Thousands Of People Flee Kabul As The Taliban Moves Into Afghanistan | U.S. News 2021
00:09-03:23 As the Taliban consolidates power in Afghanistan, more refugees are expected to evacuate the country. Thousands have fled Kabul just in recent days, and countries are preparing for a mass influx of refugees. According to The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, since the start of this year, almost 400,000 Afghans have been forced from their homes and displaced, with children and women making up 80% of those fleeing. 03:24-05:22 Senior Biden administration officials said that the U.S. military would ramp up the pace of evacuations out of Afghanistan in the coming days. At a news briefing at the Pentagon, Army Maj. Gen. William Taylor told reporters the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul “remains secure” following the chaos on the tarmac Monday that temporarily halted all U.S. flights. 05:23-06:45 A Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said in his first news conference yesterday, that the Taliban would honor women's rights, but within the norms of Islamic law. And he promised the insurgents would secure Afghanistan — but seek no revenge against those who worked with the former government or with foreign governments or forces. 06:46-07:08 The Taliban pledged not to go after their enemies, but it has been reported that fighters have lists of people who cooperated with the government and are seeking them out. Afghanistan's United Nations representative, Ghulam M. Isaczai, said that the Taliban has already begun the process of locating people on a "target list" by conducting "house-to-house" searches throughout the city of Kabul, terrifying residents. 07:09-07:44 The death toll from the 7.2 magnitude earthquake in Haiti is now at least 1,941 people. More than 9,900 others are injured. The massive earthquake has left the Caribbean island reeling – overwhelming hospitals. 07:45-09:22 On Friday, a federal judge in Texas directed the Biden administration to reinstate the Trump-era policy of requiring asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico for their U.S. court hearings, saying the program was illegally terminated. The judge delayed his nationwide ruling by seven days to give the Biden administration time to file an appeal. 09:23-17:18 The U.S. has reported more than 37 million confirmed coronavirus cases and more than 623,400 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University data. The US. New COVID-19 cases are at the highest level since winter. The number of average weekly deaths reportedly doubled earlier this month. Hump Day News 17:19-20:29 Britney Spears has been increasingly active on social media since her public court testimony in June, where she addressed the conservatorship in which her life and finances have been controlled by her father Jamie and lawyers since 2008. Spears has since used Instagram to express her frustration over the conservatorship, publicly denouncing her family who she claims "did nothing" to help her suffering. 20:30-22:35 Utah Governor Spencer Cox, with a surname relatively common in the State, recently shared a letter he received about just that. He jokes in a Twitter post: “Really grateful for the criticism and constructive feedback I get from constituents that demand I…change my name?” In the letter attached to the post, “a very concerned citizen” calls on the governor to change his “foul, dirty, and obscene surname.” 22:36-25:02 There is an anti-vax disinformation campaign saying that unvaccinated sperm is the next Bitcoin. The idea that unvaccinated sperm price will outperform Bitcoin and gold has floated around Twitter since COVID-19 vaccines rolled out earlier this year. 25:03-28:04 Researchers at the University of Miami conducted a study to assess men’s fertility after vaccination and found no negative effects on their sperm. From Dec. 17, 2020, to Jan. 12, 2021, they recruited 45 healthy volunteers ages 18 to 50 who were scheduled to get the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine, according to the study published in JAMA Network. Subscribe!: https://www.youtube.com/user/sparandb... Attorney Advertisement. Prior successful results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Call us for HELP NOW! *USA*: 1-800-529-5465 INT: 1-212-227-8933 VISIT Law Offices of Spar Bernstein 225 Broadway, 5th FL New York, New York 10007 https://www.lawsb.com/ https://www.bradshowlive.com/ Book Immigration Consultation with Brad Bernstein for Legal Consultation NOW! https://www.lawsb.com/book-and-pay-fo... Book an Immigration consultation with our immigration lawyer NOW! https://www.lawsb.com/book-and-pay-fo... Join the Brad Squad / bradshowlivebradsquad SOCIAL MEDIA Visit BradShowLive Facebook / bradshowlive Follow Brad Show Live Instagram / bradshowlive Follow Brad Show Live Twitter / bradshowlive
