Afghan National Detained For Planning Election Day Terror Attack On Behalf Of ISIS
(Photo by Ahmad Al Rubai/AFP via Getty Images) Sophia Flores of OAN3:40pm – Tuesday, October 8, 2024 The Department of Justice announced that an Afghan national living in the United States has been arrested on suspicion of conspiring to commit an election day terrorist attack in the United States. The suspect was planning the attack […]
Gold Star families rip Biden’s remarks about 13 killed in Afghan withdrawal: ‘No idea what he’s saying’
Families of 13 U.S. soldiers killed in the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021 expressed disappointment as President Biden delivered a brief eulogy for them at the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday. In what may be his final address to the United Nations, Biden, 81, defended the gaffe as “a difficult decision but […]
Inside a secret summit of Afghan women’s rights activists – podcast | News
In August, the Taliban issued a “Vice and Virtue” law that banned women's voices from being heard in public. A few weeks later, more than 130 women traveled to Tirana, Albania, to attend the Afghan Women's Summit to discuss the Taliban's human rights abuses. Guardian reporter Annie Kelly At the conference, Afghan women spoke about […]
Alleged Donald Trump Assassin Traveled to Ukraine, Wanted to Recruit Afghan Fighters
Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, who was arrested Sunday after being seen with a rifle in bushes on the edge of former President Donald Trump's golf course in West Palm Beach, Florida, is reported to have traveled to Ukraine after the Russian invasion and was recruiting Afghan fighters to help with assassinations. According to the report: […]
NYT interviewed Ryan Routh about recruiting Afghan soldiers to fight in Ukraine year before Trump attempt
The man accused of attempting to assassinate former President Trump on Sunday testified publicly to The New York Times last year, touting his efforts to recruit Afghan soldiers for the Ukraine war. Ryan Routh spoke to The New York Times more than a year ago after spending “many months” in Ukraine during the country's war […]
Kirby: ‘No use in responding’ to a ‘handful of vets’ on botched Afghan withdrawal
On the anniversary of 9/11, John Kirby, a spokesman for the White House National Security Council, dismissed concerns from veterans criticizing the failure to withdraw from Afghanistan, writing in a press inquiry from Fox News Digital that there was “no point” in weighing in on veterans' opinions. “Obviously, there's no point in replying; there is […]
Afghan family refused UK visas to join son, 13, evacuated from Kabul | Immigration and asylum
The Home Office has rejected the visa application of a family trapped in Afghanistan whose son fled to the UK when Kabul fell. Ahmad (not his real name) was brought to the UK aged 10 with his aunt and uncle during Operation Pitting in 2021, when around 15,000 British nationals and eligible Afghans were evacuated […]
Biden was hellbent on leaving Afghanistan – ignoring military advice, NATO objections and Afghan pleas: House report
WASHINGTON — President Biden has stuck to his guns and rejected any advice to the contrary, ignoring the pleas of the Afghan government and ignoring objections from U.S. allies. That was one of the main conclusions from a more than two-year House Foreign Affairs Committee investigation into the chaotic and deadly Afghanistan withdrawal, according to […]
Afghan gang rapes shatter Vienna’s civilized café society
Austria is often portrayed as a blissful paradise, echoing with the sounds of music and towering Alpine peaks, and its capital, Vienna, exudes a sophisticated atmosphere, known for its stunning architecture and countless cafes. But beneath this postcard-perfect image lies a much darker reality: yodeling has turned to screams as gang violence takes hold of […]
‘No One Is Perfect’: Dem Rep Papers Over ‘Mistakes’ In Botched Afghan Withdrawal
Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna of California told NBC News on Sunday that despite their “mistakes” in the botched Afghanistan withdrawal, both President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris deserve “credit” for ending the war. Gold Star families gathered at Arlington Cemetery on Monday to remember the 13 soldiers who died outside Kabul International Airport […]