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The Taliban have offered Joe Biden a deal: unfreeze the Afghan funds and they will extend the deadline.— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) August 29, 2021 Interesting tweet from Richard Grenell here — “The Taliban have offered Joe Biden a deal: unfreeze the Afghan funds and they will extend the deadline.” Taliban holds an Afghan news anchor at gunpoint he delivers remarks telling the public not to be afraid of the Taliban. pic.twitter.com/2h23MLHMpL— Ian Miles Cheong @ stillgray.substack.com (@stillgray) August 29, 2021

BREAKING: President Biden on mission in Kabul: “Our commanders informed me that an attack is highly likely in the next 24-36 hours.”

Marine Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller was relieved for cause after demanding that senior U.S. leaders hold themselves accountable for actions made during the U.S. military's withdrawal from Afghanistan that led to the deaths of 13 service members. Officials confirmed to Fox News on Thursday that 10 Marines and two Army soldiers, as well as one Navy corpsman, were killed in explosions near Kabul's airport Thursday. Another 169 Afghans were killed, according to two officials who spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity. Scheller, a father of three who has been in the USMC Infantry for 17 years, mentioned...

Joe Biden crumbled when confronted by reporters with the deaths of 13 troops and 90 people who were slaughtered at Kabul airport on Thursday by two ISIS bomb attacks in the latest tragic episode of his disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan. The 78-year-old President was lost for words at times and and frustrated in others, gripping his notebook and widening his eyes while reporters from a pre-approved list asked him questions for about 30 minutes. The press conference was at 5pm, nearly eight hours after the two blasts. Biden said nothing all day before the briefing. When pressed, accepted responsibility for...

On August 14, Secretary of State Blinken spoke with Afghanistan’s former president and promised that the Biden administration would provide a bulk shipment of dollars. The next day Kabul fell. On that same call, Afghanistan’s former leader had agreed to surrender power to the Taliban. The Biden administration had effectively agreed to provide a massive infusion of cash to the Taliban. But the final deal fell through, the Afghan government fled, and the Taliban took Kabul. The bulk shipment of dollars never did arrive. Biden’s diplomats scrambled to evacuate from Kabul. Ajmal Ahmady, the governor of DAB, Afghanistan's central bank,...

Americans in Afghanistan are being warned to stay away from the Kabul airport due to terror threats tied to the Islamic State. The US Embassy in Kabul sent out an alert early Thursday, Afghanistan time, telling US citizens not to travel to the airport “because of security threats outside the gates. [snip] The State Department security alert also told Americans who where at three specific airport gates to “leave immediately,” without further explanation. [snip] “US citizens who are at the Abbey Gate, East Gate, or North Gate now should leave immediately,” it added.

@ColumbiaBugle Must Watch Tucker Carlson Interview With U.S. Army Veteran And Candidate For Congress @joekent16jan19 On The Afghanistan Tragedy Today Joe: "Today has been an absolute tragedy, but unfortunately I think we're seeing over nearly two decades of lies come unraveling." Segment...

JUST IN - Large explosion at Abbey gate at the #Kabul airport.

@SCUBA2024 June 23, at budget request hearing, Austin was asked about saving Bagram but Milley needed to insert himself to say this. "Bagram is not necessary, tactically or operationally for what we are going to try to do here with Afghanistan". Clip...

The late Sen. John McCain's, R-Ariz.,remarks in 2014 warning that now-Secretary of State Antony Blinken is "dangerous to America" resurfaced online amid the botched Afghanistan withdrawal. The senator's comments come from his opposition speech against Blinken’s previous nomination to be deputy secretary of state under former President Barack Obama. "I rise to discuss my opposition to the pending vote concerning Mr. Antony ‘Tony’ Blinken, who is not only unqualified but, in fact, in my view, one of the worst selections of a very bad lot that this president has chosen," McCain excoriated Blinken, who was eventually confirmed to the post...

"When they get to Europe or now coming to America from Spain to Sweden the worst refugees are the Afghans hands down. You can have a Tunisian or a Syrian who might rape somebody but it’s like of all of the countries in Europe the Afghani refugees are like HALF of the rapes and I'm not talking about grooming gang date rape I'm talking about seeing an old woman or a young girl in the park and just dragging her under the bushes, you know choking her out and raping her. This is the Afghan approach to women ...” Video...

Event: Because of security threats outside the gates of Kabul airport, we are advising U.S. citizens to avoid traveling to the airport and to avoid airport gates at this time unless you receive individual instructions from a U.S. government representative to do so.U.S. citizens who are at the Abbey Gate, East Gate, or North Gate now should leave immediately.Actions to take:Be aware of your surroundings at all times, especially in large crowds.Follow the instructions of local authorities including movement restrictions related to curfews.Have a contingency plan for emergencies and review the Traveler’s Checklist.Monitor local media for breaking events and adjust...

Event: Because of security threats outside the gates of Kabul airport, we are advising U.S. citizens to avoid traveling to the airport and to avoid airport gates at this time unless you receive individual instructions from a U.S. government representative to do so. U.S. citizens who are at the Abbey Gate, East Gate, or North Gate now should leave immediately.

Up to 1,500 Americans are still trapped in Afghanistan and the U.S. is still relying on the Taliban to allow safe passage to Kabul airport with just six days before the August 31 deadline, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said in a press conference on Wednesday. Blinken gave an updated on the airlift operation and the bid to get all citizens and Afghan allies out amid reports the CIA has joined U.S. troops in rescue missions outside the airport perimeter. Thousands of people are still trying to leave Afghanistan as U.S. troops start leaving and evacuation flights begin to wrap...

I'm hopelessly stuck in Kabul with my wife and child. Like myself, hundreds of other journalists are also stuck here. I have an 11—months old daughter. Please pray for her safety. https://twitter.com/CombatJourno/status/1426939692218454029

For decades, American foreign policy has been committed to a failed political and military philosophy. In Afghanistan, America is experiencing its own Dunkirk, but without rescue boats or a Churchill on the horizon. While pundits, pooh-bahs, and political prophets presently are in finger-pointing mode over the debacle, one lesson is apparent. For decades, American foreign policy has been committed to a failed political and military philosophy. Afghanistan is the symbolic and real indicator of the total collapse of the liberal/left Weltanschauung. During America's twenty years' war and occupation of Afghanistan and well before that enterprise, somewhere along the way, the...

WASHINGTON — The nation’s top national security officials assembled at the Pentagon early on April 24 for a secret meeting to plan the final withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan. It was two weeks after President Joe Biden had announced the exit over the objection of his generals, but now they were carrying out his orders. The plan was a good one, the group concluded. Four months later, the plan is in shambles as Biden struggles to explain how a withdrawal most Americans supported went so badly wrong in its execution. On Friday, as scenes of continuing chaos and suffering...

Jenifer Griffin is reporting and questioning John Kirby about British commander being shut out of negotiAtions.

In 2014, when waves of refugees began flooding into western Europe, citizens and officials alike responded with generosity and openness. Exhausted refugees spilled out of trains and buses to be met by crowds bearing gifts of clothing and food, and holding up placards that read “Welcome Refugees.” This was a honeymoon that could not last. Some of the upcoming difficulties had been anticipated: that the newcomers did not speak the local languages, might be traumatized, would probably take a long time to find their footing, and had brought their ethnic, religious and sectarian conflicts with them, causing them to get...

Germany is working “intensively” to evacuate Afghan staff ahead of a looming deadline, Chancellor Angela Merkel told lawmakers in the Bundestag on Wednesday. Merkel’s remarks came after US President Joe Biden ruled out extending the deadline for evacuations beyond August 31. German military aircraft have so far rescued over 4,600 people including German citizens and local support workers, according to the German Defense Ministry. Merkel said that Germany would still try to help Afghans who worked with its soldiers and aid organizations and wish to leave Afghanistan even after the deadline. “The end of the air bridge in a few...