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The Taliban’s spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid at a press conference on Tuesday said they would not agree to an extension of a looming August 31 deadline to evacuate Afghans from Hamid Karzai International Airport, even as the US President Joseph Biden is expected to soon announce his decision on the extension …
Read More »Taliban and Al Qaeda: If there’s no war, there won’t be an alliance
The U.S. military intervention in Afghanistan was about counterterrorism. Had it not been for a traumatic terrorist attack in the United States, 20 years of U.S. warfare in Afghanistan never would have occurred. Most Americans would have been oblivious to events there, and U.S. policymakers would have given the country …
Read More »Sheikh Mohamed meets French foreign and defence ministers in Abu Dhabi
Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, on Monday received Jean-Yves Le Drian, France’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Florence Parly, Minister of Defence. During the meeting at Al Shati Palace in Abu Dhabi, they discussed the current developments in …
Read More »The Taliban Haven’t Changed
Welcome back to “Forgotten Fact-Checks,” a weekly column produced by National Review’s News Desk. This week, we remind our leaders that the Taliban have not changed, highlight another shoddy smear job of Governor Ron DeSantis, and take note of more media misses. The Taliban Haven’t Changed For the first time …
Read More »U.S. Turning Away Some Afghan Allies from Kabul Airport to Give Priority to American Citizens
U.S. troops on the ground in Kabul are turning away from the airport some Afghan collaborators and interpreters who supported America during its two decade occupation of the territory. These personnel are being temporarily refused in order to give priority to U.S. citizens and green card holders, an anonymous State …
Read More »CIA Director Met with Taliban Leader in Kabul
CIA Director William J. Burns had a secret meeting with Taliban leader Abdul Ghani Baradar Monday in Kabul. The former deputy secretary of state was sent to attend the clandestine rendezvous by President Biden amid the chaotic circumstances surrounding the U.S. evacuation from Afghanistan following the Taliban’s takeover. Anonymous U.S. …
Read More »Taliban Says U.S. Must Meet August 31 Withdrawal Deadline: ‘No Extensions’
The Taliban on Tuesday eliminated any ambiguity surrounding the United States’ withdrawal deadline, saying the American military must be out of Afghanistan by the Biden administration’s August 31 departure date. Amid rumors that President Biden is deliberating pushing out the expiration date to evacuate the thousands of American nationals and …
Read More »No plans to increase troops at Kabul airport as deadline looms, Pentagon says
Evacuation flights peaked over the past 24 hours, but security fears are growing amid Taliban warning. The Pentagon has no plans to request additional troops to secure Kabul airport as evacuations pick up ahead of an expected withdrawal deadline next week, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told reporters Monday. Some 16,000 …
Read More »L’erreur afghane
Les Russes avaient compris les premiers qu’on n’impose pas le socialisme à un pays musulman. Les Américains viennent de comprendre qu’on n’impose pas la démocratie à un pays islamique. Le bilan amer de Jean-Paul Brighelli sur le drame afghan. Voici un pays qui a sensiblement la même taille que la …
Read More »Syrian jihadis hail Taliban ‘conquest’ despite their own effort to rebrand
The Taliban’s rapid takeover of Afghanistan was widely welcomed by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, which offered sweets in the streets of Idlib. Islamists of various shades have hailed the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan as a major victory for global jihad. Leaders of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the powerful extremist Sunni group …
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