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Biden to honor 9/11 victims as shadow of Afghan war looms!

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Washington – President Joe Biden marked the 21st anniversary of the September 11 attacks, laying a wreath at the Pentagon in a sombre ceremony held in the incessant rain. Sunday’s ceremony was held just over a year after Biden ended the long and costly war in Afghanistan that the United States and its allies launched in response to the terrorist attacks. In ending the war in Afghanistan, the Democratic president made good on his campaign pledge to bring American troops home from the country’s longest conflict. But the war ended…

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Afghanistan mosque bombing in Kabul kills at least 21, Taliban police say!

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Kabul, Afghanistan — An explosion targeting a mosque in the Afghan capital, Kabul, during evening prayers, killed at least 21 people, including a prominent cleric, and wounded at least 33 others, eyewitnesses and police said Thursday. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack, which occurred on Wednesday evening, the last attack to hit the country in a year since the Taliban seized power. There were reports of a number of children among the wounded. The local Islamic State group has stepped up its attacks targeting the Taliban and civilians…

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