Tag: Afghanistan
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Dozens gather at State Capitol to stand in solidarity with Afghanistan
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Since Aug. 15, Samiwa Azizi’s sleep schedule has been far from normal. There have been many sleepless nights as he thinks about the Taliban taking control of her home country of Afghanistan. But also she is awake because her family there is only allowed to…
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It’s “how we left that angers me.” Colorado Springs veteran speaks out on Afghanistan withdrawal
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As retired Senior Master Sgt. Israel Del Toro sits in his home thousands of miles away from the chaos in Afghanistan, he remembers clearly what the mission was when he was deployed there back in…
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Southern Colorado Gold Star wife reacts to chaos in Afghanistan
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The military community in Colorado Springs continues to react to unfolding events in Afghanistan. Deanna Sartor was married to Sgt. Maj. Ryan Sartor, a Fort Carson Green Beret. He died on his second deployment to…
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Colorado veterans worry about safety of Afghanistan interpreters
Ayebee fears for his life. The former interpreter for American troops, now married with kids, desperately wants to get his family out of Afghanistan. “He is terrified of being beheaded right now,” said Eric Sebastian, a former infantryman who served in Afghanistan’s northern Kunduz Province from 2011 to 2012 and developed a deep friendship with him.…
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Colorado mother, daughter stuck in Afghanistan; family pleads for help
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Ali Kazemi’s family moved to Colorado Springs when he was a baby after his father was killed by the Taliban. Now, his mother and sister are stuck in the country as the terrorist group gains…
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Biden draws criticism from fellow Democrats over deadly Afghanistan withdrawal
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Congressional Democrats aren’t sparing a president from their own party of criticism over the chaotic U.S. evacuation of Afghanistan as the Taliban seized control of the country and images of fleeing Afghans at Kabul’s airport surfaced worldwide. “There’s no way to hide it. The situation…
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Watch: Afghans Run Alongside U.S. Military Plane At Kabul Airport
Afghans sprinted along the tarmac in an apparent attempt to prevent a U.S. military aircraft from taking off without them.
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Military veterans look back on 20 years of war in Afghanistan
Dustin Gray had already served three years in the Army when 19 Al Qaeda terrorists hijacked four airplanes, flying two into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York, one into the Pentagon outside Washington D.C. with the fourth crashing in a field in Shanksville, Penn. Nearly 3,000 people died on Sept.…
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Analysis: Army vet Kendall well-positioned for Space Command decision | Tom Roeder
The Biden administration’s pick to lead the Air Force is a West Point graduate well-versed in the high-tech demands of the Space Force. Frank Kendall III, nominated last week as Air Force secretary, was one of the first Obama-era officials to warn of China’s growing military prowess. As the Pentagon’s chief weapons buyer, he worked…
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Analysis: Readiness report offers troubling assessment as military spending shrinks | Tom Roeder
America is ready to fight on the ground, but a report from the Government Accountability Office this month offers a worrying assessment of the military’s preparedness everywhere else. The report found that “mission readiness” dropped from 2017 to 2019 for air, sea, cyber and space forces. Why that readiness went down isn’t clear in the…