Former U.S. Central Command Commander Gen. Kenneth McKenzie (Ret.) argued that the decision to authorize a non-combatant evacuation during the final days of the U.S. war in Afghanistan came too late during testimony in front of the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday. McKenzie, who was in command of all U.S. forces in Afghanistan in the war's final days noted that the military had warned leaders and the Biden administration about any dangers related to the pace of the withdrawal, with the...
With a renewed focus being placed on President Joe Biden’s botched Afghanistan withdrawal, it bears repeating that Biden held no one accountable for it, including himself. The testimony by former military officials on Biden’s withdrawal in front of the House Foreign Affairs Committee made it clear that the withdrawal was rushed and poorly planned, in […]
The Afghanistan national football team will face India tomorrow in the second stage of the preliminary round for the 2026 FIFA World Cup and the 2027 AFC Asian Cup. The Afghan Football Federation recently announced that the match is scheduled to take place on Thursday, March 21st, hosted by Saudi Arabia, and the Afghan national […]
Former Joint Chiefs Chairman Mark Milley testified before Congress on Tuesday about the mistakes leading up to the Afghanistan withdrawal in August 2021.
Fox News host Laura Ingraham analyzes top military leaders' breakdown of President Biden’s "disastrous" Afghanistan withdrawal at Tuesday's congressional hearing on "The Ingraham Angle." LAURA INGRAHAM: Thanks to House Republicans and Gold Star families who refused to take silence for an answer, former Biden officials were forced to sit and answer questions today on that disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal. Now, without naming names, the generals denied they were at fault. JOY BEHAR SCOLDS...
Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) said Tuesday on CNN's "The Situation Room" that it was "absolutely unrealistic" to say the Biden administration could have avoided the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. | Clips
Two others were jailed for 15 years and six months for the manslaughter of Mark Hoverd in James Diskin Court, Nuneaton
The World Health Organization, in its joint session with the Office of Drugs and Crime, the European Union, and Japan, discussed the psychological consequences of drug use, stating that half of Afghanistan’s population is struggling with mental distress, which has significantly impacted their quality of life. Hanan Balkhi, the regional director of the World Health […]
Brussels vote cancelled after it became clear law would not pass final stage with majority voteThe EU’s nature restoration laws appear on the verge of collapse after eight member states, including Hungary and Italy, withdrew support for the legislation.The laws, which have been two years in the making and are designed to reverse decades of damage to wildlife on land and in waterways, were supposed to be rubber-stamped in a vote on Monday. Continue reading
Recent immigrants reflect on the upheaval in their lives since the US pulled out in 2021: ‘They left us and our lives in danger’With the Afghan new year, or Nowruz, falling during the month of Ramadan this year, Afghans and Afghan Americans around the US who celebrated while fasting prepared with a few traditional dishes to share after sundown last week.Zuhra, 30, had some of her relatives over to her house in Santa Ana, California. She decorated her dining table green, to celebrate spring, and...
Sen. Tom Cotton said the attack on Russia at a concert venue that left more than 130 people dead is a "dangerous echo of President Biden's failed withdrawal from Afghanistan."
It has been two and a half years since August 15, when the previous Afghan government collapsed. This event triggered the swift withdrawal of all international forces, predominantly led by the United States, from Afghanistan within a condensed timeframe from August 15 to 30, 2021. After this significant period, two retired American generals labeled this […]