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March 17, 2024

Congressional gridlock could cause US to run out of visas for Afghan allies

The SIV visa program for Afghan allies who helped U.S. troops during America's 20-year war in the country is in danger of running out of slots as soon as this summer.

March 15, 2024

Gold Star dad still facing charges for disrupting Biden's State of the Union

Afghanistan veteran Sgt. Mike Doody joins ‘America Reports’ to discuss the charges, saying Gold Star dad Steven Nikoui is ‘one thousand percent correct’ for calling out President Biden.

March 14, 2024

Senators urge congressional leaders to make visas available for Afghans who aided the US

Senators are urging congressional leaders to increase the number of special immigrant visas available to Afghans who supported U.S. troops during the Afghanistan war.

March 13, 2024

Rubio bill aims to withhold UN funding for Afghanistan until assured it doesn't support terrorism

Sen. Marco Rubio introduced a bill to halt U.S. contributions to the United Nations for Afghanistan until it is certain that the money isn't reaching the Taliban or other terrorist operations.

March 8, 2024

McCaul calls for dropping charges against Gold Star dad who protested State of the Union

A top House Republican called for charges to be dropped in the case of Steve Nikoui, the Gold Star dad arrested for interrupting President Biden's State of the Union address.

March 8, 2024

Republican lawmakers rally around Gold Star father arrested after heckling Biden at SOTU

Republican lawmakers have rallied around the Gold Star father who was arrested after heckling President Biden during the State of the Union address on Thursday.

March 1, 2024

Teenager arrested in killing of Afghan interpreter working as Lyft driver in Washington, DC

Washington, D.C., police have arrested a teenager in the murder of a Afghan interpreter who fled the country for the U.S. in 2021, and was working as a Lyft driver.

March 1, 2024

Taliban publicly execute three people in five days as means of intimidation: 'their version of Sharia law'

The executions occurred in stadiums where hundreds to thousands to could watch as families of the victims personally shot and killed the convicted murderers.

February 27, 2024

McCaul threatens to hold Blinken in contempt of Congress for ‘withholding’ key Afghanistan documents

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul is threatening to go after Secretary of State Antony Blinken, accusing the Biden official of stonewalling the GOP's Afghanistan probe.

February 26, 2024

Most UN Security Council members demand Taliban rescind decrees seriously oppressing women and girls

11 of 15 members of the U.N. Security Council backed a statement condemning the Taliban's treatment of women in Afghanistan and demanding equality.