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TEHRAN- Iranian officials have launched efforts for an early release of the Tasnim photojournalist, who has been detained by the Taliban. Source Views: 0
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Officials pursuing release of Iranian journalist nabbed in Kabul
August 24th, 2023 
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No Comments »Chilling: Even Kabul’s Female Mannequins Are Masked, Hooded Under Taliban
January 16th, 2023 Awake Goy “When I see them, I feel that these mannequins are also captured and trapped, and I get a sense of fear,” said a woman shopper. Source Views: 0
Posted in Jewish News Tags: chilling, female, hooded, kabul, mannequins, masked, under No Comments »Iran denounces Kabul blast that kills two Russian diplomats
September 7th, 2022 Awake Goy TEHRAN— Nasser Kanaani, spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry, has harshly denounced the terrorist attack outside Russia’s embassy in Kabul, which murdered two Russian diplomats and a number of Afghans. Kanaani offered condolences to the Russian government and the families of the two diplomats. He also sympathized with the Afghan families who lost members in the […]
Marine wounded in Kabul suicide attack claims CIA warned them about bomber, watched him for two days and were told not to kill him
August 30th, 2022 Awake Goy Marines stationed at Kabul airport’s Abbey Gate last year were give a description by the CIA of a suicide bomber two days before an explosion ripped through the chaotic evacuation, according to one of the troops wounded in the blast. Views: 0
Remembering the fall of Kabul
August 15th, 2022 Awake Goy On this day in 2021, the Taliban reached Kabul as the US-backed regime in Afghanistan crumbled and 20 years of American occupation ended in failure. What: The fall of Kabul When: 15 August 2021 Where: Afghanistan What happened? Shortly after 10pm on 15 August 2021, a small troop of Taliban fighters entered the Presidential Palace […]
Missing Afghan Baby Passed To U.S. Soldier In Kabul Finally Reunited With Relatives: Report
January 9th, 2022 Awake Goy An Afghan baby who went missing after his desperate parents handed him off to an American soldier over an airport wall has finally been reunited with his relatives five months later, Reuters reported Saturday. Little Sohail Ahmadi was just two months old when he vanished after the handoff in Afghanistan on Aug. 19 at Hamid […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: afghan, finally, kabul, Missing, passed, reunited, soldier No Comments »Mobile libraries restart for the first time in Kabul since Taliban takeover
December 8th, 2021 Awake Goy A mobile library bus went to a Kabul orphanage on Sunday and opened its doors for the first time since the Taliban took over the country, eliciting smiles from young book lovers. The mobile library is one of five school buses set up by a local organisation called Charmaghz, established by Afghan Oxford University graduate […]
Bomb At Kabul Mosque Kills At Least 5 Civilians, Taliban Say
October 4th, 2021 Awake Goy KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — At least five civilians were killed in a bomb blast outside a Kabul mosque Sunday, a Taliban official said. It was the deadliest attack in the Afghan capital since U.S. forces left at the end of August. There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but suspicion fell on Islamic State extremists […]
Stay Home: Taliban-run Kabul Municipality Orders Female Workers
September 20th, 2021 Awake Goy Female employees of the Kabul municipality have been told to stay home, with work only allowed for those who cannot be replaced by men, the interim mayor of Afghanistan’s capital said Sunday, detailing the latest restrictions on women by the new Taliban rulers. The decision to prevent most female city workers from returning to their […]
Women working in Kabul municipality told not to return by Taliban
September 19th, 2021 Awake Goy Female municipal employees in Kabul have been ordered to stay at home. The interim mayor of the Afghan capital, told reporters on Sunday that only women ‘who could not be replaced by men’ would be allowed to stay in post. The move came a day after girls were barred from entering secondary schools and the […]
Plane Carrying Afghans, US, and European Citizens From Kabul Arrives in Doha
September 18th, 2021 Awake Goy DUBAI—The third chartered flight bringing civilians from Afghanistan to Qatar since U.S. forces withdrew last month landed on Friday with around 170 passengers on board, including U.S. and European citizens as well as Afghans, a Qatari official said. Foreign nationals on board include those from Belgium, Britain, Croatia, Germany, the Netherlands, and Italy as well […]
Posted in International, Middle East Tags: afghans, arrives, carrying, citizens, european, kabul, PLANE No Comments »US military admits ‘tragic mistake’ in Kabul drone strike that killed 10 civilians
September 18th, 2021 Awake Goy In a U-turn, the United States military admitted on Friday that a drone strike that killed multiple civilians in Afghanistan last month was an error. “The strike was a tragic mistake,” Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie, head of US Central Command, told a Pentagon news conference. The Pentagon said an internal review revealed that only civilians […]
Pentagon Reverses Itself, Calls Deadly Kabul Strike An Error
September 18th, 2021 Awake Goy WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon retreated from its defense of a drone strike that killed multiple civilians in Afghanistan last month, announcing Friday that a review revealed that only civilians were killed in the attack, not an Islamic State extremist as first believed. “The strike was a tragic mistake,” Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie, head of […]
Friday prayers imam in Kabul praises Taliban ascent
September 18th, 2021 Awake Goy An Afghan cleric welcomed the fall of the former government and the return of the Taliban during a sermon at a mosque in Kabul. The imam told worshippers that “the Americans and the Crusaders” had helped to overthrow the Taliban 20 years ago. “They thought that no one will take the name of Islam in […]
Kabul fell — and this ambassador was thrust into the spotlight
September 15th, 2021 Awake Goy On Senator Ted Cruz’s pause on diplomatic confirmations “There is tremendous damage being done by holding up our ambassadors from getting out to do the jobs that the American people need us to do to represent them overseas.” — Amb. Linda Thomas-Greenfield On U.S.-China relations “I sit two seats away from the Chinese [permanent representative], […]
NYT: Biden May Have Droned Innocent Family in Kabul; Possible War Crime
September 11th, 2021 Awake Goy The New York Times published the results of an investigation on Friday that suggests the Biden administration targeted an innocent man who worked for a U.S. organization in a drone strike that killed several civilians. If true, the airstrike could constitute a violation of international law governing such targeted killings in wartime — in other […]
200 Westerners, Including Americans, Fly Out Of Kabul Under Taliban
September 10th, 2021 Awake Goy KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Some 200 foreigners, including Americans, left Afghanistan on a commercial flight out of Kabul on Thursday, the first such large-scale departure since U.S. and other forces completed their frantic withdrawal over a week ago. The Qatar Airways flight to Doha marked a breakthrough in the bumpy coordination between the U.S. and […]
Watch: What is life like in Kabul? Euronews takes you on a tour
September 9th, 2021 Awake Goy Join our special correspondent Anelise Borges as she takes you on a tour around Kabul, where she has been reporting for Euronews for the past few days. 🔴 LIVE: What’s life like in Kabul? Our special correspondent Anelise Borges gives us the latest updates from the Afghan capital. Leave your questions in the comments. Posted […]
Women march in Kabul against Pakistan and demanding freedom
September 8th, 2021 Awake Goy At least three rallies were held across Kabul in a show of resistance that would have been unthinkable during the Taliban’s last stint in power — when people were publicly executed and thieves had their hands chopped off. The protesters gathered outside the Pakistan Embassy to denounce what the demonstrators allege is Pakistan’s interference in […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: against, demanding, Freedom, kabul, march, Pakistan, women No Comments »Last 24 Hours Of U.S. Presence In Kabul Sees Bizarre Collaboration
September 5th, 2021 Awake Goy Bone-tired like everyone else in Kabul, Taliban fighters spent the last moments of the 20-year Afghanistan war watching the night skies for the flares that would signal the United States was gone. From afar, U.S. generals watched video screens with the same anticipation. Relief washed over the war’s winners and the losers when the final […]
