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Right-wing extremist released after Taliban imprisonment in Afghanistan

Before his arrest by the Taliban, Herbert F. had advertised a vacation in “safe” Afghanistan. After nine months in custody, the 84-year-old has now been released. An Austrian right-wing extremist has been released after nine months in detention in Afghanistan. 84-year-old Herbert F. arrived in Qatar on Sunday after his release by the radical Islamic […]

Taliban releases 84-year-old right-wing extremist Fritz from prison

He wanted to prove that Afghanistan was a safe country – but then the Taliban imprisoned him. After nine months in prison, a right-wing extremist senior citizen from Austria is now free. In Afghanistan, the radical Islamic Taliban released an 84-year-old Austrian who they had arrested in May 2023. The Austrian government announced on Sunday […]

Study commission on the deployment of the Bundeswehr: “Failed”

The Bundeswehr mission in Afghanistan was a “strategic failure”. This is the conclusion reached by the study commission appointed by the Bundestag. The Bundestag’s study commission on the Bundeswehr’s deployment in Afghanistan has given Germany and its partners a disastrous report. With the hasty withdrawal and the Taliban’s takeover of power in 2021, the international […]

Taliban ban women from visiting national parks

Since the Taliban took power in Afghanistan in 2021, women have been increasingly pushed out of the public eye. Now they are even banned from visiting a popular national park. The radical Islamic Taliban have banned women from visiting one of the most popular national parks in Afghanistan. The Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue […]

How the withdrawal from Afghanistan changed the world

Good morning, dear reader, “The Falling Man” is the title of a photo that most of you should still be familiar with. It’s a disturbing shot by American photographer Richard Drew. He took the picture on September 11, 2001 in New York at exactly 9:41 a.m. It shows a man falling from the North Tower […]

The withdrawal from Afghanistan changed the world

Good morning, dear reader, “The Falling Man” is the title of a photo that most of you should still be familiar with. It’s a disturbing shot by American photographer Richard Drew. He took the picture on September 11, 2001 in New York at exactly 9:41 a.m. It shows a man falling from the North Tower […]

Why that made the world even more dangerous

Good morning, dear reader, “The Falling Man” is the title of a photo that most of you should still be familiar with. It’s a disturbing shot by American photographer Richard Drew. He took the picture on September 11, 2001 in New York at exactly 9:41 a.m. It shows a man falling from the North Tower […]

BND criticized: didn’t see the Prigozhin uprising coming?

Did the BND sleep through the Prigozhin revolt? The criticism is getting louder – and could also get the President into trouble. The Federal Intelligence Service (BND) is again criticized for not knowing about important events in good time. The point is when the secret service became aware of the revolt by Wagner boss Yevgeny […]

More than 1,000 civilians killed since Taliban took power

In the summer of 2021, the Taliban took power in Afghanistan. Since then, almost 1,100 people have died there, among other things due to explosive devices. Despite the end of the war in Afghanistan since the Islamist Taliban took power, numerous people are still being killed in the country. From mid-August 2021 to the end […]

Taliban hold Austrian neo-Nazi prisoner

A right-wing extremist from Vienna was arrested in Kabul in May. It is now known what the Islamist regime accuses him of. A retired teacher from Vienna’s right-wing extremist milieu has been in an Afghan prison for about a month. The 84-year-old Herbert F., who is also an author, is said to have been arrested […]