The baby seen being passed from a crowd waiting outside the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, was treated and reunited with his or her parents, the Pentagon said on Friday. “The parent asked the Marines to look after the baby because the baby was ill,” John Kirby, the Pentagon’s spokesman, told reporters in Washington. “And so…
US Says a Dozen Countries to Let Kabul Evacuation Flights Transit
WASHINGTON—The U.S. government said on Friday that a dozen countries, from Europe to the Middle East and Central Asia, will allow Americans and others evacuated from Kabul to transit their territory as it steps up its evacuation efforts from Afghanistan. State Department spokesperson Ned Price said Bahrain, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Qatar, Tajikistan, Turkey,…
EXCLUSIVE: Kabul Reporter Tells of Airport Chaos and Strange Street Scenes Amid Taliban Takeover
Kabul-based reporter Ali Latifi says he goes out each day to the streets to face his fear and to show the Taliban, he’s “not going to stop living [his] life.” Afghanistan-born Latifi returned to live in Kabul from the United States in 2013. He now faces a very altered way of life in his birth…
Stranded Afghans Delete Social Media as Taliban Seizes US Surveillance Equipment
Concerned that they could be targeted by Taliban online surveillance operations, U.S. Afghan allies are reportedly scrambling to delete their social media profiles in droves. Meanwhile, privacy advocates are raising the concern that the U.S. data program possibly inherited by the Taliban could lead to blowback threatening civil liberties in America. The New York-based group…
NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (Aug. 20)
Evacuation efforts have flown 13,000 Americans and Afghans out of Afghanistan since last week, people trying to evacuate must escape both the Taliban and the shooting that takes place right outside the airport, and a monoclonal antibody treatment for COVID-19 is gaining traction in Florida.
Pentagon Aware of Reports That Americans Are Being Beaten by Taliban: Spokesman
A spokesman for the Department of Defense (DOD) said the Pentagon is aware of reports that Americans have been beaten in Afghanistan by Taliban members, appearing to contradict comments made by President Joe Biden earlier in the day. Earlier Friday, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told congressional lawmakers in a confidential call that U.S. citizens were…
After Afghan Debacle, Stop the Nation-Building Crusades Once and for All
Commentary President Joe Biden’s haphazard, poorly executed troop withdrawal from the morass of Afghanistan has irrevocably sullied America’s reputation. Even those of us who have long supported drawing down the decades-old American military footprint from this strategically unimportant third-world backwater have been horrified at the indefensible manner in which this extraction was done. Kabul is,…
Beijing’s Support of the Taliban Will Lead Itself to Troubles and Pitfalls
Commentary With the Taliban taking over Kabul just days ago, China’s Foreign Ministry said Beijing has always played “a constructive role” in Afghanistan, during a press briefing on Aug. 17. The Chinese regime considers the situation as a strategic opportunity to be more actively involved in Afghan affairs. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with…
Biden: US Watching for Terrorists, Including From ISIS, Near Kabul Airport
President Joe Biden on Friday said the U.S. military is keeping watch on possible terrorist threats near the Kabul airport, including ISIS, coming after a number of high-profile prison releases occurred as the Taliban took over Afghanistan. “We are keeping a close watch on any potential terrorist threat at or around the airport including ISIS…
US Troops Carried Out Operation to Rescue 169 Americans in Kabul
American troops left the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, this week and rescued 169 Americans, officials said Friday. The operation took place on Wednesday or Thursday, President Joe Biden said while answering questions at the White House. U.S. troops saw the Americans outside the Hamid Karzai International Airport and decided to act, Department of Defense spokesman John…
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