Not even two years have passed since President Biden’s fumbled military withdrawal from Afghanistan, and already Islamic State terrorists are using the country to plot attacks across Europe and Asia. Islamic State Khorasan Province is also conducting “aspirational plotting” against the United
Afghan authorities are closing education centers and institutes supported by non-governmental groups in the south until further notice, officials said Monday. The centers are mostly for girls, who are banned from going to school beyond sixth grade. The Education Ministry ordered the
The U.N. food agency said Monday it urgently needs $800 million for the next six months to help Afghanistan, which is at the highest risk of famine in a quarter of a century. Aid agencies have been providing food, education and health
A string of Islamic State Khorasan province attacks in recent months has brought renewed attention to the lack of U.S. ability to run counterterrorism operations in Afghanistan since the full military withdrawal in 2021, experts said. And the lack of “over the
The Foreign Office is working hard to secure contact with three British men, including a notorious “danger tourist”, who are being held by the Taliban. Miles Routledge, from Birmingham, is among the trio of Brits in the custody of the Islamic fundamentalist
America’s credibility among its adversaries has dwindled under President Biden, with some experts arguing a line can be drawn from the disastrous U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan to more recent events such as the Chinese spy balloon and the downing of a U.S.
A senior judge launched an independent inquiry Wednesday to investigate whether U.K. military police covered up or did not properly probe allegations of unlawful killings by British armed forces in Afghanistan from 2010 to 2013. Britain’s government ordered the inquiry after lawyers
A magnitude 6.5 earthquake ripped through northeast Afghanistan late Tuesday, sending tremors in neighboring Pakistan and causing people to flee their homes in terror. There were conflicting reports about the epicenter of the earthquake. The U.S. Geological Survey pinpointed the center about
The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing that killed the governor of Afghanistan’s northern Balkh province and two other people at his office. The regional affiliate of IS — known as the Islamic State in Khorasan Province —
Rep. Cory Mills took aim at President Biden for his handling of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan – arguing the president placed “political optics” over military strategy in the chaotic final months of America’s longest war. “Biden’s administration originally said they’d be