(AFP) — The Islamic State-Khorasan group claimed a rocket attack Monday on the airport in Afghanistan’s capital. “The soldiers of the caliphate targeted Kabul’s international airport with six… rockets,” the group said in a statement. The rockets fell as US…
(AFP) — The United Nations Security Council urged the international community to bring the perpetrators and instigators of the twin suicide bombings at Kabul airport to justice, in a joint statement released Friday. “The members of the Security Council underlined…
(AFP) — Twelve US servicemen were killed and 15 wounded in suicide bombing attacks in Kabul on Thursday by Islamic State militants, the head of US Central Command said. “A number of Afghan civilians were also killed and injured in…
(Eagle News) — By order of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin III, the U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) has activated up to 18 passenger aircraft from six airlines to support the State Department’s ongoing efforts to evacuate U.S. citizens and personnel, Special…
(AFP) — Here are the latest developments in the chaotic evacuation of Western citizens and local allies from Kabul airport after the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan on August 15. – Airport gunfight – German and US forces engaged in…
By Amelie Baron Agence France-Presse (AFP) — The death toll from Haiti’s powerful earthquake jumped to over 1,200 on Sunday, as crews desperately dug through collapsed buildings for survivors in the Caribbean nation still reeling from its president’s assassination.…
(AFP) — Frantic Afghans trying to flee the Taliban takeover clung to an American plane as it prepared to take off from Kabul airport, as thousands of people desperately searched for a flight out of the country on Monday.…
(AFP) — The Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan is a “failure of the international community”, Britain’s Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said on Monday, assessing that the West’s intervention was a job only half-done. “All of us know that Afghanistan is not finished. It’s…
By: Thomas I. Likness EBC News Service (Eagle News) — Diplomatic operations have been suspended at the Canadian embassy in Afghanistan Global Affairs Minister Marc Garneau said Sunday. “The situation in Afghanistan is rapidly evolving and poses serious challenges to…
By Alfred Acenas and Arianne Torres EBC Hawaii-Pacific Bureau HONOLULU (Eagle News) – Territorial Governor Lemanu Palepoi Sialega “Peleti” Mauga and cabinet members recently hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the newly upgraded American Samoa Government (ASG) Hawaii office, located on…
