Tag: Taliban

Beijing Continues to Capitalize on US Withdrawal From Afghanistan for Propaganda

Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said the United States withdrawal from Afghanistan was “a laughing stock,” during a daily press conference on Aug. 19, as part of Beijing’s propaganda campaign to leverage the crisis to attack the United States. Islamist terrorist group Taliban swept across Afghanistan and took over the capital Kabul as the…


Beijing Continues to Capitalize on US Withdrawal From Afghanistan for Propaganda Campaign

Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said the United States withdrawal from Afghanistan was “a laughingstock,” during a daily press conference on Aug. 19, as part of Beijing’s propaganda campaign to leverage the crisis to attack the United States. Islamist terrorist group Taliban swept across Afghanistan and took over the capital Kabul as the U.S….


Family Begs for Return of American Captured by Taliban

Relatives of an American being held captive the Taliban terrorist group is calling on the Biden administration to secure his release. Mark Frerichs was kidnapped by the Taliban in January of 2020 while working as a contractor in Afghanistan. The Taliban took over the country this month after the United States pulled out most of its…


EU Says No Recognition of Taliban, No Political Talks

BRUSSELS—The European Union has not recognized the Taliban, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Saturday, nor is it holding political talks with the militants, a week after they seized control of Afghanistan. The Taliban completed a lightning takeover of Afghanistan on Sunday, walking into the capital Kabul without firing a shot. The…


UK in Race to Evacuate Britons and Afghans as Biden Sets Rescue Deadline

The UK is in a race against time to help British nationals and supportive Afghans leave Afghanistan as the U.S. president suggested rescue missions must be completed within 10 days. President Joe Biden, at a press conference on Friday, signalled U.S. efforts to rescue American citizens could wrap up at the end of the month,…


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…


Taliban Accused of Brutally Killing, Torturing Minority Group Men: Amnesty

Taliban extremists brutally massacred several members of the minority Hazara community after taking control of Ghazni province, according to a recent report from human rights organization Amnesty International, disputing public claims that the Taliban will provide amnesty for certain groups after taking over Afghanistan this week. “On-the-ground researchers spoke to eyewitnesses who gave harrowing accounts…


Taliban’s Delicate Situation With Iran and the CCP

Analysis Afghanistan is known as the Crossroads of Central Asia. Its stability affects neighboring countries such as Iran, Pakistan, and China. With the Taliban returning to power, how will its relations with border countries develop and affect the regional power balance? The Epoch Times Chinese edition interviewed Yuping Su, former diplomat in Israel from Taiwan,…


NTD News Today Full Broadcast (Aug. 20)

The Taliban is allegedly hunting down people on their wanted list. What could it mean? And what are Republican lawmakers demanding answers about? The U.S. and its allies have rescued an Afghan who was being hunted by the Taliban. The man spent years helping the American military. He and his family were airlifted out of…