The U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet said she had received credible reports of serious violations committed by the Taliban in Afghanistan, including ‘summary executions’ of civilians and Afghan security forces who have surrendered.
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Distressed Families of Killed Soldiers in Kabul
The letter against Biden from the mother of a soldier killed in Kabul wrote and that Facebook censored.
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Disastrous Withdrawal from Afghanistan
The US military are investigating reports from family members that 10 people, including seven children, were killed in a drone strike targeting a suicide bomber in Kabul, Afghanistan.
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VP Kamala had praised the Biden withdrawal decision
After the US-backed Afghan government collapsed to the Taliban on Sunday, President Biden and numerous top administration officials openly blamed the Trump administration for the crisis.
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Kabul Airport Access Increasingly Difficult
"This is one of the largest, most difficult airlifts in history," Biden said in a televised address from the White House, highlighting the dangerous elements of coordinating a mass evacuation while being surrounded by Taliban forces, who took over Kabul on Sunday.
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Obama freed the Taliban Commander who spearheaded Afghanistan takeover
Obama set five Taliban fighters free, now one of them is calling the shots in Afghanistan. If Obama and Biden had left the five Taliban thugs to rot in Cuba, Kabul may not be back in the clutches of the Taliban right now. And maybe Americans wouldn’t have sacrificed more than 2,400 troops and $1 trillion in vain.
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Bidens lead in Foreign Affairs places Taiwan at risk
The chaotic scenes from Afghanistan have shattered President Biden’s carefully constructed image of a leader in charge and experienced in foreign affairs. Presidencies often get derailed by events not of their making, but Biden owns his wilful refusal to heed warnings from the CIA and Joint Chiefs on what would happen with a precipitous withdrawal. Should Taiwan be worried?
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China offering friendly relations with Taliban
China is ready to deepen "friendly and cooperative" relations with Afghanistan, a foreign ministry spokeswoman says, after the Taliban seized control of the country.
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Weak American Leadership encourages Taliban
The Taliban has long garnered strong support from rural Afghanistan, which has become poorer during the last 20 years of the US presence, while the central government has held urban areas, which have received more aid from Kabul compared to rural regions located in unhospitable mountainous terrains. This has contributed to the Taliban support.
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Biden insisted Taliban takeover could not happen.
When Joe Biden appeared at the White House last month to explain his decision to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan, he insisted that a Taliban takeover of the country was not inevitable.