Middle East

Taliban leadership has allowed al Qaeda to join in on terrorizing Afghanistan and the United States will have to suffer the consequences, retired Gen. Jack Keane told "Kudlow."

A Republican senator is demanding that President Biden hold somebody within his administration accountable after the Taliban seized a trove of U.S.-made arms, armored vehicles and military aircraft abandoned following the sudden collapse of Afghanistan's military.

The Taliban, on the heels of a steady, monthslong military blitz, retook control of Afghanistan last week, just four months after President Biden announced he would withdraw U.S. troops from the embattled nation and nearly 20 years after the militant group was first ousted.

The International Monetary Fund said it will prevent Afghanistan from accessing nearly $500 million in aid, just days after the Taliban seized Kabul and toppled the nation's U.S.-backed government.

Facebook has said it will continue to ban pro-Taliban content under "U.S. law" in light of fallout from the U.S. Military's withdrawal from Afghanistan after 20 years.

President Biden's comments on the rapid fall of Afghanistan will be his first on the escalating situation.

Ben & Jerry's franchisees operating 30 stores across the country are asking the ice cream maker to "re-examine and withdraw" its decision to stop selling products in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

Iran's hardliner president-elect Ebrahim Raisi is sending oil prices higher and the nuclear accord to the trash bin.

The Biden administration is attempting to undo peace in the Middle East set by former President Trump, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told "Kudlow" on Monday