A United Nations anti-terrorism group will begin adding Taliban content to a database used by tech companies to moderate their platforms. Tech Against Terrorism, a group launched by the United Nations Counter Terrorism Executive Directorate (UN CTED) that works with the tech industry to combat terrorist threats, announced Monday it would begin including official Taliban…
UN Anti-Terrorism Tech Group Adds Taliban to Watchlist
August 25, 2021
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Biden Says US On Track for Getting Americans out of Afghanistan by Aug. 31
August 24, 2021
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President Joe Biden said during a press conference on Tuesday that the United States is on pace to complete the Afghanistan evacuation mission by the Aug. 31 deadline as long as the Taliban continues to cooperate. “We are currently on a pace to finish by Aug. 31. The sooner we can finish, the better. Each…
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President Joe Biden is sticking to the deadline for withdrawing U.S. troops from Afghanistan by the end of the month, the Taliban now has access to over $85 billion worth of U.S. weapons, and House democrats are pushing through a second voting rights bill.
House Republicans Demand Answers From Defense Secretary on US Military Equipment Seized by Taliban
Two top Republicans on the House Oversight Committee are requesting the U.S. Department of Defense explain its plans to prevent billions of dollars worth of U.S weapons from being used by the Afghan Taliban. “As a direct result of the Biden Administration’s poorly planned and executed U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Taliban is now armed with…
House Republicans Demand Answers From Pentagon on US Military Equipment Seized by Taliban
Two top Republicans on the House Oversight Committee are requesting the U.S. Department of Defense explain its plans to prevent billions of dollars worth of U.S. weapons from being used by the Taliban. “As a direct result of the Biden Administration’s poorly planned and executed U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Taliban is now armed with a…
Taliban Executed Civilians, Recruited Child Soldiers, UN Rights Chief Warns
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…
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…
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…
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…
‘No Reason’ to Withdraw From Afghanistan Immediately: Former Australian PM
Former Prime Minister John Howard—who deployed Australian troops to Afghanistan in 2001 along with democratic allies—has questioned the need for the U.S. administration to withdraw all forces from the country immediately. “There was no reason why a very much smaller force could not have been left there for an indeterminant time,” he told Sky News…
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