‘It’s Bullsh*t’: Marine At Center Of New Afghanistan Probe Accuses Pentagon Of Covering Up Evidence
A Marine at the center of a supplemental probe into the deadly suicide bombing during the 2021 U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan accused the Pentagon of concealing information showing it could have…
Earthquake of magnitude 6.5 hits northern Afghanistan, killing at least 3
KABUL (Reuters) -A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck northern Afghanistan on Tuesday evening, according to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre, killing two in the east of the country and one child in neighbouring Pakistan.…
Magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes Hindu Kush in Afghanistan – GFZ
(Reuters) – An earthquake of magnitude 6.8 struck the Hindu Kush region in Afghanistan, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said on Tuesday. The quake was at a depth of 184…
Biden Showed ‘Courage’ By Going To Ukraine While Trump Was ‘Afraid’ To Visit Afghanistan, Former Dem Sen Says
Biden Showed ‘Courage’ By Going To Ukraine While Trump Was ‘Afraid’ To Visit Afghanistan, Former Dem Sen Says Harold Hutchison on February 20, 2023 Former Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri said…
US Diplomat Calls For ‘#BlackGirlMagic’ In Afghanistan, Requests Advice From Lizzo And Beyoncé
US Diplomat Calls For ‘#BlackGirlMagic’ In Afghanistan, Requests Advice From Lizzo And Beyoncé Trevor Schakohl on February 15, 2023 The current top-ranking U.S. diplomat to Afghanistan asked famous African American women on…
Freezing temperatures kill 78 people in Afghanistan
KABUL (Reuters) – At least 78 people have died of cold in Afghanistan during the country’s worst winter in more than a decade, authorities said on Thursday. Deaths from the cold have…
Factbox-Recent attacks on foreigners in Afghanistan
KABUL (Reuters) – The Taliban took back control of Afghanistan last year as U.S. and foreign troops withdrew after 20 years of conflict following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United…
Government Watchdog Finds Two Decades Of US Intervention In Afghanistan Had Limited Success. Experts Aren’t So Sure
Government Watchdog Finds Two Decades Of US Intervention In Afghanistan Had Limited Success. Experts Aren’t So Sure Micaela Burrow on November 23, 2022 A recent government report acknowledges that some of the…
US Needs Afghanistan Watchdog, Experts Say, After Biden Admin Obstructs Accountability Efforts
US Needs Afghanistan Watchdog, Experts Say, After Biden Admin Obstructs Accountability Efforts Micaela Burrow on November 12, 2022 The Biden administration is stonewalling the independent Afghanistan watchdog organization authorized by Congress in…
‘He Saw What Happened In Afghanistan’: Mike Pompeo Claims Biden Emboldened Putin To Escalate Ukraine War
‘He Saw What Happened In Afghanistan’: Mike Pompeo Claims Biden Emboldened Putin To Escalate Ukraine War Harold Hutchison on October 10, 2022 Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said during a…
Western nations concerned by presence of extremist groups in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Some western countries expressed grave concern about the presence and operations of extremist groups in Afghanistan and said the Taliban were not meeting their counter-terrorism commitments. Special envoys and…
DHS Failed To ‘Properly’ Vet Afghans Who Pose ‘Risk To National Security’ During Afghanistan Withdrawal, Inspector General Says
DHS Failed To ‘Properly’ Vet Afghans Who Pose ‘Risk To National Security’ During Afghanistan Withdrawal, Inspector General Says Jennie Taer on September 7, 2022 The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) lacked the…
Afghanistan earthquake kills eight, more casualties feared
KABUL (Reuters) -An earthquake in northeastern Afghanistan killed at least eight people early on Monday, and the toll could rise, the state news agency quoted a regional official as saying. The quake…
Pro-Taliban cleric among 18 dead in Afghanistan mosque blast
By Mohammad Yunus Yawar KABUL (Reuters) -A blast outside a mosque in the city of Herat in western Afghanistan on Friday killed at least 18 people including a high-profile pro-Taliban cleric in…
Biden Is Trying To Return Billions In Frozen Assets To Taliban-Controlled Afghanistan
Biden Is Trying To Return Billions In Frozen Assets To Taliban-Controlled Afghanistan Micaela Burrow on August 22, 2022 The U.S. will continue to seek a way to return billions in frozen foreign-held…
‘Ripple Effect’: Military Families Pay For Biden’s Botched Afghanistan Withdrawal
‘Ripple Effect’: Military Families Pay For Biden’s Botched Afghanistan Withdrawal Micaela Burrow on August 21, 2022 One year after the Biden administration’s military withdrawal from Afghanistan resulted in the deaths of 13…
‘Worse Than Saigon’: Former Green Beret Rips Biden For ‘Cold-Hearted’ Withdrawal From Afghanistan
‘Worse Than Saigon’: Former Green Beret Rips Biden For ‘Cold-Hearted’ Withdrawal From Afghanistan Harold Hutchison on August 16, 2022 A former Green Beret now serving in the House of Representatives blasted President…
BOLDUC: Americans Will Pay For Biden’s Afghanistan Blunder For Years To Come. Here’s Why
BOLDUC: Americans Will Pay For Biden’s Afghanistan Blunder For Years To Come. Here’s Why Don Bolduc on August 16, 2022 To listen to the corporate media, the Biden administration is on a…
White House to circulate Afghanistan memo defending U.S. withdrawal – Axios report
(Reuters) – The White House is planning to circulate a memo in the U.S. Congress defending President Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan a year ago, Axios reported on Sunday.…
Pakistan says cross-border attacks from Afghanistan have increased
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan said on Sunday said incidents of its security forces being targeted in cross-border attacks from Afghanistan had risen significantly, and called on Taliban authorities to act against militants, a…
Medical Services Contractor Pays $930,000 to Settle False Claims Act Allegations Relating to Medical Services Contracts at State Department and Air Force Facilities in Iraq and Afghanistan
Comprehensive Health Services LLC (CHS), located in Cape Canaveral, Florida, has agreed to pay $930,000 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by falsely representing to the State Department…
Contractor Pays $930,000 to Settle False Claims Act Allegations Relating to Medical Services Contracts at State Department and Air Force Facilities in Iraq and Afghanistan
BROOKLYN, NY – Comprehensive Health Services, LLC (CHS), located in Florida, has agreed to pay $930,000 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by falsely representing to the State…
‘You Don’t Even Care’: Mother Of Slain Marine Blasts Biden For Not Mentioning 13 Soldiers Killed In Afghanistan
The mother of a Marine killed in an explosion in Kabul during the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan slammed President Joe Biden for failing to mention the 13 Marines who died in the…
U.S. issues new general license on Afghanistan financial transactions – U.S. officials
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Treasury on Friday issued a new general license allowing international aid organizations and private firms to conduct commercial and financial transactions with Afghan government institutions. The new license…
Paralysed banking system pushing Afghanistan towards collapse – Red Cross
By Alexander Cornwell DUBAI – Afghanistan is inching closer towards economic collapse six months after the Taliban seized power, the Red Cross said on Friday, with a paralysed banking system stymieing international…
‘An Atrocity’: Former Afghanistan President Slams Biden
The former president of Afghanistan called a White House order to unfreeze $3.5 billion of Afghan assets held in the U.S. to give to the families of 9/11 victims an “atrocity” on…
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