Afghanistan

The Afghan government will release 900 Taliban terrorists by the end of Tuesday, sources in Afghanistan’s National Security Council told Khaama Press on Tuesday.

Kent has taken on a new role as coalition board member of Military Families for Trump to get President Donald Trump re-elected.

Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday issued a statement that he will respond to a ceasefire “gesture of goodwill” from the Taliban by expediting the release of 2,000 Taliban prisoners.

An Afghan woman was detained by Turkish authorities after attempting to enter Europe using the passport of a well-known pro-migration activist. She claimed her passport was stolen during a trip to Iran.

In his address for the Eid al-Fitr holiday, Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada – supreme leader of the Taliban as well as one of its top clerics – promised equal rights for men and women under fundamentalist Taliban rule after the U.S. withdraws from Afghanistan. He also offered a general amnesty to the Taliban’s enemies, provided they “end their opposition” to the “establishment of an Islamic government.”

Casualties at the hands of jihadis during the first three weeks of Ramadan hit a grim milestone, exceeding 1,000 with 584 fatalities and 587 injuries, data compiled by Breitbart News shows.

President Donald Trump on Monday criticized a Wall Street Journal editorial warning him against acting impulsively in Afghanistan.

The Islamic State claimed responsibility on Wednesday for a sucide bombing attack on the funeral for a former police commander in the Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. The attack killed at least 26 people and injured over 60.

The government of Afghanistan announced on Monday that it had recorded 285 new cases of the Chinese coronavirus in the previous 24 hours, Afghan news agency Khaama Press reported.

Afghanistan’s government has freed 933 Taliban prisoners since the terrorists agreed to a peace deal with the U.S. in February, Pakistani newspaper Dawn reported on Friday.

Afghan farmers claim to have “no other choice” but to illegally grow poppies – a lucrative opium crop that fuels the country’s Taliban terror group – amid the economic downturn caused by the Chinese coronavirus pandemic, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) reported on Friday.

A group of 50 to 70 Afghan migrants attempting to cross the border into Iran were allegedly beaten, tortured, and in some cases drowned by Iranian security guards on May 1. On Wednesday the Iranian regime officially denied the incident occurred and accused the United States of slandering Tehran by repeating the accusations.

Islamic terrorists, mainly the Taliban, were responsible for 185 fatalities and 188 injuries during the first week of Ramadan, a time when extremists believe martyrdom and jihad are exceptionally rewarded in paradise, a Breitbart News tally revealed.

The Taliban issued a statement on Wednesday claiming that 46 of its fighters have contracted the Wuhan coronavirus while imprisoned by the Afghan government and vowing to seek revenge if any of them died.

At least 40 staff members of “the Arg” – Afghanistan’s presidential palace in Kabul – have tested positive for the Chinese coronavirus, Afghanistan’s Khaama Press reported on Monday, citing the New York Times.

Police shot dead an Afghan asylum seeker in the no-go Paris suburb of Seine-Saint-Denis after he attacked a mounted police patrol while armed with a knife.

Afghanistan freed 100 Taliban jihadists on Wednesday as the first step in a peace process with the terrorist group, despite the Taliban’s suspension of talks over a planned prisoner exchange crucial to moving toward a formal peace agreement.

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) wrote on Tuesday that the only way America can counter Chinese domination is to end the “forever wars” in Iraq and Afghanistan. 

The Taliban announced a ceasefire on Thursday in areas of Afghanistan affected by the Chinese coronavirus, allowing medical teams access to provide health services and aid.

Afghanistan Minister of Public Health Ferozuddin Feroz warned on Tuesday that the Chinese coronavirus could kill at least 110,000 people amid a rise in cases across the country.

The Taliban, which considers itself the legitimate government of Afghanistan, released a statement on Wednesday urging Afghans to “recite effective prayers” against the Chinese coronavirus, calling it a “decree of Allah.”

Afghanistan’s President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday signed a decree to release 1,500 Taliban prisoners beginning on March 14, a step the Taliban insists is necessary before talks between the Islamist insurgents and the Afghan government can continue.

“I gave him [Mattis] more people for a short period of time, and it didn’t work out and all we were doing is policing on Afghanistan,” Trump said.

Presidential candidates won the past three elections by promising to end the longest war in American history. Only President Trump has taken concrete efforts to make good on that promise.

On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom,” Rep. Max Rose (D-NY) stated that President Trump “is doing the right thing” with his attempts to end the war in Afghanistan and that “Democrats cannot just be opposed to

The prospects for the peace deal brokered between the United States and the Taliban looked grim less than 24 hours after it was announced, as Afghan President Ashraf Ghani balked at releasing 5,000 Taliban prisoners as specified in the agreement, and the Taliban responded by announcing it would resume “operations” against the Afghan government. 

After 18 years, the end of the Afghan War and bringing all American troops home from Afghanistan is finally in sight.

On Saturday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” Rep. Michael Waltz (R-FL) reacted to the peace deal between the United States and the Taliban by expressing his concern over the timeline for the full withdrawal of American

Iraq and Afghanistan confirmed their first cases of the Wuhan coronavirus on Monday. Both cases were detected near the Iranian border and involved patients who recently traveled to Iran, where an outbreak spreading from the city of Qom has officially infected 61 people and killed 12, although a lawmaker from the area claims there have been 50 deaths and 250 people are under quarantine.

The New York Times on Thursday published an op-ed written by Sirajuddin Haqqani, deputy leader of the Taliban and a globally designated terrorist with a $5 million FBI reward on his head. Haqqani used the opportunity extended by the Times to recite Taliban propaganda and lay out the terrorist organization’s terms for peace in Afghanistan.