@RNCResearch / Twitter screen shot Pentagon Confirms 439 Americans Remain Trapped in Afghanistan The information was revealed during testimony by Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Colin Kahl regarding Afghanistan security. By Dillon Burroughs October 26, 2021
Hoshang Hashimi - AFP / Getty Images Taliban Struggles with ISIS-K Insurgency Two Months After Takeover ISIS-K launched a series of suicide bomb attacks and assaulted numerous Taliban convoys in the aftermath of U.S. troops leaving Afghanistan. By Sebastian Hughes October 26, 2021
Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images Donated Frequent Flyer Miles Provide 40,000 Flights for Afghan Refugees Individuals have donated enough miles and credit card points to cover 20,000 flights, according to the organizers. By The Associated Press October 26, 2021
Javed Tanveer - AFP / Getty Images ISIS Affiliate Group Increases Attacks on Religious Minorities in Afghanistan The Islamic State of Khorasan Province claimed responsibility for several violent attacks and bombings targeting the Shia religious minority. By Kaylee Greenlee October 25, 2021
Hoshang Hashimi - AFP / Getty Images Thousands of Afghan Refugees Are Resettling in Communities Around the US Every Week The Biden administration is enticing Afghan refugees to relocate to states including Oklahoma, where their housing could be subsidized. By Kaylee Greenlee October 21, 2021
Wakil Koshar - AFP / Getty Images Taliban Commander of Suicide Bombing Squads Becomes Police Chief In his capacity as police chief, Mawlawi Zubair Mutmaeen oversees ex-Taliban fighters who have not received law enforcement training. By Kaylee Greenlee October 20, 2021
Ahmad Halabisaz / AP; Susan Walsh / APCommentary Blame Biden: Taliban to Give Land, Money to Jihadists Who Kill US Soldiers The Taliban literally has land to dole out as rewards to suicide bombers who kill Americans as a result of Biden's inept Mideast policy. By Samantha Chang October 20, 2021
Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images Obama's Former Secretary of Defense Says Biden Has 'Gotten a Lot Wrong' on Foreign Policy A former defense secretary who served with Joe Biden when he was vice president gives him low marks for his performance in office. By Jack Davis October 19, 2021
Hoshang Hashimi - AFP / Getty Images Who Would've Guessed? Afghan Citizens Face Starvation and Poverty Under Nightmarish Taliban Rule Donors stopped their contributions, which paid for most of the government's expenses, after the country fell to the Taliban. By Kaylee Greenlee October 19, 2021
Ahmad Halabisaz / AP US Special Envoy for Afghanistan Quits After Disastrous Withdrawal Zalmay Khalilzad had been criticized for not pressing the Taliban hard enough in peace talks begun while Trump was president. By The Associated Press October 18, 2021