MSP tells Glasgow Afghanistan protest of losing best friend to bomb and disgust over withdrawal

Dominic Raab at a committee hearing on Wednesday, said: “The reality is, of course, this isn’t the end of a war, this is a change of nature, a change of style, a change of combatants perhaps even, but it is not the end.” With the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the horizon, Tugendhat said the the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan was “the beginning of a new stage of chaos”.He said: “Because the Taliban is not a single entity. and so nationally this is not over.

Dominic Raab, the Foreign Secretary, in front of MPs today where he will come under strong criticism for leaving behind both British nationals and Afghans who helped the UK.

UK Government ministers of being "missing in action" during the Afghanistan crisis as the blame game over the handling of the withdrawal after a 20-year campaign in the country began. Fingers were being pointed at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) over a lack of escape routes from the country, with claims that up to 9,000 people who may have been eligible to escape - such as women, journalists, and aid workers - were left behind.

“So America is no longer the world’s policeman, we’re the world’s student loan officer,” said Bill Maher tonight of Joe Biden’s pledge to “hunt you down and make you pay” the perpetrators of yesterday’s horrific attack outside Kabul Airport.

an Blackford MP, the SNP Westminster leader, said that it would be “unacceptable” for parliament to remain in recess for another fortnight, while UK armed forces and personnel were putting their lives on the line at Kabul. Johnson faced a hostile reception from across a packed House of Commons last week when MPs were recalled for a one-off session to debate the deteriorating situation at Kabul airport.

Angelina Jolie is deeply unhappy with the current situation in Afghanistan after the U.S. abruptly withdrew troops, resulting in chaos and anarchy as the government fell to the Taliban within days, and she shared her thoughts in an op-ed she wrote for Time.

The chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal has led to “no good options” for the US, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on ABC’s This Week show on Sunday.

plead for their livelihoods under strict Taliban rule, the nation’s biggest pop star, Aryana Sayeed, has confirmed her escape from war torn Afghanistan.Sayeed, 36, who had recently starred as a judge on a singing competition show on Afghan television, told reporters she left via US cargo jet on Wednesday.

In a mini-publicity blitz amid dramatic news coverage and skeptical questions about the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, President Joe Biden’s White House turned to ABC News and George Stephanopoulos for his first exclusive media interview on the topic.

Taliban to return to power. The double amputee, a former Black Watch soldier, was caught in an IED attack in 2010, which killed his Afghan interpreter outright.

Ellise Shafer administratorDonald Trump is making his views known on President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from Afghanistan.In an interview with Sean Hannity on his Fox News show Tuesday night, the former president called Biden’s handling of the situation “the greatest embarrassment in the history of our country.”Just two weeks before the U.S.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have said they've been left "speechless" by the "layers of pain" over the situation in Afghanistan.The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have spoken out in a joint statement in reaction to the Taliban's rapid takeover of Afghanistan and the deadly earthquake in Haiti. Meghan, 40, and her 36 year old husband Prince Harry's statement was shared on their Archewell Foundation website.

On Monday’s episode of The Late Show, Stephen Colbert ripped “the Band-Aid” off, dedicating his entire opening monologue to the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, and the United States’ withdrawal.

Joe Biden addressed in a speech to the nation.CNN reporter Clarissa Ward, in an interview from Afghanistan, said even some Taliban fighters she had spoken to were surprised at the speed with which the country fell.“I don't think they ever doubted they would win,” she told The Associated Press. “But I don't think they anticipated it would happen this quickly.”Ward's own reporting from Kabul streets illustrated uncertainties about the country's future.

Prince Harry is showing his support for the people of Afghanistan.