Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are expressing doubts about the Afghanistan deadline. What do they have to say? And what reason does the Taliban give for blocking the road to the airport? Only one province remains in Afghanistan that’s not under Taliban control. The people there have resisted foreign occupation for decades. They…
Poland Halts Afghan Airlift Over Safety as US Deadline Looms
WARSAW, Poland—Poland has ended its evacuations from Afghanistan, an official said Wednesday, one of the first Western countries to halt operations helping people flee the Taliban takeover as a full American withdrawal looms. President Joe Biden declared the day before that he is sticking to his Aug. 31 deadline for completing the U.S. pullout, ramping…
UK Defence Secretary Clears Private Airlift for Animal Shelter from Kabul
The defence secretary has cleared a private flight out of Kabul arranged by a British Royal Marine veteran who is determined to evacuate not only the staff who work at his animal shelter, but also some 200 cats and dogs. Paul Farthing founded the Nowzad shelter after serving with the British Army in Afghanistan in…
UK’s Raab Responds to Questions About Holiday as Kabul Fell
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has for the first time addressed questions about his being on holiday in Crete as the Taliban advanced through Afghanistan and took Kabul. “With the benefit of hindsight I would have been back earlier, but we were all surprised by the scale and the pace of the collapse of the situation,”…
Afghanistan Situation Worse Than Saigon: Former Foreign Correspondent
The situation in Afghanistan is worse than that in Vietnam in 1975, a former foreign correspondent says. Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam at the time, fell to the North Vietnamese Army on April 30, 1975. In the days leading up to the takeover, which effectively ended the Vietnam War, American troops evacuated thousands of…
Afghan Army Officer Witnessed ‘Humanitarian Disaster’ Before Evacuation to UK
An Afghan army captain has described the “humanitarian disaster” she witnessed in Taliban-controlled areas as she fled to Kabul airport before being evacuated to the UK. Captain Muraal, a 26-year-old captain in the Afghan army, has been evacuated as part of the UK Government’s Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP). Footage released by the Ministry…
48 Hours to Get Civilians out of Afghanistan: Former UK Defence Chief
British troops have a window of just 48 hours to evacuate civilians from Afghanistan, according to a former defence chief, if they are to withdraw by the Aug. 31 deadline. Speaking to the Telegraph, Lord David Richards said he was he is “pretty certain” that logistics allow only two more days for civilian rescue efforts…
UK Will Use ‘Every Hour’ Left for Kabul Evacuations: Foreign Secretary
The UK authorities will use “every hour” left to maximise the number of people who can be evacuated from Afghanistan, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said on Wednesday. The British government is working “as fast as we can” to evacuate people at the Kabul airport, Raab told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, adding that 2,000 have…
Harris Calls Out China’s ‘Bullying’ in South China Sea During Vietnam Visit
August 25, 2021
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Vice President Kamala Harris called on Vietnam to support the United States’ efforts to confront China’s “bullying” in the South China Sea on Aug. 25, a day after she outlined the Biden administration’s foreign policy for the Indo–Pacific region in a speech in Singapore. Harris also announced a new COVID-19 vaccine donation to Vietnam, in…
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