Raab says UK will defend itself against Afghan terror threat “The UK will defend itself against any terrorists who use Afghanistan as a base for plots in the wake of the final withdrawal from the country, Dominic Raab has said. The final evacuation flight flew out of Kabul airport just after midnight local time, bringing […]
Afghanistan 1) Terror threat ‘worst in years’, Johnson warned “Britain faces its biggest terrorist threat for many years, Boris Johnson was warned last night, as he offered the Taliban diplomatic recognition if they prevented attacks being launched from Afghanistan. Former army commanders, diplomats and MPs said that Britain was significantly less safe after the Taliban […]
Afghanistan 1) Last British troops leave “Britain’s 20-year military campaign in Afghanistan came to an end on Saturday night as Boris Johnson insisted the UK would do all it could to “preserve the gains” from the sacrifices of troops. The final RAF flight withdrawing British troops left Kabul after the personnel on board assisted in […]
Biden launches missile retailiation attack “on Isis airport atrocity planner” America struck back against ISIS-K in Afghanistan in retaliation to Thursday’s attack on Kabul airport. Captain Bill Urban, spokesman for US Central Command, said: “US military forces conducted an over-the-horizon counterterrorism operation today against an ISIS-K planner. “The unmanned airstrike occurred in the Nangahar Province […]
‘We’ll make you pay’: Emotional Biden vows to ‘hunt down’ ISIS-K… “US President Joe Biden promised on Thursday to hunt down and destroy the ISIS-K terrorists who killed 13 American service personnel and dozens of Afghans in a double suicide attack on Kabul airport. He made the retaliation threat last night as he joined Boris […]
British Afghan mission set to end today amidst terror attack threat… “Troops are living out of rucksacks at Kabul airport to maximise the number of refugees who can be put on flights, military sources say. Soldiers are said to be down to their last rations with only the clothes they are wearing and day packs […]
UK races to rescue thousands from Afghanistan… “Britain is scrambling to airlift more than 4,000 UK nationals and Afghan citizens out of the country by the end of the week after the Taliban said locals would be barred from travelling to the airport. President Biden confirmed last night that he was not planning to extend his […]
Afghanistan 1) Biden faces pressure at G7 summit today to extend deadline… “Joe Biden will come under pressure on Tuesday from western allies who want the US-led evacuation from Afghanistan extended beyond August 31, while facing the humiliating prospect that the Taliban may veto any delay. At an emergency G7 meeting, the US president will […]
Afghanistan 1) Mass airlift to evacuate 6,000 from Kabul chaos “Britain will step up the mass evacuation of British and Afghan citizens from Afghanistan today under plans to fly up to 6,000 people out of the country this week. The Times has been told that the military has extended the deadline for the last RAF […]
Johnson vows troops will stay in Afghanistan until all Brits are out “Boris Johnson has refused to accept America’s “false deadline” for pulling out of Afghanistan. The PM insists he will keep a presence for as long as it takes to get people out of the war-torn country. US President Joe Biden has promised the […]
Afghanistan 1) We might not get everyone out of Afghanistan, admits Biden “Joe Biden admitted on Friday night that the US may not be able to rescue everyone it wants to from Afghanistan and said he could not guarantee the outcome of the “most difficult and dangerous airlift in history”. The US president said there […]
Johnson ‘will sack Raab’ in reshuffle over his bungled handling of crisis “Boris Johnson is furious with Dominic Raab’s bungling of the Afghanistan crisis and will sack him in a reshuffle, allies of the PM said last night. The Foreign Secretary is desperately battling to stay after it emerged he ignored the pleas of officials […]
Raab was ‘too busy’ on holiday to help brave translators “Dominic Raab failed to make a crucial phone call while he was on holiday to seek urgent help airlifting translators out of Afghanistan, the Mail can reveal. Senior officials in the Foreign Secretary’s department advised last Friday that he should make immediate contact with Afghan foreign […]
UK to admit 20,000 Afghan refugees… “Boris Johnson will vow today to bring in 20,000 Afghan refugees in recognition of the “debt of gratitude” Britain owes the country now under Taliban rule. The prime minister is setting up a dedicated scheme for those fleeing their homes, which will give them a safe and legal route […]
Biden defends US withdrawal from Afghanistan “President Biden interrupted his summer break at Camp David to return to the White House and defend the US withdrawal, seeking to pin the blame for the rapid Taliban takeover squarely on the Afghan government. In his first public comments on the fall of Kabul, he also blamed Afghans for […]