The United States will eventually have to return to Afghanistan due to the risk of al-Qaeda’s return, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said on Sunday, adding that the war-torn country will likely become “a cauldron for radical Islamic behavior.” The Republican senator made the remarks during an interview with BBC’s HARDtalk

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The United States will eventually have to return to Afghanistan due to the risk of al-Qaeda’s return, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said on Sunday, adding that the war-torn country will likely become “a cauldron for radical Islamic behavior.” The Republican senator made the remarks during an interview with BBC’s HARDtalk

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The Taliban announced a new government for Afghanistan on Tuesday, with Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund to be the country’s interim prime minister and co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar as the second-in-command. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid confirmed the development at a press conference on Tuesday, also saying that Abdul Ghani Baradar will be the

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The Taliban is blocking Americans from leaving Afghanistan because the U.S. citizens don’t have proper credentials, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken claimed on Tuesday. A top Republican in Congress said Sunday that the Taliban was blocking Americans from leaving an airport in Mazar-i-Sharif in northern Afghanistan. Six planes were

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The Taliban has pledged to protect humanitarian aid workers operating in Afghanistan and ensure aid is delivered to Afghans in need, a senior United Nations official has said. At the request of the secretary-general, U.N. Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths visited the country where he met with the Taliban’s nominal leader, Mullah

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The Taliban terrorist group has been accused of killing an 8-month pregnant policewoman in front of her family over the weekend, according to witnesses. The incident comes amid mounting concerns and reports of repression against women in Afghanistan under the Taliban’s rule. A spokesperson for the group denied the accusations

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The U.S. Department of State said it cannot confirm whether six planes holding American citizens are being held hostage by the Taliban in a northern Afghanistan city. Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), the top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, told Fox News on Sunday that the planes are being

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The Taliban on Monday again claimed victory in the Panjshir valley, where resistance fighters have held out against the terrorist group, although resistance fighters have said they still control strategic positions in the area. “With this victory, our country is completely taken out of the quagmire of war,” chief spokesman

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The top-ranking Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee said that the Taliban terrorist group will not allow Americans to leave from an airport in the northern part of Afghanistan, while the White House chief of staff estimated that about 100 Americans still remain in the country. Rep. Michael McCaul

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Anti-Taliban resistance group, the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan (NRFA), on Monday shut down the terrorist group’s claims of victory in the Panjshir Valley—the last Afghan province holding out against the group after it seized control of Kabul on Aug. 15. “Taliban’s claim of occupying Panjshir is false,” the NRFA said

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