Biden considered resigning vice presidency ‘in protest’ over Obama’s Afghanistan policy: Hur report
President Biden resigned as vice president “in protest” of former President Barack Obama’s Afghanistan policy in 2009, according to special counsel Robert Hur’s report on President Biden’s mishandling of classified documents released Thursday. He said he was considering doing so. Mr. Hsu has been investigating Mr. Biden’s improper retention of classified records since last year. […]
Biden taps official who left US allies stranded in Afghanistan for Iraq envoy gig: ‘Blood on their hands’
President Biden has been accused of trying to promote a State Department official who failed to protect America’s allies in Afghanistan to a key ambassadorship in the Middle East. Mr. Biden, 81, announced on January 25 that he would nominate Tracy Ann Jacobson, 59, to be the next US ambassador to Iraq, and the Senate […]
Russian Private Jet Believed to Have Crashed over Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Russian private jet carrying six people appears to have crashed in a remote area of rural Afghanistan, authorities said Sunday. The crash occurred on Saturday in a mountainous area near the Zebak district of Badakhshan province, regional spokesperson Zabihullah Amiri announced, adding that a rescue team had been dispatched to the […]