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Apr 04 2024
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Exclusive: State Department officials told House investigators they created Afghanistan withdrawal plans from scratch
Hours of closed-door testimony from three top State Department officials shed new light on the “unprecedented” situation in the final days of the US presence in Afghanistan as the officials were rushed to the country with virtually no time to prepare and no established emergency evacuation plan in place when they arrived.
The three officials, John Bass, Jim DeHart and Jayne Howell, were
CNN (Online News)Sep 01 2021
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“Disaster for Me and My Children”: Afghan Doctor Describes Escape from Kabul After Taliban Takeover
Afghan doctor Wais Aria describes how he fled Afghanistan with his family after the Taliban takeover, packing up his wife and four children and trying for days to leave from the Kabul airport, where he was beaten by the Taliban. They managed to catch a flight out of the country Thursday and arrived in the U.S. on Saturday. “It was a disaster for me and my children,” says Aria, now in
Democracy Now!Aug 31 2021
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Florida Restaurant Doesn’t Want Pro-Biden Customers After U.S. Troops Killed in Kabul Attack
A restaurant owner in Debary, Florida, says she doesn’t want business from supporters of President Joe Biden in the wake of the terror attack in Kabul which killed 13 U.S. service members and dozens of Afghans.
“If you voted for and continue to support and stand behind the worthless, inept, and corrupt administration currently inhabiting the White House that is complicit in the death of
Breitbart NewsAug 21 2021
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ISIS threat prompts evacuations and closed gates at Kabul airport, US warns Americans to stay away
US citizens in Afghanistan have been warned against heading to Kabul airport due to security concerns.
All gates have been closed at the airport, according to Pentagon officials.
According to a senior US official, security threats from the Islamic State terrorist group against Americans in Afghanistan have led the US military to modify the evacuation process, USA Today reported
Business InsiderAug 24 2021
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CIA Director William Burns held secret meeting in Kabul with Taliban leader Abdul Ghani Baradar
CIA Director William J. Burns held a secret meeting Monday in Kabul with the Taliban’s de facto leader, Abdul Ghani Baradar, in the highest-level face-to-face encounter between the Taliban and the Biden administration since the militants seized the Afghan capital, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive diplomacy.
Washington PostAug 17 2021
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Media Matters President Attacks US Citizens Trapped In Kabul for...Reaching Out to a US Senator?
Angelo Carusone, the president and CEO for Media Matters for America, decided it was a good idea to attack the Americans who are trapped in Kabul asking for help from Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) in order to leave Afghanistan in the aftermath of the Taliban taking over the country.
Cotton told stranded Americans in a tweet to call a number or send an email, "The situation is dire, but we’ll
TownhallAug 20 2021
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Biden contradicted by Pentagon on claims al Qaeda ‘gone’ and Taliban letting Americans reach Kabul airport
President Biden on Friday claimed that al-Qaeda is “gone” from Afghanistan and that the Taliban is letting Americans reach Kabul’s airport, before Pentagon leaders contradicted the commander in chief on both claims.
Biden stumbled repeatedly when taking his first questions from reporters on Afghanistan’s fall to the Taliban — also claiming that US allies were not displeased by the
New York Post (News)Aug 19 2021
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Evacuation of up to 80,000 lags as U.S. bolsters control of Kabul airport, but Taliban controls access to it
A protest against the Taliban takeover in eastern Afghanistan ended Thursday morning with a report of several people killed after the militants opened fire, sparking a stampede. The Islamic extremists have promised not to seek revenge and to rule over an "inclusive" country, but the public statements come as the group's militants show little tolerance for dissent or disorder, including at the
CBS News (Online)Aug 15 2022
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One Year Later, House Republicans Say WH, State Dept. Had ‘Head in the Sand’ Over Fall of Kabul
One year after Kabul fell to the Taliban, a senior Republican lawmaker on Sunday accused the White House and State Department of having had “their head in the sand, not wanting to believe” what the Pentagon and intelligence agencies were advising about the security situation, “and therefore not adequately planning” for what would happen.
Speaking ahead of the release of a minority
CNSNews.comFeb 06 2022
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Suicide Bomber Who Killed U.S. Troops and Afghans “Likely” Used Unguarded Route to Kabul Airport Gate
Days before the final withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan, thousands of desperate Americans and Afghan allies seeking to flee the country were using unguarded routes across open fields and through narrow alleys to reach one of the only gates providing access to the Kabul airfield.
Despite intelligence warning of terrorist attacks, U.S. military commanders encouraged use of the
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