A chartered flight co-ordinated by football’s governing body has transported a group, include female footballers and basketball players, to Doha. A total of 57 people with links to sport, such as referees and coaches, fled their country, which came under Taliban control following the withdrawal of allied forces including the US …
Read More »Pentagon offers unspecified ‘condolence payments’ for 7 Afghan children & aid worker murdered in botched drone strike
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby revealed the offer on Friday, stating that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin made a “commitment” to the Akhmadi family for compensation following the August 29 drone strike, “including offering ex gratia condolence payments” and State Department assistance in relocating family members to the United States. The offer …
Read More »US Marine arrested for slamming Afghan exit pleads GUILTY to ‘contempt & disrespect,’ dares superiors to take responsibility too
Lieutenant Colonel Stuart Scheller pleaded guilty to all charges during a Thursday court hearing, after he was arrested for showing “contempt” and “disrespect” toward his superiors in a series of posts and videos online. Military judge Colonel Glen Hines accepted the officer’s plea and adjourned court for the day to …
Read More »Afghan interpreter who helped Biden in 2008 but was LEFT BEHIND by Kabul airlift rescued by US vets & private charity
US veterans worked with several private charities to leverage their contacts in Afghanistan and Pakistan and extract Aman Khalili and his family, after the US-led airlift from Kabul ended on August 30, leaving them behind. They were successful last week, driving Khalili, his wife and their five children about 600 …
Read More »Son of former Afghan defense minister buys $20 million Beverly Hills mansion, media reveals
A man by the name of Daoud Wardak has recently bought the Trousdale Estates property in Beverly Hills for $20.9 million, Yahoo News reported citing real estate records. He was described as an “ethnic Pashtun refugee” born in 1977, with public records showing him as president of AD Capital Group, …
Read More »CIA airlifted thousands of Afghan commandos accused of war crimes and serious abuses out of country during withdrawal – reports
The agency flew out more than 20,000 “Afghan partners” and their families, according to two unnamed former officers cited in a recent Washington Post editorial. The US is thought to have gotten between 60,000 and 120,000 Afghans out of the country. The airlift of as many as 7,000 Zero unit …
Read More »Hundreds of Afghan refugees walk away from US military bases to parts unknown rather than complete resettlement process – report
More than 300 of the so-called “independent departures” have occurred at just one base – Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas – Reuters reported on Friday, citing unidentified sources. Fort Bliss is one of eight domestic bases where the Biden administration has hosted 53,000 Afghans who fled their country on …
Read More »Afghan refugee given 30 months in jail, only a third mandatory, after sexual abuse of 7-year-old in scandal that shocked Austria
On Wednesday a court in Ried, Upper Austria reached a verdict concerning the shocking case of an Afghan teen who had lured a seven-year-old neighbor to a basement before sexually abusing her. The judge gave the teenager a 30-month prison sentence for serious sexual abuse, although he will only need …
Read More »‘I want justice’: Brother of tragic Afghan footballer who fell from plane in desperate escape bid wants answers from US government
Youth international Zaki Anwari was crushed in the wheels of a USAF Boeing C-17 when he tried to hold on to one of the last flights leaving his country after the Taliban regained power, with his remains later said to have been found in a wheel well. The 17-year-old’s brother, …
Read More »FBI probing reported assault of female US soldier by Afghan evacuees at New Mexico refugee camp
The unnamed soldier reported being assaulted by a “small group” of Afghan evacuees at Fort Bliss’ Dona Ana Complex in New Mexico last week, a spokesperson for the military base told media on Friday. “We take the allegation seriously and appropriately referred the matter to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. …
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