Mere ours after President Joe Biden warned it was “highly likely” there would be another terrorist attack at the airport in Kabul, a U.S. drone strike blew up a vehicle filled with explosives in the Afghan capital on Sunday. The vehicle was carrying “multiple suicide bombers” from Afghanistan’s Islamic State affiliate who were planning to strike the Kabul International Airport amid the ongoing evacuation efforts, according to U.S. officials. The strike targeted “an imminent ISIS-K threat to…See More

JOE Biden’s administration responded to criticism from former UK prime minister Tony Blair during a press conference last night.The former Labour leader has been unhappy with the White House’s handling of the Afghanistan crisis, accusing the US government of “abandoning” the country and describing their withdrawal as “tragic, dangerous and unnecessary”.He has said the UK has a “moral obligation” to stay in Afghanistan until “all those who need to be are evacuated”. Blair added that the “gains…See More

After failures in Afghanistan, Biden and the intelligence community face their own lab leak theory deadlineby Zachary Faria, Commentary Fellow | | August 20, 2021 02:00 PM3 minutesWhether the chaos in Afghanistan was a result of intelligence failures or President Joe Biden ignoring intelligence reports, it does not inspire confidence for what should be a major announcement next week: the intelligence community’s conclusion on the Wuhan lab leak theory.After a bad news cycle that forced him to…See More