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US Navy helicopter crashes off San Diego, search underway

08/31/21 10:48 PM

Taliban supporters hold mock funerals with coffins draped with American flags

Photos emerged Tuesday showing Taliban supporters in Afghanistan holding a mock funeral while hoisting coffins draped with flags from the U.S. and other NATO countries.

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Afghanistan airport attack: Former officer in charge writes touching tribute to Marine killed in Kabul

Sgt. Johanny Rosario Pichardo was one of 13 U.S. service members killed in the suicide bombing at Kabul’s airport last week – and she was also a proud Dominican American, daughter, sister, girlfriend, aunt, student and teacher, according to the U.S. Marine captain who was her officer in charge for more than a year.

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US ambassador accuses Blinken of leaving hundreds of Afghan women behind to die in botched evacuation

Among those at greatest risk under Taliban rule are women, who make up roughly half the country’s population and were severely oppressed during the Islamist group’s previous time in power in the late 1990s.

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Sister of Ohio Navy Corpsman killed in Kabul attack says brother’s death left ‘hole that will never be filled’

For Berlin Heights, an Ohio town of fewer than 1,000 people, last week’s terrorist attack in Kabul that killed 13 U.S. service members and 169 Afghans hit close to home.

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Afghan Interpreter Who Helped Rescue Biden in 2008 Left Behind After U.S. Exit

Thirteen years ago, Afghan interpreter Mohammed helped rescue then- Sen. Joe Biden and two other senators stranded in a remote Afghanistan valley after their helicopter was forced to land in a snowstorm. Now, Mohammed is asking President Biden to save him.

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Former British soldier plans Afghan escape with 400 evacuees in tow

A former British soldier has plotted an escape from Afghanistan with hundreds of refugees in tow, according to reports. 

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Taliban commit 'house-to-house executions' in Kabul after US exit as chilling audio demonstrates Afghans' fear

In horrifying audio, an Afghan who helped U.S. troops on the ground in Afghanistan recounts his fear as Taliban troops carry out "house-to-house executions."

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Major General Chris Donahue: Who is the last American soldier to have left Afghanistan?

Following nearly 20 years of occupation, Maj. Gen. Chris Donahue – the commanding general of the 82nd Airborne Division based out of Fort Bragg, N.C. -- is the last American soldier to have set foot in Afghanistan.

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Non-profit aiming to rescue dozens of military dogs from Afghanistan: report

A non-profit organization said it was continuing to work Tuesday to help evacuate dozens of contracted military working dogs from the country, according to reports.

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Taliban take control of Kabul airport, celebrate ‘enjoyable moment of victory’

Taliban leaders took over control of the Kabul airport Tuesday and marked the departure of the last U.S. plane from the country by taking a symbolic walk across the airport's sole runway, according to a report.

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US Embassy in Kabul suspends operations

08/30/21 11:44 PM

Reporter stays with Taliban fighters as they enter Kabul airport hangar

A reporter stayed with several Taliban fighters this week who were seen entering a hangar at Kabul airport and examining Chinook helicopters left behind following the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, according to a report.

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Taliban kill folk singer days after banning music in Afghanistan, family says

An Afghan folk singer has been executed by the Taliban just days after the Islamic fundamentalist group declared that “music is forbidden in Islam,” according to his family.

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Veterans organization works to evacuate Afghan interpreters desperate to find safety as US troops withdraw

Retired Army Sgt. Maj. Gonzalo Lassally and an interpreter who supported him in Afghanistan share how veterans are working to evacuate U.S. allies threatened by the Taliban.

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Afghan midwife with dreams of becoming doctor loses job under Taliban rule

Afghan women will lose all freedom under Taliban rule, a Kabul midwife who lost her job told Fox News.

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Last plane carrying US troops has left Afghanistan after 20 years, US officials say

08/30/21 1:41 PM

What is the Pineapple Express?

Hurricane Ida left a trail of devastation after it made landfall in Louisiana overnight Sunday, leaving Americans understandably nervous about other possible weather phenomena — including the Pineapple Express. 

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Australia to end 'covid zero' policy: 'Not a sustainable way to live'

Australia is set to end its "covid zero" policy after Prime Minister Scott Morrison determined that the country’s approach is not "sustainable" in the face of the more infectious COVID-19 delta variant. 

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EU set to recommend reinstating restrictions on US travelers

The European Union plans to recommend that its member states reinstate restrictions on tourists from the U.S. because of rising coronavirus infection levels in the country, EU diplomats said Monday.

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North Korea appears to have restarted key nuclear reactor: UN watchdog

Evidence has emerged that North Korea has restarted a nuclear reactor believed to be capable of producing weapons-grade plutonium in a development called “deeply troubling,” Reuters reported, citing the International Atomic Energy Agency.

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Biden approves Louisiana disaster declaration

08/29/21 9:26 PM

Marines post photo of dignified transfer of fallen service members killed in Kabul

The U.S. Marines took to Twitter late Sunday to post a photo of the flag-draped transfer cases of the fallen service members who died last week during the bombing in Kabul.

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Worst case scenario unfolding in Louisiana as Hurricane Ida's wrath puts levees to the test

08/29/21 5:28 PM

Former Afghanistan ambassador to US Roya Rahmani: Afghan women ‘in a state of panic’

Roya Rahmani, who served as the first female Afghanistan ambassador to the United States until last month, said Afghan women are “in a state of panic” after the Taliban retook the country two weeks ago.

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Flames consume high-rise in Milan; residents evacuated

Italian firefighters on Sunday battled a high-rise blaze in Milan that spread rapidly through a 20-story residential building and poured black smoke into the air. Residents were hurriedly evacuated.

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Ida makes landfall in Louisiana as monster Category 4 hurricane with 150 mph winds

08/29/21 10:08 AM

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Searing images emerge as Biden receives bodies of 11 of 13 service members killed in Kabul attack

08/29/21 9:56 AM

Stranded in Kabul: Americans, LPRs, SIVs stopped at Taliban checkpoint

Video from Kabul shows a group of U.S. citizens, LPRs and SIVs stranded at a Taliban checkpoint.

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British government to ban single-use plastic utensils

The British government has announced plans to ban single-use plastic utensils in England as part of a wide-ranging Environmental Bill that aims to tackle plastic pollution. 

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US carries out Kabul airstrike against ISIS-K suicide bombers that threatened airport, US official confirms

The U.S. military conducted an airstrike against a vehicle carrying multiple suicide bombers with explosive vests that were believed to be targeting Kabul's international airport Sunday, a U.S. official confirmed. 

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Marine fired for slamming military over Afghan exit issues warning to superiors

The maverick Marine fired after he released a now-viral video slamming the U.S. military for botching the exit from Kabul issued a clear threat to his aging superiors Saturday.

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US carries out airstrike against vehicle bomb in Kabul, US official confirms

08/29/21 7:10 AM

Taliban rule will be 'a long slow death' for women, Lara Logan says

After 20 years, the Taliban has once again taken Afghanistan. In numerous interviews Fox News has conducted since the extremist group seized Kabul, a central theme emerged: women will almost certainly face unforgiving brutality despite the Taliban's promises.

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Ida strengthens into major Category 4 hurricane overnight ahead of US landfall

08/29/21 3:21 AM

UN Peacekeepers could have helped maintain Afghanistan stability after US withdrawal, former minister says

One way to have a safer U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan would have been to set up a U.N. peacekeeping mission ahead of time, rather than drawing back troops and leaving civilians scrambling to evacuate as a lightning Taliban offensive retook the country, according to a former Afghan official who was forced to flee her homeland.

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Father of slain Marine speaks out on 'chaotic' situation in Afghanistan

The father of Lance Cpl. Kareem Nikoui told "Tucker Carlson Today" he believes the situation on the ground in Afghanistan is "chaotic," but the support he received in the wake of his son's death has been "incredible."

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Anti-lockdown protests erupt on streets of Berlin: 'We are the people'

Protesters filled the German capital again on Saturday to demonstrate against the government’s coronavirus measures, despite bans against several gatherings.

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These are the US service members killed in the Kabul airport attack

A terror attack outside Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport in Afghanistan left 11 Marines, one Army soldier and a Navy corpsman dead Thursday, injuring 20 more service members and inflicting even more carnage on Afghan civilians.

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Kabul explosion signals opening of jihadi civil war in Afghanistan

Former State Department member says ISIS-K ‘tends to be about as far on the spectrum of evil as you can possibly be.’

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Fathers of Marines killed in Kabul attack rage against Biden, brass

The fathers of two Marines killed in Thursday’s suicide attack at Kabul’s international airport have expressed outrage at the US government’s handling of the withdrawal of American forces, with one claiming that President Biden “turned his back” on his murdered son.

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Some Afghan evacuees flagged for concern by CBP at military bases worldwide

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has flagged some incoming Afghan evacuees as a "concern" as part of the vetting and screening process at military bases around the world. 

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Afghan activist Fatima Gailani blasts Biden as 'reckless,' calls Ghani 'national traitor'

A prominent Afghan activist has laid the blame for the fall of Kabul and rise of the Taliban squarely on the shoulders of President Joe Biden and ousted Afghan President Ashraf Ghani. 

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US Army veteran's family targeted by Taliban, desperate to evacuate Afghanistan

A U.S. Army veteran, desperate to evacuate his family from Afghanistan, said the Taliban will behead his relatives, who the extremist group has beaten and attacked over the years.

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Furious crowd forces Justin Trudeau to cancel campaign event: 'Need freedom'

A campaign event for Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was canceled over safety concerns after angry coronavirus protesters rallied against the liberal leader.

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US Navy, Coast Guard ships enter Taiwan Strait, irking China: reports

At least two U.S. military vessels entered the Taiwan Strait on Friday, in what Chinese officials described as a "provocative" move, according to reports.

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Afghanistan crisis: Christian veteran's nonprofit helps save 8 lives from Taliban terror

As NGOs and U.S. forces continue to race to get Americans and Afghan allies to safety ahead of the Biden administration’s Aug. 31 deadline in Afghanistan, one faith-based nonprofit helped evacuate an at-risk family of eight Christians from the chaos in Kabul.

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Afghanistan evacuations: Germany closes embassy, trying to identify residents stranded in country

The German Foreign Office closed the embassy in Afghanistan and ended its military evacuation while an unknown number of residents and local employees remain stranded in the country. 

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Afghanistan security lapse: Documents identifying staff left behind at UK embassy in Kabul, report says

The U.K.'s defense chief promised Friday to “get to the bottom of” a security lapse that saw documents identifying Afghan staff members and job applicants left behind at the abandoned British Embassy in Kabul.

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Afghan interpreter says Taliban beating women outside Kabul airport

A former Afghan interpreter who has been trying to escape the country through Kabul’s airport says he has observed the Taliban beating people – including women – near the gate that was targeted in yesterday’s deadly suicide bombing.

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Kabul airport desperation: Some Afghans stayed despite terror attack, eyewitness says

An eyewitness on the ground during Thursday's terror attacks near the Kabul airport in Afghanistan told Fox News that many Afghans refused to leave the area despite the chaos out of desperation to escape the country.

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Who is Sirajuddin Haqqani, Taliban deputy leader and wanted terrorist?

Sirajuddin Haqqani is the Taliban’s deputy leader and head of a sophisticated terror group with a reputation for discipline and violence.

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Afghan death toll now at least 95 following Kabul airport bombing; 13 US service members dead

A day after two suicide bombings hit the Kabul airport, the death toll in Afghanistan has risen to more than 100 people. 

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Afghanistan evacuation flights resume day after deadly Kabul airport attack

Evacuation flights out of Afghanistan resumed Friday, less than a day after two bombings left at least 13 U.S. service members and more than 95 Afghans dead at the Kabul airport. 

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Pentagon revises Kabul death-toll data, includes fallen Army soldiers

The U.S. Defense Department late Thursday revised its descriptions of the service members who were killed in Thursday’s Kabul airport attacks.

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Mexico says it can’t help US with migrants forever, must get to root of problem in Central America

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on Thursday said his country was still committed to helping the United States address immigration, but noted that “it can’t go on forever.”

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Kabul evacuations: pilots recount chaotic experiences getting people out of Afghanistan

With the U.S. pulling out of Afghanistan after nearly 20 years, pilots have had to navigate a chaotic scene at Kabul’s airport where thousands of people have flocked to in recent weeks in a desperate bid to escape Taliban rule and a country descending further into turmoil.

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US, others issue security alert at Kabul airport

The foreign minister of the Netherlands says the last Dutch diplomats and troops have flown out of Kabul as the international airlift winds down and that her thoughts are now with the people left stranded in the Afghan capital.

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Afghan girl seen in viral photo skipping on airport tarmac after arriving in Brussels following evacuation

A moving photo of a young Afghan girl skipping on the tarmac of a Belgian airport after being evacuated from her war-torn native country has gone viral.

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