Tag: Taliban

Taliban Demand Afghans Hand Over Guns, Ammo Within a Week

A spokesman for the Taliban said that Afghans who have government-issued weapons, ammunition, or vehicles need to hand them over or face punishment. “All those who have government goods, equipment, weapons, ammunition, or vehicles need to hand them over to the relevant department,” said Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid on Twitter, according to translation. The weapons need…


France Held Talks With Taliban to Facilitate Evacuations: Foreign Ministry

PARIS—France has held talks with representatives of the Taliban in recent days in Kabul and in Doha to ease its ongoing evacuations from the Afghan capital, the foreign ministry said on Friday. Suhail Shaheen, a spokesman for the Taliban, had earlier said on Twitter that a French delegation had met the group in the Qatari…


500,000 Afghans Likely to Seek Refuge in Other Countries, UN Warns

The United Nations (UN) said on Friday they are estimating up to half a million Afghan nationals could flee a humanitarian crisis in their homeland in a worst-case scenario. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) appealed to all neighboring countries to keep their borders open for refugees seeking safety after a Taliban takeover of…


Biden: US ‘May Have’ Shared List of Names With Taliban

President Joe Biden on Thursday didn’t deny reports that the administration handed the Taliban a list of names of American citizens, green card holders and Afghan allied personnel in an attempt grant them entry to Kabul’s international airport, saying that it “may have” happened. “There have been occasions where our military has contacted their military…


3 California Families Get out of Afghanistan to Safety

EL CAJON, Calif.—Three families from a San Diego suburb have made it out of Afghanistan after they went to the country earlier this summer to visit relatives and got stuck there amid the chaos following the Taliban’s takeover, officials said Thursday. Five other families from El Cajon were still trying to get out, and U.S….


EXCLUSIVE: Kabul Woman Risks Life to Call for International Action

Farzana Kochai, member of the Afghan Parliament and activist, was a child when the Taliban last occupied Afghanistan. She remembers the ban on girls attending school and on women working, and women needing a chaperone if they wanted to go outside their homes. Kochai is now risking her life to speak out in order to…


Beijing Stands Against Sanctions on Taliban

Beijing opposes current sanctions against the Taliban. The stance falls in line with the friendly relations between them—but each with their own selfish motives. An eastern Chinese city has been under lockdown for nearly a month. Residents in some areas aren’t allowed to go out—even for food. Military exercises seem to become an everyday routine…


Johnnie Moore on the ‘Human Rights Catastrophe’ in Afghanistan and the China, Taliban, Pakistan Alliance

As the situation in Afghanistan deteriorates, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has eagerly exploited the crisis to discredit the United States, says Johnnie Moore, a former Commissioner for the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). And with the Taliban and Pakistan at its side, the CCP is “creating a new axis of collaborators against…


NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (Aug. 26)

Suicide bombers killed at least 70 people near the Kabul airport, President Joe Biden addresses the nation about the deadly Kabul airport attacks, and Beijing is opposing current sanctions against the Taliban.


Taliban Condemn Attack at Kabul Airport

The Taliban terrorist group on Thursday condemned the bombings at the U.S.-held airport in Kabul. “The Islamic Emirate strongly condemns the bombing of civilians at Kabul airport, which took place in an area where U.S. forces are responsible for security,” Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said in a statement. “The Islamic Emirate is paying close attention…