Giorno: 16 Agosto 2021

State Department’s Ned Price speaks on the fall of Kabul

Post Content U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price will make remarks this afternoon about the Taliban’s conquest of Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, after President Biden broke his silence on the issue Monday. The Taliban swept into Kabul on Sunday, storming the U.S. embassy, pouring into the presidential palace, and freeing thousands of terrorists who […]

Fed Gov’t  Gives $500,000 to Aid in Florida’s Manatees Crisis

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is providing nearly $500,000 to help save the the Tampa Bay area’s dying manatees, Rep Charlie Crist announced on Twitter on Monday….

Air raid sirens sound in Israel after rocket fired from Gaza

Post Content Air raid sirens sounded in southern Israel on Monday after a rocket was fired from the Gaza Strip, the first since the 11-day war between Israel and Palestinian militants in May. The Israeli military said in a statement that it identified one rocket launch that was intercepted by aerial defense batteries. Amateur video […]

Kabul in mano ai talebani, l’inviata della Cnn: “Anche io mi sono vestita in maniera molto diversa dal solito”

Read More 16 agosto 2021 <iframe class=”rep-video-embed” src=”https://video.repubblica.it/embed/mondo/kabul-in-mano-ai-talebani-l-inviata-della-cnn-anche-io-mi-sono-vestita-in-maniera-molto-diversa-dal-solito/394024/394735&width=640&height=360″ width=”640″ height=”360″ frameborder=”0″ scrolling=”no”></iframe> Kabul cade in mano ai talebani e l’audience internazionale percepisce la svolta anche dal rapido cambio d’abito, in ventiquattro ore, della chief correspondent della Cnn dall’Afghanistan, Clarissa Ward. Il giorno prima, vestita in modo occidentale, il […]

Taliban’s thrust: No surprise, but maybe an opportunity

Read More There’s no disputing the fact that the Taliban’s rapid takeover of Afghanistan – which is provoking a sense of deja vu from 30 years ago and also, rightly, recalls scenes from Vietnam in 1975 – is seriously harming the United States’ standing in the world and is casting a shadow over the Middle […]

Would you really accept a racist chapter in your kid’s textbook?

Read More In his recent opinion piece, entitled “No, Palestinian textbooks are not antisemitic,” Dr. Assaf David railed against a study published by the Georg Eckert Institute for International Textbook Research on the Palestinian Authority’s textbooks. Like Don Quixote tilting against windmills, David set out to do battle against an imaginary “conservative” conspiracy whose goal […]

Chaotic scramble at Kabul airport as Taliban tightens grip on Afghanistan

Read More Afghanistan Chaotic scramble at Kabul airport as Taliban tightens grip on Afghanistan Troops struggling to reopen airport after seven killedTens of thousands who helped west still trapped in country in Washington Mon 16 Aug 2021 15.08 EDT Last modified on Mon 16 Aug 2021 15.29 EDT US and other allied troops were struggling […]

In Texas, Local School Officials Stick With Mask Mandate, Despite Court Setback

Local officials in Texas who have been battling their governor over mask mandates said they would continue to require face coverings in schools despite a setback in the state Supreme Court.The latest manifestation of the political divide over how to beat back the…

White House walks back Biden’s failed predictions about Afghanistan withdrawal

Post Content According to the White House’s list of talking points for allies defending President Biden’s handling of Afghanistan, the administration knew there was a “distinct” possibility that the capital of Kabul would fall to Taliban insurgents. In an email to congressional Democrats, the White House laid out guidance for how to publicly discuss the […]

Former Afghan adviser to military says US ‘handed everything over to the Taliban’

Post Content A former Afghan adviser to the U.S. military told Fox News on Monday that the United States “handed everything over to the Taliban,” saying Afghanistan was “not ready” for the U.S. presence to be withdrawn. Ahmad Shah Mohibi, who at the age of 16 assisted the U.S. military in front-line operations and later […]