‘EVERYONE IS FORGIVEN’: Taliban holds first official press conference in Afghanistan

The Taliban has given its first official news conference in Kabul since the shock seizure of the city, declaring it wants peaceful relations with other countries and would respect the rights of women within the framework of Islamic law.

“We don’t want any internal or external enemies,” the movement’s main spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, said.

The insurgents seek no revenge and “everyone is forgiven” he said.

Mujahid said women would be allowed to work and study and “will be very active in society but within the framework of Islam”.

The Taliban would not seek retribution against former soldiers and members of the Western-backed government, he said, saying the movement was granting an amnesty for former Afghan government soldiers as well as contractors and translators who worked for international forces.

“Nobody is going to harm you, nobody is going to knock on your doors,” he said.

He said private media could continue to be free and independent in Afghanistan, adding the Taliban was committed to the media within its cultural framework.

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Taliban pledged safe passage of civilians to Kabul airport, White House says

“We intend to hold them to that commitment,” national security advisor Jake Sullivan told reporters amid a barrage of questions about the Biden administration’s handling of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.

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The Rehab Begins: Sick CNN Host Spins Biden’s Chaos in Afghanistan as ‘Brave’

Get ready. The rehab effort of Joe Biden’s disastrously incompetent handling of America’s exit from Afghanistan is beginning. While some on CNN (like Jake Tapper) have acted like real journalists and grilled the administration, others are already trying to turn the debacle around. Just minutes after Biden addressed the nation (taking no questions), CNN’s Fareed Zakaria deemed the President’s speech on Monday as “brave.”

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How Trudeau Utilizes 3rd World Candidates To Win Elections

A contentious issue it is. As it would be for any social issue that could be branded an act of racism. Here we speak of a political circumstance untouched by mainstream media.

Is it an act of condemnation to elucidate the manner in which 3rd World immigration impacts Canadian politics? To do so may not involve criticism of politicians based upon ethnicity. It is a matter of exposing circumstances which otherwise will not be understood within the spectrum of election-oriented politics.

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All-Girls Robotics Team From Afghanistan Begging to Come to Canada: Report

Afghanistan’s all-girls robotics team is trying to escape the country and make it to Canada while the Taliban, known for its cruelty against women, continues to regain control over the nation.

“To talk to these girls and listen to them crying over the phone to be saved… Begging that the Canadians save them… These girls have a future—they deserve to have a future. They all want to go to college. They will not be able to do that if they remain in Afghanistan,” said human rights lawyer Kimberley Motley on CBC News Network.

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Vancouver considers doing what no North American city has done so far — charging vehicles to use the road

Over the last six months, Canada’s National Observer has been looking into what’s working and what’s failing in cities across Canada as they rise to the challenge of fighting climate change. In a 13-part series, we will be taking you across the country, province by province, for a look at how cities are meeting the climate emergency with sustainable solutions.

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Bill C-230 to address “environmental racism” in Canada

The bill, Bill C-230, sponsored by Liberal MP Lenore Zann, claims that  “a disproportionate number of people who live in environmentally hazardous areas are members of an Indigenous or racialized communities.” It also states that “establishing environmentally hazardous sites” in areas where these said communities live can be a form of “racial discrimination.” 

Conservatives release full platform promising billions of dollars in new pandemic aid

Unlike past Conservative platforms, this one embraces a robust role for government in the economy through large cash injections to help businesses weather the pandemic crisis over the next two years.

TERESA WRIGHT: Hey Trudeau, are we still all in this together? A pandemic election suggests otherwise

Remember, at the beginning of the pandemic, when people across the country were banging pots and pans to thank health-care workers and putting up signs in their windows with messages like, “We’re all in this together?”

Biden silent, Press Sec Psaki ‘out of the office’ as Taliban conquer Kabul

As Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, fell to the Taliban on Sunday, media outlets tried to reach White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki only to discover she was taking unannounced time off while President Joe Biden vacationed at Camp David.

Report: Taliban Seizing Personal Weapons Because Afghans ‘Can Now Feel Safe’

Taliban jihadists reportedly began seizing personal weapons from Afghans in Kabul on Sunday, claiming civilians “can now feel safe” and no longer need the firearms because the terrorists had taken over the country.

Homeland Security Ignoring Congressional Requests for Info on Where Illegal Immigrants Are Being Sent

Illegal immigrants are crossing into the United States from Mexico in record-shattering numbers, but the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is ignoring a congressional request for information regarding where the government is relocating them, lawmakers say.

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JACOBSON: ‘We are witnessing an attempt to create two different sectors in society’

On this week’s episode of the Campus Countdown, Campus Reform reporter Ophelie Jacobson discusses the University of Hawaii’s recent decision to ban unvaccinated student athletes from playing sports at the school.

The decision was made by UH’s athletic department after consulting with a university medical committee. A university press release stated that “in addition to health and safety reasons, we want to avoid cancellations of games and practices due to exposures, isolation and quarantine.”

h/t Marvin

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Army Veteran Says Woke Generals ‘Were More Concerned With Fighting Tucker Carlson’ Than Fighting The Taliban

“For the last seven months, I’ve watched generals engage in Twitter fights with people, debate the merits of critical race theory on Capitol Hill,” Parnell stated. “It seems like our generals were more concerned with fighting Tucker Carlson than they were the Taliban and we are seeing the tragic and disastrous consequences of that play out on the battlefield right now.”

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