{"id":2474711,"date":"2025-08-14T12:59:57","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T16:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/terrorist-taliban-to-celebrate-anniversary-of-joe-biden-handing-them-afghanistan-with-grand-helicopter-show\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T13:02:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T17:02:05","slug":"terrorist-taliban-to-celebrate-anniversary-of-joe-biden-handing-them-afghanistan-with-grand-helicopter-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/terrorist-taliban-to-celebrate-anniversary-of-joe-biden-handing-them-afghanistan-with-grand-helicopter-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Terrorist Taliban to Celebrate Anniversary of Joe Biden Handing Them Afghanistan with Grand Helicopter Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fterrorist-taliban-to-celebrate-anniversary-of-joe-biden-handing-them-afghanistan-with-grand-helicopter-show%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2474711&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Taliban plan to celebrate the fourth anniversary of their return to power in Kabul by showering the city with flowers from helicopters, according to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-biden-tells-turkish-president-erdogan-he-will-recognize-armenian-genocide\/\" title=\"Report: Biden Tells Turkish President Erdogan He Will Recognize Armenian Genocide\">official declaration<\/a>. This event marks the Taliban&#8217;s takeover on August 15,2021,shortly before the United States completed its military withdrawal at the end of that month. The Afghan Defense Ministry will conduct aerial displays using helicopters to scatter colorful flowers over the capital, accompanied by sports performances by Afghan athletes throughout the day. these celebrations occur amid Afghanistan&#8217;s ongoing challenges, including a large number of refugees from neighboring countries, a struggling economy, and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >reduced foreign financial aid<\/a>. Last year, the anniversary was commemorated at Bagram Airfield, a former U.S. military base, where women, including female journalists, were barred from attending. Black and white Taliban flags were prominently displayed around Kabul in planning for the festivities.  <\/p>\n<div id=\"ld-4686-3758\"><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:14832835450050406,size:[0, 0],id:\"ld-4686-3758\"});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src=\"https:\/\/cdn2.decide.dev\/_js\/ajs.js\";j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,\"script\",\"ld-ajs\");<\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Taliban will shower Kabul with flowers from helicopters to mark the fourth anniversary of its return to power in Afghanistan, an official said Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/american-freed-taliban-captivity-speaks-thank-god-back-white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Taliban<\/a> seized control of the country on Aug. 15, 2021, weeks before the U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bidens-afghanistan-withdrawal-left-staggering-amount-weaponry-behind-taliban-seize-official-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">disastrously withdrew<\/a> its forces on Aug. 30, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Defense Ministry helicopters will perform &ldquo;beautiful aerial displays&rdquo; above the Afghan capital on Friday to &ldquo;shower the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-official-joins-disruptive-climate-group-in-protest-against-biden-outside-dnc-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Federal official joins disruptive climate group in protest against Biden outside DNC - Washington Examiner\">city&#038;rdquo<\/a>; with colorful flowers, according to a note from Habib Ghofran, the spokesman for the Information and Culture Ministry. There will also be sports performances from Afghan athletes from the afternoon until the early evening.<\/p>\n<p>The festivities come as Afghanistan struggles with a massive influx of refugees from neighboring countries, a faltering economy, and cuts in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-republicans-to-introduce-legislation-calling-for-colleges-to-disclose-foreign-influence\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Republicans To Introduce Legislation Calling For Colleges To Disclose Foreign Influence\">foreign funding<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Black and white <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/taliban-calls-afghans-left-country\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Taliban<\/a> flags were displayed across Kabul on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); 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The group took over the country on August 15, 2021, shortly before the U.S. completed its withdrawal on August 30, 2021. According to Habib Ghofran, spokesperson for the Information and Culture Ministry, Defense Ministry helicopters will carry out &#8220;beautiful aerial displays&#8221; over Kabul on Friday to scatter colorful flowers across the city. Additionally, Afghan athletes will perform sports events from afternoon through early evening.<\/p>\n<p>These celebrations occur amid ongoing challenges in Afghanistan, including a large influx of refugees from neighboring countries, economic difficulties, and reductions in foreign aid. On Thursday, black and white Taliban flags were displayed throughout Kabul.<\/p>\n<p>Last year&#8217;s anniversary was marked at Bagram Airfield-previously a central base for U.S. operations against the Taliban and al-Qaida-with women excluded from attending that event<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2474712,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/11a782e918674eb286b3026a054e4899-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[7228,54595,61276,32320,3764],"class_list":["post-2474711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-afghanistan","tag-anniversary-2","tag-helicopter-show","tag-joe-biden","tag-taliban"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/11a782e918674eb286b3026a054e4899-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2474711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2474711"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2474711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2474715,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2474711\/revisions\/2474715"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2474712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2474711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2474711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2474711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}