evacuation

Dam collapses prompting urgent evacuation

“Attention! A dam with a large volume of water has collapsed and a strong flash flood should affect the municipality…

2 years ago

US will seek to facilitate evacuation, push for ‘inclusivity’ in 1st face-to-face talks with Taliban since pullout – media

A delegation of US officials and senior Taliban representatives are scheduled to meet in Doha, Qatar over the weekend, a…

3 years ago

America’s evacuation of troops from Afghanistan looked more like a ‘downright escape’ than a ‘hasty withdrawal,’ Putin says

Putin was speaking at a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), a group of eight countries, including China and…

3 years ago

Media credits Biden’s State Department for overland evacuation of American family, even as rescuers say govt is main roadblock

Mainstream media outlets, including CNN, reported on the overland evacuation on Monday, citing a senior State Department official as saying,…

3 years ago

Upbeat Biden calls Kabul evacuation ‘EXTRAORDINARY SUCCESS’ in first speech since messy Afghanistan pullout ends

“Last night in Kabul, the US ended 20 years of war in Afghanistan, the longest war in American history,” Biden…

3 years ago

UK rubbishes claims Kabul airport gate was kept open to allow British evacuation to continue before deadly suicide bombing

Speaking to British broadcasters, the BBC and Sky News, on Tuesday, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said that the UK evacuation…

3 years ago

Ilhan Omar praises chaotic Afghanistan evacuation as ‘inspiring’ while critics call for Biden’s resignation

Appearing on Saturday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s ‘Velshi,’ Omar was asked by guest host Medhi Hasan whether it was “surprising” to…

3 years ago

UK evacuation flight to pick up Pen Farthing & his rescue animals from Kabul cancelled after backlash, but effort is on

The aircraft was scheduled to depart from Britain’s Luton Airport and arrive in the Afghan capital to evacuate Farthing’s team…

3 years ago

Macron ‘cannot guarantee’ evacuation of French citizens waiting aboard 20 buses in Kabul after dual explosions near airport

Speaking at a press conference during a visit to Dublin, Ireland on Tuesday, the French leader warned that the situation…

3 years ago

‘We will not be deterred’: Biden says US evacuation to continue after Kabul airport blasts despite potential further attacks

After acknowledging the deaths of 12 US service members and giving his condolences to families of the slain, Biden vowed…

3 years ago