Giorno: 26 Agosto 2021

White House in crisis mode after Islamic State attack in Kabul kills dozens

Read More Joe Biden White House in crisis mode after Islamic State attack in Kabul kills dozens Biden to address nation on deepening Afghanistan crisisPresident in situation room as 12 US troops killed in blast in Washington @smithinamerica Thu 26 Aug 2021 16.24 EDT Last modified on Thu 26 Aug 2021 16.58 EDT Joe Biden […]

FLASHBACK: Blinken called for retaining forces in Afghanistan to deal with ‘possible resurgence of terrorism’

Post Content Less than a year before becoming the secretary of state, Antony Blinken said he believed that the United States should keep a military presence in Afghanistan to “deal with any possible resurgence of terrorism.” Blinken made the comments in May 2020 during a foreign policy event hosted by the Meridian International Center. CBS […]

Pelosi makes zero mentions of Kabul bombings during Women’s Equality Day remarks

Post Content House Speaker Nancy Pelosi celebrated Women’s Equality Day in San Francisco on Thursday, making zero mentions of the Kabul bombings that left 12 U.S. service members dead just hours earlier. Pelosi appeared alongside San Francisco Mayor London Breed and other elected officials in an address touting President Biden’s “Build Back Better” agenda and […]

Afghanistan explosions: Most US troops killed in over a decade

Post Content Thursday’s suicide bombing outside the Kabul airport that killed at least 12 service members was the deadliest attack the U.S. military has suffered in over a decade. At least 11 Marines and one Navy corpsman died in Thursday’s attack, which also wounded at least a dozen other service members, according to U.S. officials. […]

Family of mother stuck in Afghanistan with children describes chaos amid Kabul bombing

Post Content An Afghan mother with five of her children watched chaos unfold in Kabul Thursday as she waited for admittance into the airport near Abbey Gate as a suspected suicide bomber detonated an explosive device, killing at least 12 U.S. service members and dozens of Afghan civilians. “She said there was an explosion and […]

Afghan girl seen in viral photo skipping on airport tarmac after arriving in Brussels following evacuation

Post Content A moving photo of a young Afghan girl skipping on the tarmac of a Belgian airport after being evacuated from her war-torn native country has gone viral. The picture was taken at Melsbroek military airport near Brussels on Wednesday. A moving photo of a young Afghan girl skipping on the tarmac of a […]

Molinari: “L’offensiva dell’Isis minaccia di trasformare l’Afghanistan in uno Stato fallito”

Read More 26 agosto 2021 <iframe class=”rep-video-embed” src=”https://video.repubblica.it/embed/dossier/tv/kabul-molinari-l-offensiva-dell-isis-minaccia-di-trasformare-l-afghanistan-in-uno-stato-fallito/394656/395365&width=640&height=360″ width=”640″ height=”360″ frameborder=”0″ scrolling=”no”></iframe> Gli attentati kamikaze davanti l’aeroporto di Kabul e le esplosioni successive sono la testimonianza di come “l’Isis sfrutta gli errori di Usa e talebani per fare strage e il presidente Biden dovrà render conto al Congresso […]

‘Riding camels on Birthright isn’t allowed anymore. Now you only feed and pet them’

Read More Michael Broh, 25; lives in Memphis, flying to New York Hi Michael, what were you doing in Israel? I was with Birthright for two weeks and I extended the visit a little, because I enjoyed it so much. How did you get to Birthright? It was a process of a month or two. […]

Israel can wait: This is why Biden is determined to leave Afghanistan

Read More Joe Biden and Naftali Bennett made plans to discuss a range of issues that are important to America’s national security interests on Thursday. Issues like Iran’s nuclear ambitions, China’s growing involvement in the Middle East and the stability of U.S. allied governments in the region. They were also planning to talk about the […]

First Bennett-Biden meeting rescheduled to Friday following Afghanistan bombing

Read More Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden was postponed on Thursday to an as of yet undetermined time, due to the two bombings at the Kabul airport in Afghanistan. The meeting, which was originally scheduled for Thursday evening Israel time, will take place Friday, a White House official told Reuters. […]