Afghan withdrawal may spark ex-forces terrorism in Europe
OPINION British and Irish soldiers, serving here in Mali. UK prime minister Boris Johnson was forced to write to British troops, reassuring them their efforts in Afghanistan were not in […]
Afghanistan on brink of financial collapse
ABC Radio National Play Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. LISTEN7m 39sVolume 90%00:0000:00 Image: News Video Download Afghanistan on brink of financial collapse (7.01 MB)Download 7.01 MB The drums have been beating for some time that Afghanistan’s economy […]
Afghanistan – Yet another Super Scalp on its Rocks
by Asad Durrani Lt Gen (retired) The Taliban’s Reconquista rocked the world – perhaps because of its blitz. Many on our streets whirled in a trance – they don’t get […]
ICC prosecutor leaves US forces out of new Afghanistan probe
ICC prosecutor leaves US forces out of new Afghanistan probe ICC prosecutor targets Taliban, ISKP as he seeks approval to resume investigation into Afghanistan. 27 Sep 2021 The International Criminal […]
ICC chief seeks clearance for Afghanistan war crimes probe
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS THE HAGUE ASIA PACIFIC SEP 27, 2021 4:05 PM GMT+3 An exterior view of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, the Netherlands, March 31, 2021. (Reuters Photo) The head […]
In rural Afghanistan, a family welcomes Taliban rule
By Jeremy BowenBBC Middle East Editor, Helmand The interior of the house made of mud bricks was cool, clean and calm. A man called Shamsullah, who had a small son […]
Al-Qaeda, Taliban and the history of the Mujahideen
Mohamed Hassan6 September 2021 Al-Qaeda and the Taliban were both born out of the fight against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, which attracted hundreds of young idealistic men from across […]
Afghanistan: The amorphous American empire is alive and well
Hamid Dabashi 27 September 2021 The permanent crisis of the neoliberal economy demands a far more versatile empire than one that gets bogged down in any single country US President […]
Hoping for miracles
Hoping for miracles Abbas Nasir Published September 26, 2021 – dawn.com WHILE the ramifications of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan are far from clear at this point, what can be said with certainty is that Pakistan appears ill-equipped to deal with the challenges that regional developments can potentially throw up. Claiming vindication […]
Mapping Afghanistan’s untapped natural resources
Afghanistan is believed to hold more than $1 trillion worth of mineral resources and metals but faces many challenges in untapping it. By Mohammed Hussein and Mohammed Haddad24 Sep 2021 Deep beneath the […]
Qatari FM: Nothing in Islam prevents girls’ schooling
Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani says the mistreatment of women in Afghanistan is unacceptable.Source: CNN Source and video report: Interview Christian Amanpour and Qatari Foreign Minister https://edition.cnn.com/videos/tv/2021/09/22/amanpour-qatar-foreign-minister-al-thani-afghanistan-iran-world-cup.cnn
Sunni scholars who left Afghanistan hope Islam’s tolerant message survives Taliban
September 22, 2021 Asia Pacific By Mahmoud Mourad Shawki Abuzeid, Egyptian cleric and head of Al-Azhar’s mission to Afghanistan, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Cairo, Egypt, August 29, 2021. […]
UN agency warns Afghanistan at risk of ‘imminent’ famine
6 HOURS AGO TRTWORLD.COM Approaching winter and the coronavirus pandemic will aggravate an already complicated situation across the country, the director of the United Nations Population Fund said. Afghanistan is […]
Imran Khan paints US as abandoner of Pakistan and Afghanistan
In his speech to the UN General Assembly, Prime Minister Imran Khan touched on a range of topics and reserved his harshest words for India, labelling Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s […]
Taliban vow to ‘seppress’ Daesh presence in Afghanistan
A Taliban fighter along a street near the Zanbaq Square in Kabul. The new Taliban government has vowed to ‘suppress’ Daesh presence in Afghanistan. (AFP) Short Url https://arab.news/jb9cf Daesh will […]
US owes us a home: Afghan family whose 10 loved ones were killed by drone strike after Pentagon blunder mistook aid worker for ISIS-K terrorist say they want compensation and resettlement in America or a safer country
Friday, Sep 24th 2021 Zemari Ahmadi, 43, was an aid worker for a California based nonprofit who was his family’s only breadwinner before he was killed in the US drone […]
Ruminations about the fall of Kabul
By Friedrich Kratochwil Ruminations about the fall of Kabul International September 14, 2021 The hasty retreat of the U.S. from Afghanistan and the re-establishment of Taliban rule in Kabul are […]
China senior diplomat says economic sanctions on Afghanistan must end
This content was published on September 23, 2021 BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said the various unilateral sanctions or restrictions on Afghanistan should be […]
Erdoğan urges US to take more responsibility for Afghan migrants
BY DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL DIPLOMACY SEP 22, 2021 4:53 PM GMT+3Afghan migrants hide from security forces after crossing illegally into Turkey from Iran, near Tatvan in Bitlis province, Turkey, Aug. 23, 2021. (REUTERS […]
Afghan girls school ban would be un-Islamic, Pakistan PM says
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan has said preventing women from accessing education in neighbouring Afghanistan would be un-Islamic. https://www.bbc.com/news/av-embeds/58639538/vpid/p09wk4v0 In an interview with the BBC, Mr Khan laid out the […]