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On Wednesday’s broadcast of “Fox News Primetime,” Rep. Michael Waltz (R-FL) said that planes are still stuck in Mazar-e-Sharif, the situation in Afghanistan is “the largest hostage crisis since 1979 in Tehran.” And that humanitarian aid being sent to Afghanistan will

Ayman al-Zawahiri, current leader of the al-Qaeda international terrorist organization, appeared on Saturday in a video marking the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. 

The FBI dropped a newly declassified document late Saturday night examining logistical backing shared between Saudi citizens in the U.S. and two of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attackers.

The strategic failure by Joe Biden to withdraw from Afghanistan in an orderly fashion and the subsequent collapse of the expensively groomed Afghan state will give a confidence shot to “lone wolf” terrorists in the West, the director-general of Britain’s domestic intelligence agency has said.

Queen Elizabeth II has paid tribute to the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in a message to the U.S. President.

The head of MI5 has recounted the view from inside MI5 as 9/11 unfolded, including colleagues recognising the work of Osama Bin Laden. 

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin conceded Thursday the al-Qaeda global terrorist group that used Afghanistan as a base to attack the U.S. in 2001 may now be free to regroup there and take on the world following America’s rushed withdrawal.

In an exclusive interview with Breitbart News on Thursday, former commander of British forces in Afghanistan Colonel Richard Kemp blasted President Biden’s exit from Afghanistan, claiming it was worse than 9/11 and calling it “the greatest victory for jihadists” and “a blow for American prestige” which won’t recover for decades.

On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Kudlow,” Rep. Michael Waltz (R-FL) argued the Biden administration is “sliding down the slippery slope of cooperating with the Taliban, of recognizing the Taliban,” and predicted they will “try to backdoor ransom

Global terrorist organization al-Qaeda, a close ally of the Taliban/Haqqani Network regime, celebrated “victory” in Afghanistan on Thursday and listed Kashmir, the province contested between India and Pakistan, as the next target to be “liberated.”

After President Biden warned those responsible for the recent terror attacks that killed 13 U.S. troops and over 90 Afghans at Kabul airport on Thursday, actor-director-singer and talk show host Robert Davi condemned the “tragic” lack of an exit strategy, calling it “almost like a planned nefarious decision,” while recalling terror leader Osama bin Laden’s 2010 prediction that Biden would “lead the U.S. into a crisis,” and accusing Hollywood and leftist politicians for withholding the truth about the president.

Taliban supporters in the southeastern Afghanistan city of Khost held a “mock funeral” for the United States and NATO on Tuesday, complete with flag-draped coffins.

Afghan warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, also known as the “Butcher of Kabul,” on Tuesday promised unconditional support for the Taliban regime from his Hezb-e-Islami Afghanistan (HIA) party.

Former President Donald Trump, nearly four years ago, warned against the exact consequences of a hasty withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Amin al Haq, a former security chief for late al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, reportedly “returned to his home in eastern Afghanistan” on Monday, the Long War Journal reported.

Sean Parnell, Republican candidate for a Pennsylvania U.S. Senate seat and an Afghanistan war veteran who led the infamous “Outlaw Platoon,” told host Matthew Boyle on Breitbart News Saturday, President Joe Biden’s dereliction of duty has cost 13 American families a loved one.

Oscar-winning director and Democrat party activist Spike Lee said Wednesday he is editing the final episode of his 9/11 documentary series, set to air on HBO. Lee’s decision comes after he faced heavy fire for including testimony from debunked conspiracy theorists in the series.

Assessments from inside and outside the Biden administration repudiate the White House claims that al-Qaeda “is gone” and no longer a threat.

On Monday, House Intelligence Committee Chair Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) relayed some sobering news about the situation in Afghanistan when he told reporters that evacuations will likely extend past the August 31 deadline.

While justifying the U.S. incursion into Afghanistan after the 9/11 attacks, Egyptian-American political analyst Magdi Khalil criticized the “naive” and “unrealistic” American attempt at “nation-building” and bringing democracy and human rights to the “extremist Islamic wasteland” of Afghanistan.

President Joe Biden in an address to the nation on Sunday said, “terrorists may seek to exploit” the United States’ failed withdrawal from Afghanistan as thousands of fearful Afghans and Americans flood the Kabul airport in an effort to escape Taliban violence.

Fox News Channel anchor Chris Wallace on this week’s broadcast of “Fox News Sunday” pressed Secretary of State Antony Blinken over President Joe Biden‘s “flat wrong” statements on Afghanistan.

Al-Qaeda in Yemen congratulated the Taliban terror group on Wednesday for its successful takeover of Afghanistan this week, vowing to continue its own jihad on the Arabian Peninsula.

House Armed Services Committee Republicans fired off a letter to President Joe Biden asking him what his plan is for Afghanistan.

Multiple reports have identified the Taliban commander who led a gloating press conference from the presidential palace in Kabul on Sunday as Gholam Ruhani, a suspected intelligence operative arrested by U.S. forces in 2001 and held at Guantanamo Bay until 2007.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson claimed the deaths of over 400 British soldiers in Afghanistan was not “in vain” as the Taliban retook the country from the Western-backed regime in Kabul.

Republican Sen. Tom Cotton (AR) slammed President Joe Biden for his “ill-planned” failed withdrawal out of Afganistan in an intense statement Saturday night.

The British government is surging hundreds of soldiers back into Afghanistan, ostensibly to help evacuate some 4,000 people with British citizenship who are still in the Islamic republic.

Former Trump administration DHS official Miles Taylor said Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Deadline” that “radicalized elements” of the Republican Party represented a “bigger threat to our democracy” than terrorist groups like al-Qaeda and ISIS ever did.

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres submitted a report to the Security Council (UNSC) on Tuesday that warned the Islamic State (ISIS) has regained an “alarming” amount of its strength by taking advantage of “the disruption, grievances, and development setbacks” caused by the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic.

The Pentagon on Tuesday announced the first airstrike in Somalia during the Biden administration.

A spokesman for the Taliban terror group implied to Afghanistan’s Tolo News on Monday the jihadist organization “maintains ties with al Qaeda and other terrorist groups.”

On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that it has quickly become clear that the withdrawal from Afghanistan is a mistake and that “We could be walking away from the idea that we can keep al-Qaeda out of

(AFP) — The U.S. and French defence chiefs signed a new “roadmap” for cooperation between their special operations forces Friday as both seek to build international efforts to counter non-state threats like Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group.

Child soldiers “between the ages of 12 and 14” perpetrated a massacre in Burkina Faso this month that killed over 130 people, Burkina Faso’s government said on Thursday.

Democrat Rep. Dean Phillips (MN) had backtracked his stance on criticizing Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) for the remarks made last week comparing the United States and Israel to terrorists.