Taliban declares it will no longer allow Afghans to leave the country, will not extend deadline for Americans to get out
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The Taliban announced Tuesday that it will no longer allow Afghan nationals to go to the Kabul airport in order to flee the country.
"We are not in favor of allowing Afghans to leave," Taliban spokesman...
Twenty years after the 9/11 attacks, U.S. intelligence documents reveal 229 "rehabbed" former Gitmo detainees have returned to terrorism and killing Americans — and an alarming 66% of them have not been recaptured and are still at large.
Meanwhile, President...
FDA grants full approval to Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid shot, clearing path to more vaccine mandates
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The Food and Drug Administration on Monday granted full approval to Pfizer and BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine – becoming the first in the U.S. to win the coveted designation and giving even more businesses, schools and universities greater confidence to...
US general tells British special forces: Stop rescuing people in Kabul, you’re making us look bad
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I understand that the commanding general of the 82nd Airborne Division has told the commander of the British special forces at the Kabul airport to cease operations beyond the airport perimeter.
Maj. Gen. Christopher Donahue has told...
Secretary of State Antony Blinken won’t dispute U.S. has to ask Taliban for PERMISSION to evacuate Americans
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken didn't deny on Sunday that the U.S. has to ask the Taliban for permission to get Americans out of Afghanistan as the developing situation in Kabul continues to present obstacles for evacuations.
'Someone in our...
Biden tells nation on Afghanistan: ‘Any American who wants to come home, we will get you home’
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On Friday afternoon, President Joe Biden addressed the nation regarding the ongoing crisis in Afghanistan.
During his address, which began roughly 50 minutes behind schedule, the president stood beside vice president Kamala Harris and Secretary of...
The Pentagon said Wednesday morning that between Tuesday 3 a.m. and Wednesday 3 a.m., the military evacuated about 2,000 from the Kabul airport, including 325 Americans.
That small number of Americans is compared to the estimated...
Joe Biden claimed in an interview Wednesday no one was getting killed around the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, despite reports of 12 deaths in the area.
From the transcript:
STEPHANOPOULOS: Still a lotta’ pandemonium outside the airport.
BIDEN:...
Pentagon leaders said at a briefing on Wednesday that the United States military does not have the capability to help the thousands of Americans stranded outside the Kabul airport, which is now surrounded by Taliban...
Joe Biden’s State Dept Halted A Trump-Era ‘Crisis Response’ Plan Aimed At Avoiding Benghazi-Style Evacuations Just MONTHS Before Taliban Takeover
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The “Contingency and Crisis Response Bureau” – which was designed to handle medical, diplomatic, and logistical support concerning Americans overseas was paused by Anthony Blinken’s State Department earlier this year. Notification was officially signed just months before the...