The United Nations high commissioner for human rights expressed concerns on Tuesday that she had obtained “harrowing and credible reports” of serious human rights violations, including “summary executions,” by Taliban terrorists in Afghanistan. Michelle Bachelet didn’t provide additional details on the findings while speaking at an emergency meeting with the UN Human Rights Council, but…
Taliban Executed Civilians, Recruited Child Soldiers, UN Rights Chief Warns
Republicans Look to Capitalize on Biden Afghan Fiasco in 2022
August 24, 2021
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News Analysis In a press conference Tuesday morning led by Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.), House Republicans blasted the Biden administration for its handling of the Afghanistan withdrawal, presaging likely Republican focuses in the 2022 midterm elections. Scalise began by blasting Biden’s handling of the ongoing situation, saying it has now devolved to the point that…
UK’s Johnson Says G-7 Agreed Taliban Must Allow Departures From Afghanistan After Aug. 31
World leaders in the powerful Group of Seven (G-7) agreed that the Taliban terrorist group must let people leave Afghanistan past Aug. 31, United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson said after a G-7 meeting. The group, which includes U.S. President Joe Biden, agreed in the meeting on “not just a joint approach to dealing with…
UK’s Johnson Says G-7 Agreed That Taliban Must Allow Departures From Afghanistan After Aug. 31
Leaders of the powerful Group of Seven (G-7) nations agreed that the Taliban terrorist group must let people evacuate from Afghanistan past Aug. 31, United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson said. The group, which includes the United States, agreed in the meeting on “not just a joint approach to dealing with the evacuation but also…
Taliban Threaten Afghanistan’s Cultural Heritage: Film Maker
Brent E. Huffman, the director of “Saving Mes Aynak,” an acclaimed documentary about efforts to preserve a 5,000-year-old settlement containing Buddha statues, paintings, and other artifacts near Kabul, is concerned about the fate of Afghanistan’s cultural heritage under the Taliban. The archeological site of Mes Aynak sits on top of the world’s second-largest copper ore…
France: Afghan Refugee ‘Obviously Linked’ to Taliban Arrested in Paris
An Afghani man who was recently flown from Kabul to Paris has been detained by French police over suspected links to the Taliban and after failing to comply with a quarantine order, authorities confirmed. French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin announced on Tuesday that among five Afghan refugees who had been placed under strict surveillance by the…
LIVE: House Minority Leader McCarthy Speaks About Afghanistan After Classified Briefing
Taliban Urges Afghans Not to Flee Afghanistan, Refuses to Budge on Deadline
The Taliban on Tuesday said Afghans should not leave Afghanistan and refused to agree to an extension of the looming U.S. withdrawal deadline. “We are sending a message to the Americans again to evacuate their citizens by [Aug. 31] because they have the means to do so, they have planes and the airport is with…
NTD News Today Full Broadcast (Aug. 24)
President Joe Biden is set to meet with G-7 leaders on Afghanistan, while U.S. lawmakers start investigating what went wrong. And evacuations increase, with the deadline just a week away. As America continues talks with the Taliban, many wonder how the country was taken over so quickly. A navy-reservist shares his perspective on Afghanistan’s sudden…
Violence Against Women at the Hands of the Taliban
Commentary As the Afghanistan crisis unfolds, the emerging reports of suffering, violence, and brutality inflicted on the Afghan people at the hands of the Taliban are devastating. In Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, women in particular are in grave danger. As former President George W. Bush said, “I’m afraid Afghan women and girls are going to suffer unspeakable…
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