Tag: UK
Is BoJo Gov’t Ready to Tackle Potential Terror Threats From Afghanistan’s Daesh-K & Other Jihadists?
Former Commander of the British Forces in Afghanistan Colonel Richard Kemp has raised a red flag, arguing that Britain is facing "the greatest danger...
Pressure Piles on Dominic Raab After Reports UK Embassy Told Afghans to Wait by Kabul Airport Gate Before Bombing
Just before 6 p.m. on 26 August a huge bomb went off near Abbey Gate, the main entrance to Kabul Airport, killing 13 US...
Britain, Taliban in Talks on ‘Safe Passage Out of Afghanistan’ for UK Nationals, Allied Afghans
World05:58 GMT 01.09.2021(updated 06:32 GMT 01.09.2021) Britain completed its troop withdrawal from Afghanistan on Saturday, evacuating 15,000 people in two weeks since...
Johnson’s Tories Still Lead Starmer’s Labour by Eight Points After Afghan Pull-Out
UK18:53 GMT 30.08.2021Two UK citizens were killed in Thursday’s suicide bombing at the gates of Kabul airport, although some 600 British troops deployed...
Pentagon Says Threat to Kabul Airport Remains ‘Real’ and ‘Specific’ as Evacuations Wrap Up
US14:56 GMT 30.08.2021(updated 16:13 GMT 30.08.2021) According to media reports, the US plans to finish the withdrawal from Afghanistan on 31 August...
In Possible Dig at Biden, Johnson Mentions ‘Remorseless Deadline’ for Kabul Evacuations
Britain and other US allies have offered muted criticism of the Biden administration’s firm 31 August deadline for evacuations from Afghanistan in the aftermath...
British Embassy in Afghanistan Scrubs Twitter Account as Evacuation Effort Enters Final Stage
UK14:06 GMT 28.08.2021Earlier, the UK Ministry of Defence confirmed that the last flight purely for the evacuation of Afghans had left Kabul, as...
UK’s Defense Sec Wallace: To Manage Issues Like Afghanistan You Have to Be There ‘For the Long Run’
World06:24 GMT 27.08.2021(updated 07:27 GMT 27.08.2021) s the US and NATO allies are continuing their evacuations of citizens and Afghan colleagues from...
Boris Johnson Vows UK Will Continue Evacuations ‘Until The Last Moment’ Despite Deadly Kabul Attack
A massive evacuation effort from Kabul airport has been underway since Taliban* seized the Afghan capital on 15 August on the heels of a...
New Round of Explosions Sound Off as US Warns of ‘Extremely Active Threats’ Against Kabul Airport
Asia & Pacific18:09 GMT 26.08.2021(updated 19:59 GMT 26.08.2021) Estimates suggest that a pair of earlier blasts at and near the Hamid Karzai...
Taliban Warned ‘Malicious Elements’ Were Planning Attack in Interview Hours Before Kabul Explosion
Despite the massive explosions outside Kabul’s main airport on Thursday, the Taliban* has said it has no intention to extend the US’ withdrawal deadline...
Terror Warning in Kabul to Avoid US, UK Shame?
Just when the eyes of the world are watching a shambolic and shameful scramble out of Afghanistan by the United States and its British...
Afghans Fleeing to UK Reportedly Advised to ‘Make it to a Third Country’ as Airlift Deadline Looms
Western nations have airlifted over 80,000 people, foreigners and Afghans, since 14 August as part of the massive evacuation effort underway at Kabul airport,...
Farage Says ‘No Way’ British MPs Would Back Military Action With US Under Biden
UK20:21 GMT 25.08.2021(updated 20:34 GMT 25.08.2021) Nigel Farage, who campaigned for the former US president, Donald Trump, stressed that British and American...
Trump Claims Biden Flying ‘Terrorists’ Out of Kabul While Leaving US Citizens ‘For Dead’
US21:34 GMT 24.08.2021A now-abandoned US embassy in Kabul had 4,000 staff before the White House ordered a hurried pull-out two weeks ago, but...
Emergency G7 Talks: Will Biden Risk New Standoff With Taliban by Extending Evacuation Timetable?
The UK and EU countries are likely to extend further pressure on US President Joe Biden to persuade him into postponing the withdrawal of...
