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The family of a US Marine who was killed in Afghanistan is suing Alec Baldwin for $25 million, after they allege they were exposed to online vilification when the actor accused one of them of being involved in the January 6 Capitol riots. A defamation lawsuit was filed on Friday…
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The United States has killed the leader of Al-Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, in a drone strike in Afghanistan, President Joe Biden confirmed in a speech from the White House. Zawahiri, who just turned 71 years old, was killed in a counter-terrorism operation carried out by the CIA in the capital of…
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Alec Baldwin is in hot water again. The 63-year-old actor is facing another lawsuit, this time from the family of a Marine killed in Afghanistan, who are suing him for defamation in the amount of $25 million. According to them, Baldwin falsely accused members of the family of being present…
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Earlier this month, the U.N's World Food Programme (WFP) reported that the number of people living in near-famine conditions in Afghanistan had risen to 8.7 million — a growth of three million since earlier this year. The situation, which was already bleak, has been wildly exacerbated since the Taliban took…
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Vladimir Putin believes that Joe Biden was right to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan, Reuters reported. The Russian president's remarks on Thursday, October 21, were directed at reporters and were made in the same week that his country hosted talks with senior spokespeople from the Taliban in Moscow. The Taliban…
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Dozens of people have been killed in a suicide bombing at a Shia mosque in Kunduz, Afghanistan during Friday prayers, the Taliban has said. This is the country's worst attack since the Taliban took over control in August. [caption id="attachment_1263129043" align="aligncenter" width="534"] Credit: Xinhua / Alamy[/caption] Per AP News, the…
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In their latest crackdown on civil liberties, barbers in Afghanistan's Helmand Province have been prohibited from shaving men's beards and from playing music, CNN reports. A statement from the Taliban's department of virtue and vice issued on Sunday, September 26, reads: "You are urgently informed that from today, shaving beards…
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A furious Newsmax host cut off a veteran after he suggested that Donald Trump shares some of the blame for the withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan. The heated discussion saw Newsmax host Grant Stinchfield cut off army veteran Joe Saboe because he suggested that the way the US withdrew…
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The Taliban regime is set to ban Afghan women from playing cricket and other sports where their bodies might be seen, a senior official has said. In an interview with the Australian broadcaster SBS, the deputy head of the Taliban’s cultural commission, Ahmadullah Wasiq, said women’s sport was considered neither…
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Women have been allowed to resume university studies in Afghanistan, however, it's reported that the Taliban has made a strict rule of segregating men and women in classrooms. Universities are being closely watched by foreign powers, who want the Islamist militant movement to respect the rights of women in return for…
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At least 17 people have reportedly been killed and more than 40 wounded in celebratory gunfire in Kabul, according to Reuters. The celebratory gunfire came as the Taliban claimed to have taken Panjshir Valley, north of Kabul - the last province not seized by the extremist group. One Taliban leader…
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An Afghan interpreter who helped rescue Joe Biden from a snowstorm 13 years ago when the president was a senator is pleading for help in escaping the Taliban. Delivering a desperate message to the 78-year-old commander-in-chief via The Wall Street Journal, the man, known only as Mohammed, said: "Hello, Mr.…
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Vladamir Putin has said that the US achieved "zero" in Afghanistan and that its 20-year war resulted in "only tragedies." The Russian president made the comments at an educational facility in the far east of Russia on Wednesday, September 1, and said the war proved that foreign values can't be…
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Donald Trump has lambasted his predecessor President Joe Biden for the "tremendous disrespect" he has shown towards the troops who lost their lives in Afghanistan. On Thursday, August 26, explosions and gunfire erupted outside Hamid Karzai International Airport as thousands of Afghans tried to flee Afghanistan after the Taliban seized…
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A top Afghan female police officer is now on the run in Kabul after being brutally beaten by the Taliban. Gulafroz Ebtekar, who is reportedly 34, was seen as a role model among Afghan women when she previously worked as the deputy head of criminal investigations in Afghanistan's Interior Ministry,…
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President Joe Biden has described the US evacuation from Afghanistan as an "extraordinary success" despite being hit with heavy criticism over the past few days. The United States completed its evacuation of Afghanistan on August 30, and on August 31 Biden publically spoke about the withdrawal for the first time.…
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President Joe Biden has been criticized by the parents of some of the fallen service members who lost their lives in last week's ISIS-K terror attack in Kabul. Per AP News, of the 13 US troops who died in explosions outside Kabul airport on Thursday, August 26, 11 were Marines,…
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Terrifying footage has emerged on social media appearing to show an Afghan anchorman read the news surrounded by armed members of the Taliban. The footage was posted to Twitter on Sunday, August 29, by BBC journalist Kian Sharifi, which shows the presenter of Afghan TV's Peace Studio political debate program…
