Republicans have unveiled their report on the Biden administration’s Afghanistan withdrawal. It focuses on the deaths of 13 service members as the Taliban closed in on Kabul, and accuses the administration of placing more emphasis on optics than the safety of U.S. troops. William Ruger discussed the issue with NTD. He’s a retired U.S. Navy […]
The decisions that led to the chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal in August 2021 are being investigated by Congress and debated in contentious campaigns, but for one day—or one morning, anyway—Capitol Hill paused to praise and honor 13 young Americans who gave their lives protecting the defenseless. During a Sept. 10 ceremony in the cathedral-somber Capitol rotunda, […]
White House national security communications adviser John Kirby on Monday denounced a House Republican investigation report accusing the Biden administration of failures in connection with the 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal. Kirby challenged the accusations at a press conference in Washington. “There was no deception, lying or lack of transparency” involving the administration’s actions before and during […]
The Republican-led House Foreign Affairs Committee has released findings from its three-year probe into the United States’ chaotic August 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan, and Democrat committee members have issued their own minority staff memorandum on the investigation. The committee’s report places responsibility for events leading up to the Aug. 26, 2021, Abbey Gate bombing—which left […]
The Trump campaign is denying reports of an altercation between campaign staffers and an official at Arlington National Cemetery. Citing unnamed sources, multiple news outlets reported that staffers pushed a cemetery official on Aug. 26. Former President Donald Trump was attending a ceremony with relatives of the 13 U.S. troops killed in the 2021 Afghanistan […]
Former President Donald Trump laid wreaths at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery on Monday to mark the third anniversary of the United States’ withdrawal from Afghanistan. Thirteen U.S. service members—11 Marines, one Navy corpsman, and one soldier—were among more than 170 people killed in a terrorist bombing at Abbey Gate […]
The Taliban terrorist group celebrated three years since regaining power in Afghanistan at Bagram Air Base on Wednesday. Members showcased some of the military equipment that the United States and coalition forces left behind after the 2021 withdrawal. The event marks the terrorist group’s most significant display of power since regaining control of the country […]
ISLAMABAD—A storm that brought heavy rainfall to eastern Afghanistan killed at least 35 people on Monday, a Taliban representative said. Many others were injured across Nangarhar province, according to Sediqullah Quraishi, provincial director of the information and culture department. Among the dead were five members of the same family who were killed when the roof […]
ISLAMABAD—At least 20 people were killed when a boat sank while crossing a river in eastern Afghanistan Saturday morning, a Taliban official said. Quraishi Badlon, provincial director of the information and culture department in Nangarhar province, said that the boat sank while crossing a river in Mohmand Dara district, killing 20 people including women and […]
A study by former senior U.S. policymakers says the United States has been traumatized by two decades of war terror, but it is time now to move on from that trauma and step up counterterrorism efforts in Afghanistan and Pakistan. However, Kyle Shideler, a counterterrorism analyst at the Center for Security Policy, tells NTD this […]
ISLAMABAD—Flash floods from heavy seasonal rains have killed at least 68 people in Afghanistan, Taliban representatives said Saturday, adding the death toll was based on preliminary reports. In the hard-hit western province of Ghor, 50 people were reported dead, said Abdul Wahid Hamas, spokesman for the provincial governor. He also said the province has suffered […]
There may have been more gunfire following the 2021 Kabul airport bombing than U.S. military investigators have previously disclosed, according to new footage and interviews presented by CNN on Wednesday. A bomber approached checkpoints surrounding the Abbey Gate approach at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 26, 2021, setting off an […]
Two retired U.S. generals testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday as part of an investigation into the Biden administration’s chaotic 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan, as well as its consequences. To find out more, NTD spoke with William Ruger, a former nominee for the post of U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan and the president […]
Rep. Mike Waltz (R-Fla.) harshly criticized the Biden administration’s handling of the Afghanistan withdrawal at a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on Tuesday. He expressed his disappointment to retired U.S. Generals Mark Milley and Kenneth McKenzie over the lack of accountability for the withdrawal’s failure as the former military leaders testified at Tuesday’s hearing. A […]
Charges have reportedly been dropped against Steve Nikoui, the father of the late Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Kareem Nikoui, after he was arrested for interrupting President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address earlier this month. House Speaker Mike Johnson confirmed the charges against Mr. Nikoui have been dropped, according to Fox News. The office […]
Rep. Ann Wagner (R-Mo.) questioned the retired Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Mark A. Milley, and the retired Commander of U.S. Central Command, Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr., on Tuesday. Speaking at a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing featuring the military leaders’ testimonies on the subject, Ms. Wagner asked about the speed […]
ISLAMABAD—Pakistani airstrikes targeted multiple suspected hideouts of the Pakistani Taliban inside neighboring Afghanistan early on Monday, the foreign ministry said. The Afghan Taliban said the attacks killed at least eight people and prompted return fire from their forces. The exchange, two days after seven Pakistani soldiers were killed in a suicide bombing and coordinated attack […]
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Michael McCaul (R-Texas) has scheduled a hearing to consider a resolution holding U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in contempt of Congress for not turning over documents detailing the August 2021 military withdrawal and civilian evacuation from Afghanistan. For months, Mr. McCaul has been seeking a variety of State Department […]
Two Afghans held in U.S. custody at the Guantanamo Bay detention center for at least 14 years after 2002 have been released and will return to Afghanistan, according to the Taliban leadership. Abdul Zahir Saber and Abdul Karim were released from house arrest in Oman as a result of the efforts made by the Islamic […]
The State Department in December revised its policy to now seek “meaningful dialogue” with the Taliban, 30 months after its calamitous withdrawal cost 13 U.S. service members, and hundreds of Afghans, their lives in an ignoble end to America’s 20-year war in Afghanistan. The Biden administration is doing so despite knowing there’s no such thing […]
