Kirby tweeted on Thursday that casualties are “unclear” at this time, but more details are to come. DETAILS TO FOLLOW
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Wayne Dupree: The calamity in Afghanistan is down to Biden alone. Can the US cope with three more years of his failures?
I used to think Joe Biden was incompetent, but he is the most competent president ever…at destabilizing the world. The southern border, Ukraine, the Middle East, now Afghanistan. The question is, why does he do this? Biden has a pattern, and either he is truly incompetent, for whatever reason, or …
Read More »80% of Afghanistan’s budget has disappeared overnight
For the past two decades, some 80% of Afghanistan’s budget has been financed by the US and other international donors. Now, it’s all gone. Last week, the IMF decided that Afghanistan would no longer be able to access its resources, including the over $370 million set to arrive later this month. …
Read More »WATCH Russian military planes evacuate hundreds from Afghanistan
The Russian Defense Ministry’s military transport Il-76 planes arrived at the Kabul airport on Wednesday to take citizens of Russia and other former Soviet republics home. Videos obtained by RT show people, many of them families with children, getting on board the giant Russian transport aircraft that were turned into …
Read More »US Secretary of State claims up to 1,500 Americans actively want to leave Afghanistan
The question of how many American citizens are not only in Afghanistan but still need to be evacuated is one White House officials have been unable to give a specific answer to. Blinken on Wednesday tried cutting through the confusion during a press conference in which he said 4,500 American …
Read More »Like the Soviets with communism, US mission to ‘democratize’ Afghanistan failed as it couldn’t impose what it doesn’t have at home
The disaster is already being spun into a rousing tale of special-forces-to-the-rescue – the rights for a future movie titled something like ‘The Secret Soldiers of Kabul’ are probably being bought up in Hollywood as we speak. But across the world, the Great American Rout of Afghanistan will live in …
Read More »World Bank cuts off financial support to Afghanistan as Taliban seizes power
“We are deeply concerned about the situation in Afghanistan and the impact on the country’s development prospects, especially for women,” the spokesperson said, adding that the World Bank was closely monitoring the situation in the country. At the same time, the Washington-based lender said it was exploring ways to remain …
Read More »Russian Defense Ministry reveals plan to evacuate more than 500 people from Afghanistan, including citizens of Ukraine & Belarus
On Wednesday morning, the ministry announced that the process will be carried out by four military transport planes flying from the Ulyanovsk airfield, about 500km south of Moscow. The aircraft will be equipped with drinking water, food and blankets, and will have medical teams on board. “On August 25, on …
Read More »Biden says US & allies ‘stand shoulder to shoulder’ on Afghanistan – would not reveal how Americans get out of Kabul after Aug. 31
Biden’s address was originally scheduled for noon on Tuesday, but was pushed back for reasons that weren’t explained. The scheduled briefings by the State Department and the Pentagon were both canceled. Finally showing up just after 5 pm, Biden opened his remarks by talking about his domestic economic agenda in …
Read More »‘I hope they’ll forgive me’: Khabib apologizes for heavily-criticized comments on Afghanistan (VIDEO)
The former UFC lightweight champion, who is one of the most prominent Muslim athletes in the world, refused to be drawn into a discussion on the recent Taliban-led takeover of Afghanistan at a recent press event to promote a bumper deal he and his team signed with a sports energy …
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