A bomb which targeted the entrance of a mosque in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Sunday has left a ‘number of civilians dead’, according to a Taliban spokesman.
The bomb targeted the Eidgah mosque where a memorial service was being held for the mother of Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid.
No one immediately claimed responsibility for the bombing, but attacks in Afghanistan against the Taliban by Islamic State (IS) militants have increased since the Taliban swept to power in mid-August.
WASHINGTON, Oct 1 (Reuters) – Something unexpected is happening at U.S. military bases hosting Afghan evacuees: Many hundreds of them are simply leaving before receiving U.S. resettlement services, two sources familiar with the data told Reuters.
The number of “independent departures,” which top 700 and could be higher, has not been previously reported. But the phenomenon is raising alarms among immigration advocates concerned about the risks to Afghans who give up on what is now an open-ended, complex and completely voluntary resettlement process.
The Biden administration is covering up its final crime in Afghanistan.
After Biden evacuated tens of thousands of Afghan “translators”, refugee resettlement groups are desperately looking for translators to translate to the translators.
Why do Afghan translators, who were supposed to be able to translate from English to their native language, need help from translators?
It’s because they’re not translators.
This… 👇🏼
(They Knew) pic.twitter.com/NsDh8fyruI— ᖇ. ᔕᑕOTT ᔕIᑕᗩᖇIO 2.0 (@SicarioScott) September 29, 2021
Following PM Justin Trudeau’s re-election, Canada doubled the number of Afghan refugees it plans to take in from 20,000 to 40,000, more than fulfilling Trudeau’s campaign promise.
Heavily armed Taliban fighters were pictured on Tuesday enjoying a lake-side fairground near Kabul, weeks after the militant group took control of Afghanistan and began re-implementing their hardline Islamic rule.
‘This is Afghanistan!’ one Taliban fighter shouted while on a pirate ship ride at the fairground found in western Kabul, as his armed comrades cackled and whooped onboard the rickety attraction.
Several media members rushed to President Joe Biden’s defense Tuesday after it was suggested the president lied about feedback he was given by top military officials regarding last month’s horrific withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Within their testimonies, Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley and U.S. Central Command Gen. Kenneth McKenzie described how they both recommended the U.S. maintain a 2,500-troop presence in Afghanistan.
Canada has doubled to 40,000 the variety of Afghans fleeing the Taliban that it plans to soak up, the Canadian overseas minister stated Monday, fulfilling a campaign pledge made by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
The commander of the U.S. Central Command, General Kenneth “Frank” McKenzie, and the commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, General Scott Miller, told Congress that they had recommended to Joe Biden that the military maintain a presence of at least 2,500 troops in Afghanistan. Biden said in an August 19 interview with George Stephanopoulos that he couldn’t recall anyone recommending that troops remain in Afghanistan after the August 31 deadline.
The majority of Americans are “not confident” that the Biden administration is properly vetting the thousands of Afghan refugees being brought to the US following the chaotic military withdrawal of Afghanistan, according to a new poll.
Twenty-seven percent say they are “not too confident” and 28 percent say they are “not at all confident” that the government is adequately screening the refugees, the latest Pew Research Center survey showed.
Throughout her career as a judge, Masooma has convicted hundreds of men for violence against women, including rape, murder and torture.
But just days after the Taliban took control of her city and thousands of convicted criminals were released from prison, the death threats began.
Text messages, voice notes and unknown numbers began bombarding her phone.
“It was midnight when we heard the Taliban had freed all the prisoners from jail,” says Masooma.
A US serviceman who asked for “accountability” for the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan on social media has been locked up in a pre-trial detention center, the Marine Corps has confirmed.
“Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller Jr. is currently in pre-trial confinement in the Regional Brig for Marine Corps Installations East aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune pending an Article 32 preliminary hearing,” the Marine Corps Training and Education Command spokesperson Captain Sam Stephenson said in a statement to news website Task & Purpose.
The top US general and the secretary of defence are to be questioned in Congress over the military withdrawal from Afghanistan last month.
US troops had to accelerate their withdrawal – originally due to be completed by 31 August – after Kabul fell to the Taliban on the 15th.
There were chaotic scenes at Kabul airport as foreign powers sought to get their citizens home and thousands of desperate Afghans begged for rescue.
A suicide attack killed 182 people.
‘This is big’: CENTCOM Commander Gen. McKenzie testifies under oath that he warned Joe Biden of Afghanistan collapse, which Biden flat-out denied https://t.co/7cG90axz2s
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) September 28, 2021
The Taliban have banned hairdressers in Afghanistan’s Helmand province from shaving or trimming beards, saying it breaches their interpretation of Islamic law.
Anyone violating the rule will be punished, Taliban religious police say.
Some barbers in the capital Kabul have said they also received similar orders.
The instructions suggest a return to the strict rulings of the group’s past tenure in power, despite promises of a milder form of government.
