced him that…
5 Miners Die, 4 Missing in Coal Mine Collapse in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan—A makeshift coal mine collapsed Tuesday in northern Afghanistan, burying five miners and leaving four more missing, a provincial security official said. Jawed Basharat, a spokesman for the provincial police chief in northern Baghlan province said a rescue team is at the site in Nahrin district. Collapsing coal mines are happening more often in…
EXCLUSIVE: Afghanistan’s Security Is Linked to World Security, Says Senior Afghan Diplomat
NEW DELHI—Ahead of the May 1 troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, the country’s Ambassador to India and the former senior political advisor to the Afghan National Security Council told The Epoch Times in an exclusive interview that the Afghans are not fighting a civil war but international terrorism. The withdrawal of troops shouldn’t be time-bound, he said….
US Would Consult NATO Allies on Any Decision to Withdraw Troops From Afghanistan: Blinken
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday at the start of a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Foreign Ministers’ meeting that the United States will consult NATO Allies about the way forward on Afghanistan. Asked about any possible withdrawal from Afghanistan, where the United States has been at war since 2001, Blinken said…
Taliban Warns of ‘Reaction’ If US Doesn’t Leave Afghanistan
The Taliban has warned that there will be a “reaction” if the United States keeps troops in Afghanistan beyond May 1. Suhail Shaheen, a member of the Taliban negotiation team, told reporters in Moscow late last week that if American troops were to stay beyond the deadline, “it will be a kind of violation of…
US Defense Secretary Meets Afghan President Amid Peace Process Review
KABUL—U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin met Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in an unnanounced visit to Kabul on Sunday as Washington reviews the peace process there and its planned troop withdrawal. Austin said on Twitter he had come to “listen and learn”, on his first trip to Afghanistan since his appointment. “This visit been very helpful…
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