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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) on Monday tore into House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) for supporting President Joe Biden’s withdrawal out of Afghanistan.

On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “At This Hour,” Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) stated that there will be Americans in Afghanistan “who will not be able to get out in time.” And Secretary of State Tony Blinken has promised “he will

The leader of the exiled government of East Turkistan – the western, largely Uyghur-populated region China refers to as Xinjiang – told Breitbart News this weekend that China takes its friendship with the Taliban “very seriously,” as it could soon help lead to Beijing establishing a “strong foothold” in the Persian Gulf.

ITV News on Saturday reported that two Taliban jihadists raped and beat a gay man in Kabul after they used social media to trick him into a meeting.

Monday on Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom,” Rep. Michael Waltz (R-FL) sounded off on the United States’ withdrawal out of Afghanistan.

A majority of U.S. voters say President Biden is doing a “poor” job in handling the crisis in Afghanistan and believe Americans will be left behind after the August 31 deadline, a Rasmussen Reports survey released Monday found.

The world is becoming a “danger zone” under President Biden’s “weak leadership,” Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) declared on Monday. She spoke as the U.S. continues to evacuate Americans ahead of the Taliban-approved August 31 deadline, days after a terrorist attack at the Kabul airport killed over 100 individuals, including 13 U.S. servicemembers.

President Joe Biden continues facing criticism after a video emerged on social media on Sunday of him looking at his watch during a dignified transfer ceremony of Marines slain in Afghanistan by twin suicide bombers.

Hundreds of students, their family members, and staff of the American University of Afghanistan on Sunday were denied entry in their final attempt to enter Kabul airport and escape to freedom, according to a report in the New York Times.

Multiple Afghan news organizations reported on Monday that an airstrike in Kabul ordered by President Joe Biden appeared to have killed at least ten civilians, including several children.

Despite having already evacuated some 15,000 people from Afghanistan, the UK says the effort to extricate individuals has not ended.

Pope Francis issued a heartfelt appeal for the Afghan people Sunday, urging Christians to personally assist them by every means at their disposal.

A missile defense system in Kabul on Monday intercepted five rockets fired at the international airport. No casualties were reported.

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) issued a statement on Sunday indicating that it would investigate reports of civilian deaths that, it said, may have resulted from secondary explosions after an airstrike took out a would-be suicide bomber.

As the Taliban poured into the city of Kabul in their conquest of Afghanistan, Secretary of State Antony Blinken was reportedly vacationing in the Hamptons. 

Sunday on Fox News Channel’s “America Reports,” Rep. Jake Ellzey (R-TX) called on Congress to be called back into session to have the Afghanistan evacuation August 31 deadline extended and to take back the Bagram Air Base. Ellzey, who completed

During an interview that aired Sunday on New York WABC 770 AM radio’s “The Cats Roundtable,” Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) criticized President Joe Biden for having “bungled” the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan.

During an interview that aired on Mobile, AL radio FM Talk 106.5’s “Mobile Mornings,” Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), a former U.S. Navy SEAL officer, discussed the Biden administration’s withdrawal from Afghanistan and what impact that might have on morale for service personnel, veterans and Gold Star families.

Now that vulnerable House and Senate Democrats have distanced themselves from him, President Joe Biden may not enjoy the benefit of the “coattail effect” in the next mid-term if the political winds keep blowing in the current direction. 

The chaos in Afghanistan could have reportedly been avoided altogether if President Joe Biden had accepted the Taliban’s initial offer for the U.S. to have full control of Kabul and the airport. 

President Joe Biden’s administration has flown roughly 14,000 Afghans into the Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Virginia over the last 12 days. 

Scheller on Sunday announced in a video that he was resigning his commission as a lieutenant colonel in the Marine Corps.

During this week’s broadcast of FNC’s “Sunday Morning Futures,” House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) addressed what measures Congress may take in its oversight role following the collapse of the Afghanistan government and takeover by the Taliban after the U.S. military withdrawal.

President Joe Biden refused to answer questions about Afghanistan, just two days before the August 31 withdrawal date.

CNN anchor Jim Acosta, who became infamous for taunting President Donald Trump, including during the most intense moments of the coronavirus pandemic, has belatedly discovered the need for national unity in a time of profound crisis.

Afghans are arriving in the United States despite having “no documents whatsoever” after having been screened and approved by President Joe Biden’s federal agencies, CNN reports.

Afghans flown to the United States have been later sent back to countries abroad after federal agencies “flagged” them for “security concerns,” the Washington Post reported.

A total of 11 flights filled with Afghans evacuated from Afghanistan were flown to Volk Field Air National Guard Base in Juneau County, Wisconsin, late last week, according to local reports.

ABC News’ Jon Karl said Sunday on “This Week” that the Biden administration is attempting to spin the evacuation in Afghanistan.

Boris Johnson has been warned that Joe Biden “holds grudges” after members of the Johnson administration questioned his mental fitness following “completely mad” press briefings on Afghanistan.

Boris Johnson has released a video praising the “colossal exertions” of British servicemen and officials during the Kabul airport, but some senior figures have accused his government of having been “asleep at the watch”. 

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation” called for President Joe Biden’s impeachment for the chaos of U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation” that the chances of a terrorist attack like on Sept. 11, 2001 “just went through the roof” because of the U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said on this week’s broadcast of “Fox News Sunday” that President Joe Biden’s decision to pull U.S. troops from Afghanistan was “one of the worst foreign policy decisions in American history.”

Boris Johnson’s government has been criticised for leaving behind British citizens, as the last evacuation flights left Kabul.

A U.S. over-the-horizon missile strike Sunday destroyed a vehicle carrying Islamic State – Khorasan (ISIS-K) terrorists heading for Kabul airport.