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Video Mark Penn says Afghanistan a 'political disaster' for Biden President Biden's handling of the evacuation efforts in Afghanistan is a "political disaster" that could cost Democrats in the midterm elections, a former top adviser to both Hillary and Bill Clinton told told Fox News in an interview. "I think there's no question this is an actual and political disaster for President Biden," Mark Penn said. "Of course, we don't know the long-term effects yet because the events are still evolving as we speak." "He's going to have to show extreme competence to come back from this," Penn continued. Biden  has faced widespread and bipartisan criticism for his handling of the U.S. troop withdrawal from  Afghanistan  and the ensuing effort to evacuate Americans and Afghan allies. Penn warned this could also lead to significant problems for Democratic politicians in next year's midterm elections. "He's going to have t

Video Fox News Pentagon correspondent Lucas Tomlinson reports on the latest developments in the Afghanistan crisis President Biden  is struggling to provide a message of strength and confidence amid international scorn and uncertainty over his handling of the U.S.  military  drawdown in  Afghanistan  — showing up late to speeches, refusing to answer reporters' questions, and largely avoiding the White House press corps ever since Taliban insurgents took over the country in a matter of days. Biden's remarks Tuesday from the  White House were delayed more than four hours after being rescheduled twice, and the U.S. evacuation effort in Afghanistan was the last topic he addressed after touting his Build Back Better agenda.   "He made us wait a number of hours and then touted a $5 trillion liberal wishlist that will increase greater inflation and transform our country in the worst way possible,"  House  Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy fumed during a press briefing Wednesday

Video Ari Fleischer on Afghanistan: Biden always wanted troops out but would not listen to anyone 'Outnumbered' panel reacts to Biden's arbitrary date to remove troops from Afghanistan Secretary of State  Antony Blinken said Wednesday that he believes less than 1,000 American citizens are still in  Afghanistan  and attempting to leave. Blinken said that there were 6,000 Americans who wanted to leave Afghanistan on August 14 and 4,500 of them have been evacuated within the last 10 days. He added that 500 of the remaining number have been instructed on how to leave within the last 24 hours. That leaves roughly 1,000 Americans left in the country, but Blinken said the actual number is lower for a variety of reasons, including situations where Americans want to stay or have already left and not notified the government.  "From the list of approximately 1,000, we believe that the number of Americans actively seeking assistance to leave Afghanistan is lower, and likely signif

Video The consul general of Afghanistan to the Western U.S. remains in his position despite the Taliban takeover of the country and expects the Afghan government to remain in power "until and unless there is a transition," he told Fox News in an exclusive interview. "I'm still the consul general for Afghanistan," said Aref Dostyar, who’s served in that role since 2020. "We are recognized by the government of the United States of America," he continued. "The U.S. still recognizes the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan as the legitimate government. I think that until and unless there is a transition, this will continue." Dostyar, however, did acknowledge "things have fallen apart" inside  Afghanistan  since the American withdrawal. "Things have fallen apart on the Islamic Republic's side, because leadership went out of the country, the army disintegrated and ministries shut down," the 31-year-old, who studied in the U.S. at

Video Former Brexit party leader slams the president's administration for the situation in Afghanistan and argues the U.K. is not willing to 'enter another operation' with the United States. Nigel Farage, former Brexit party leader, slammed the  Biden  administration’s  Afghanistan  blunder Tuesday, arguing the crisis has led his country of  Britain  feeling "betrayed." Under Biden, Farage told " Fox & Friends First " that "there is no way a British parliament right now would vote for military cooperation with America." NIGEL FARAGE :  The medium-term problem is the resurgence of international terror, already evidence that extremist jihadi groups all over the world have taken great cheer from what the Taliban have done in Afghanistan. And so if we do find ourselves back engaged and, you know, let's be honest, the last few years, we've not seen major terrorist atrocities in the West. But if they start to happen again and we start to

Video Former Brexit party leader slams the president's administration for the situation in Afghanistan and argues the U.K. is not willing to 'enter another operation' with the United States. President Biden's  upcoming meeting with new  Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett  is likely to center on the escalating crisis in Afghanistan, as well as other emerging threats to the U.S. and its allies due to the rise of terrorism in the region, experts predict.  Biden is set to hold a meeting at the  White House Thursday with Prime Minister Bennett, the first in-person meeting between the two leaders. In a statement last week, White House press secretary Jen Psaki had said tensions with Iran are expected to be a focus of the discussion. "The President and Prime Minister Bennett will discuss critical issues related to regional and global security, including Iran," said Psaki in a statement announcing the meeting. "The visit will also be an opportunity for the tw