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Children play ball between lines of hundreds of beige tents, clothes drying on fences. A little further on people are queuing for the toilets. At Ramstein in western Germany, the largest American military base in Europe has been turned into a gigantic refugee camp, full of people who have all been flown from Afghanistan by […]
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‘A matter of honour’: Ramstein rallies to help Afghans evacuated from Kabul to US air base
August 27th, 2021 
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No Comments »Terrorist strikes in Kabul: A political windfall for Taliban
August 27th, 2021 Awake Goy The horrific terrorist strikes in Kabul on Thursday which killed at least 12 US servicemen and dozens of civilians will lead to a higher level of cooperation between the US and the Taliban. The commander of CENTCOM Gen. Kenneth McKenzie disclosed to journalists on Thursday that the US was already sharing information on terror threats […]
Evacuation Effort Fueled By New Urgency After Kabul Blast Kills More Than 100
August 27th, 2021 Awake Goy KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Evacuation flights from Afghanistan resumed with new urgency on Friday, a day after two suicide bombings targeted the thousands of people desperately fleeing a Taliban takeover and killed dozens. The U.S. warned more attacks could come ahead of next week’s end to America’s longest war. Two officials said 169 Afghans died, […]
Kabul Bombing Fatalities Rise to 100+ Dead Including 13 U.S. Troops
August 27th, 2021 Awake Goy The number of people known to have died in the Kabul bombing attack rose overnight to at least 95 Afghans and 13 U.S. personnel, as the evacuation flights from the city’s airport reached its final hours. The death toll of Thursday’s attack at the gates of Kabul airport steadily rose in the hours after the […]
Biden Warns ISIS ‘We Will Hunt You Down’ After Kabul Bombings
August 27th, 2021 Awake Goy US President Joe Biden has vowed to retaliate against Thursday’s bombing attacks in Kabul, saying that he will hunt down the terrorists responsible and make them pay. The attack killed dozens of people, including civilians and at least 13 US service members. “We will not forgive, we will not forget, we will hunt you down […]
Kabul Evacuation Flights Resume as U.S. Warns Further Attacks Expected
August 27th, 2021 Awake Goy Emergency civilian evacuation flights resumed from Kabul airport early Friday morning as U.S. officials warned further terrorist attacks can be expected. A day after twin suicide bombings targeted the thousands of desperate people fleeing the Taliban takeover, AP reports the U.S. says “further attempted attacks are expected” ahead of the Tuesday deadline for foreign troops […]
Deadly Explosions Rock Kabul Airport
August 27th, 2021 Awake Goy Multiple Casualties Reported After Suspected ISIS Suicide Bombings Outside Kabul Airport. 08/26/2021 Afghanistan (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that two explosions reportedly at the southern Abbey gate at Kabul Airport have killed multiple people, including Afghan nationals and children, and U.S. service members. The explosions closely followed each other in […]
Kabul Airport Attack Kills 60 Afghans, 13 US Troops
August 26th, 2021 Awake Goy KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Two suicide bombers and gunmen attacked crowds of Afghans flocking to Kabul’s airport Thursday, transforming a scene of desperation into one of horror in the waning days of an airlift for those fleeing the Taliban takeover. The attacks killed at least 60 Afghans and 13 U.S. troops, Afghan and U.S. officials […]
At Least 12 US Marines, Soldiers Killed in Kabul Airport Terror Attack
August 26th, 2021 Awake Goy At least 12 U.S. Marines and soldiers and 60 Afghans were killed in the suicide bombing outside the Abbey Gate at Kabul’s airport in Afghanistan Thursday, and at least 140 have been injured. Sources say a second explosion happened outside the Baron Hotel. There are also reports by Afghan local media of a third explosion […]
McCarthy Says There’s ‘No Possible Way’ to Evacuate All Americans From Kabul by Aug 31
August 25th, 2021 Awake Goy House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said on Tuesday there’s “no way possible” for the United States to evacuate all Americans and complete a withdrawal from Afghanistan as per President Joe Biden’s self-imposed Aug. 31 deadline. “There’s no possible way that we can get every American that’s still in Afghanistan out in the next seven […]
Posted in Middle East, us Tags: Americans.., evacuate, kabul, mccarthy, possible, there No Comments »Afghanistan: Biden sticks to Kabul withdrawal deadline rejecting Europe’s appeals
August 25th, 2021 Awake Goy U.S. President Joe Biden declared Tuesday he is sticking to his August 31 deadline for completing a risky airlift of Americans, endangered Afghans and others seeking to escape Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. The decision defies allied leaders who want to give the evacuation more time and opens Biden to criticism that he caved to Taliban deadline demands. […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: Afghanistan, biden, deadline, kabul, rejecting, sticks, withdrawal No Comments »Reps. Moulton, Meijer After Surprise Kabul Visit: ‘We Won’t Get Everyone Out on Time, Even by September 11’
August 25th, 2021 Awake Goy Reps. Seth Moulton (D-MA) and Peter Meijer (R-MI) made a secret visit to Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday where they learned that evacuations cannot be completed by President Joe Biden’s August 31 deadline, according to commanders in charge of the situation. In a joint statement, Moulton and Meijer said their surprise mission was to “conduct oversight […]
Gunfire At Kabul Airport Kills 1 Amid Chaotic Evacuations
August 23rd, 2021 Awake Goy KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A firefight at one of the gates of Kabul’s international airport killed at least one Afghan soldier early Monday, German officials said, the latest chaos to engulf Western efforts to evacuate those fleeing the Taliban takeover of the country. The shooting at the airport came as the Taliban sent fighters north […]
7 Killed In Crowd At Kabul Airport As Afghans Try To Flee
August 23rd, 2021 Awake Goy KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — At least seven Afghans died in a panicked crush of people trying to enter Kabul’s international airport, the British military said Sunday, as thousands were still trying to flee the country in a chaotic exodus a week after the Taliban takeover. The Taliban moved to confront the first stirrings of armed […]
Keep The US Embassy In Kabul Open
August 22nd, 2021 Awake Goy Above photo: U.S. Embassy compound in Kabul, Afghanistan. An internal State Dept. memo says it is the largest U.S. embassy in the world. U.S. Department of State. Don’t Take Revenge on the People of Afghanistan. If the U.S. really cares for the people of Afghanistan, it should keep the U.S. Embassy in Kabul open. I […]
Every American Life Saved After Chick-Fil-A Takes Over Kabul Airport Evacuation
August 21st, 2021 Awake Goy KABUL—After the government spectacularly botched the evacuation of Afghanistan, Chick-fil-A scrambled to the rescue and was quickly put in charge of the operation. Within a few hours, every single American at the Kabul airport was comfortably seated on a commercial airliner and munching away at a delicious Chick-fil-A sandwich and sipping on a sweet tea. […]
Taliban Checkpoints, Paperwork Hinder U.S. Efforts To Complete Kabul Evacuations
August 20th, 2021 Awake Goy WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is struggling to pick up the pace of American and Afghan evacuations at Kabul airport, constrained by obstacles ranging from armed Taliban checkpoints to paperwork problems. With an Aug. 31 deadline looming, tens of thousands remained to be airlifted from the chaotic country. Taliban fighters and their checkpoints ringed […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: checkpoints, complete, efforts, hinder, kabul, paperwork, Taliban No Comments »Women, Kids Killed In Kabul As Biden’s State Dept. Writes Strongly Worded Letter To Taliban Asking Them To Be Nice
August 19th, 2021 Awake Goy Transgender YouTuber Chris Chan was listed as a woman on a police report documenting the alleged rape of his 79-year-old dementia-suffering mother and will now be held in a jail with female inmates. What could possibly go wrong? The 39-year-old, who now calls himself Christine Weston Chandler, was arrested after leaked phone calls emerged in […]
EU foreign chief calls fall of Kabul “catastrophe”
August 19th, 2021 Awake Goy The European Union’s foreign policy chief on Thursday called the fall of Afghanistan s capital and the resurgence of the Taliban “a catastrophe” and “nightmare” that laid bare a failure of intelligence and trans-Atlantic cooperation. EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell further criticized U.S. President Joe Biden for underplaying the commitment to nation-building in Afghanistan. […]
In a mess in Kabul? Bring in the UN…| View
August 19th, 2021 Awake Goy When I decided to focus my studies on the United Nations in the 1980s and to work for it in subsequent decades, I was inspired by an organization that represented the common good of the world and was dedicated to maintaining peace, achieving shared prosperity and standing up for human rights. My references were the […]
Afghanistan live updates: Taliban checkpoints ring Kabul airport, evacuees land in Europe
August 19th, 2021 Awake Goy Taliban fighters and checkpoints ringed Kabul airport on Thursday, adding to fears for Afghan nationals who previously worked for the West. The militant group has promised safe passage to the airport to foreigners. But Afghan nationals eligible for evacuation because of their past work for Western countries have reported difficulties and violence. A former employee […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: Afghanistan, airport, checkpoints, evacuees, kabul, Taliban, updates No Comments »Portraits of Kabul: Crowded Hangars, Desperate Masses, Swarmed Barricades, A City in Chaos
August 19th, 2021 Awake Goy Less than a week has passed since the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan following the U.S. withdrawal, and the emerging portrait is anything but peaceful. From hungry families sleeping on concrete to airport hangars filled at max capacity to desperate Afghans swarming the barricades, Kabul has descended into a warzone in the ashes of what […]
Inside Kabul: What is life like so far under Taliban rule?
August 19th, 2021 Awake Goy As Europe scrambles to get its diplomats and Afghan allies out of Kabul, some in the capital have started to witness a return to a resemblance of normality. “At the start when the Taliban entered Kabul, people panicked,” said Afghan journalist Fazel Qazizai, who has years of experience covering the Taliban’s moves in the country. […]
Kabul & Saigon: A Tale of Two US Failures
August 18th, 2021 Awake Goy August 18, 2021 Source: Al Mayadeen By Ali Hamouch Each time the US decides to invade a country, it starts with a poorly thought-out mass mobilization and ends up dealing with disgraceful consequences. Kabul & Saigon: A Tale of Two US Failures A new dawn is embracing Kabul today – a dawn that bears with […]
NEW HORRIFYING FOOTAGE EMERGES AS EVACUATION FROM KABUL RESUMES (VIDEOS, 18+)
August 18th, 2021 Awake Goy 17.08.2021 This photo taken on May 8, 2018, shows people arriving at the domestic terminal of the Hamid Karzai International Airport of Kabul. (Photo by Dominique FAGET / AFP) (Photo credit should read DOMINIQUE FAGET/AFP via Getty Images) The evacuation of foreign and local civilians continues in Afghanistan that came under the Taliban’s control on […]
Posted in taliban Tags: emerges, evacuation, footage, horrifying, kabul, resumes, videos No Comments »Afghanistan: Criticism as German military plane leaves Kabul with just seven people on board
August 17th, 2021 Awake Goy Germany evacuated just seven people from Kabul on its first military aircraft out of Afghanistan, the Foreign Ministry has confirmed. Despite landing a large A-400M transport aircraft at Kabul’s airport, only a few people were able to leave on board due to “chaotic circumstances at the airport”. But Germany says the aircraft did bring German […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: Afghanistan, criticism, German, kabul, leaves, military, PLANE No Comments »Afghans on EU missions hiding in Kabul say it’s ‘too risky to go’
August 17th, 2021 Awake Goy Afghans who formerly worked with EU missions in Kabul are trapped indoors and cannot get to the airport to be evacuated, a former employee of the Dutch embassy told Euronews. On Monday the Taliban’s military commanders issued a public call for fighters to immediately stop searching homes in the Afghan capital and taking down the […]
Extraordinary Photo Shows 640 Afghans Fleeing Kabul On Packed U.S. Plane
August 17th, 2021 Awake Goy A striking new photograph shows 640 Afghans packed tightly into a U.S. plane leaving Kabul in a desperate bid to escape the Taliban. The photo, from national security publication Defense One, captures the Air Force evacuation from Kabul to Qatar. The Afghans were all evacuated safely, even though the crowd nearly topped the record for the […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: afghans, extraordinary, fleeing, kabul, packed, photo, shows No Comments »Photos Capture The Disintegration Of Kabul As Thousands Try To Flee
August 17th, 2021 Awake Goy Above image: Afghan people climb atop a plane as they wait at the Kabul airport on Aug. 16. Thousands of people flooded Kabul’s airport on Monday after Taliban insurgents overtook the capital, igniting fears of a return to Islamic rule of law and persecution of those who worked for Afghanistan’s former government or its security […]
Middle East Religious Freedom Conditions Worsen with Kabul Fall
August 17th, 2021 Awake Goy Remembering ISIS’s Rise, Regional Christians Express Concern 08/16/2021 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that the fall of Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 15, 2021, has sparked a wave of new religious freedom concerns across the Middle East. Numerous terrorist groups, many of which are supported by the Republic of Turkey, publicly […]
