Amid the imminent US and NATO withdrawal from Afghanistan after over 19 years of occupation, the Taliban has launched offensives in virtually every region of the country, seizing multiple border checkpoints and sparking fears that the Kabul...
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Daniel Greenfield, a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the Freedom Center, is an investigative journalist and writer focusing on the radical Left and Islamic terrorism. When the Taliban and its Al Qaeda allies blew up two giant Buddha statues in...
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In response, Erdogan said, “As the Taliban held some talks with the US, it should hold these talks with Turkey much more comfortably. Because Turkey has nothing that contradicts their beliefs.” “Taliban Threaten Turkish Troops with...
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Former President Donald Trump impersonated Hibatullah Akhundzada by making grunting sounds.
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Trump referred to Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada as 'Mohammed' at a rally in Phoenix, Arizona.
He then proceeded to imitate...
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CIA Chief Says Taliban In "Strongest Military Position Since 2001"
Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com,
Since the US began pulling troops out of Afghanistan at the beginning of May, the Taliban has been making significant gains...
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KABUL (Sputnik) - The Taliban movement* is calling on the international community and non-governmental organizations to assist it with combating the COVID-19 pandemic, Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen has told Sputnik.
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The purportedly slain man had been a US military interpreter for 16 months and had sought asylum in the US for security reasons. He was denied a Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) because he had been fired in 2012 after failing a standard polygraph test....
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The Taliban beheaded a US translator earlier this week after they stopped him at a roadside checkpoint.
They said he was an American spy.
Sohail Pardis was on his way to pick up his sister for holy Eid.
FOX News reported:
The Taliban beheaded an...
Authorities in Afghanistan on Saturday enforced an indefinite nighttime curfew across most of the country as government forces struggle to curb Taliban advances.
The Islamist insurgent group has made rapid battlefield gains in recent weeks,...
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NBC News: “Thousands of Afghans who are eligible for a U.S. evacuation out of the country now face one final life-and-death hurdle — getting to Kabul without being captured or killed by the Taliban.”
“The Biden administration this week...
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Secularism? Oh, never mind that. It’s on the way out. Remember when all the learned analysts would confidently point to Turkey and say that it, not the jihadis, was the future of the Islamic world? So do I. “Turkey ‘Has Nothing...
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On this episode of Fault Lines, hosts Jamarl Thomas and Shane Stranahan talk about the state of the economy more well into a year of COVID-19, the deception of the housing market, the Taliban’s takeover in Afghanistan, the increasing military...
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Last week, the Biden administration announced operation "Allied Refuge" designed to help evacuate Afghans who helped NATO during the war in Afghanistan and now fear the Taliban's* retribution.
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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The international community should exploit regional dialogue formats to ensure the Taliban* do not interfere in the affairs of Afghanistan's neighbors if the insurgent group eventually captures Kabul, former Indian diplomat M....
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Taliban Warns Of Retaliation As US Is Continuing Airstrikes In Afghanistan
Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com,
The US launched several airstrikes in Afghanistan against the Taliban this week, the Pentagon said on Thursday. The...
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My latest in PJ Media: The establishment media agrees that Biden’s handlers’ freeing of Taliban jihadi Abdul Latif Nasser from Guantanamo, where he had been held for nineteen years, was the first step toward taking care of more unfinished...
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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The United States, the European Union, individual European states and NATO are urging the Taliban* to stop its military offensive in Afghanistan and engage in peace talks, the US-Europe Communiqué on Afghanistan and Peace...
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“Reeling from a surge in battlefield losses, Afghanistan’s military is overhauling its war strategy against the Taliban to concentrate forces around the most critical areas like Kabul and other cities, border crossings and vital...
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Taliban Boasts Control Over 90% Of Afghan Border Areas
The Taliban told Russian media on Friday that it now controls approximately 90% of Afghanistan's border with neighboring countries as its fight for control against US-trained Afghan...
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Trevor Filseth
Afghanistan, Middle East
The Taliban are now estimated to control roughly half of Afghanistan’s district centers.
Army Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, discussed the withdrawal of U.S....
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