‘I was born here, I’ll be buried here’: In Afghanistan to stay
Why one Afghan woman refuses to leave her home – even in the face of fear and uncertainty, as the Taliban resumes control. By Nadima 26 Aug 2021 Aljazeera. Listen to […]
Middle East’s efforts to defuse tensions merit Western attention
ALISTAIR BURT September 06, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/6fdcp What a difference a few weeks makes. Since my highlighting, in a July column, the harsh media spotlight under which the US […]
Deepening food crisis compounds Afghanistan’s problems
Internally displaced Afghan families, who fled from Kunduz and Takhar province due to battles between Taliban and Afghan security forces, collect food in Kabul. (AFP/File Photo) Short Url https://arab.news/65wqq Combined […]
Taliban say they took Panjshir, last holdout Afghan province
Afghan resistance front and anti-Taliban uprising forces patrol on a hilltop in Anaba district, Panjshir province. (AFP) Short Url https://arab.news/zebfx Continued fighting may lead to resurrection of various militant groups […]
Operation of Kabul airport by Turkey, Qatar under discussion: NATO
BY REUTERS BRUSSELS DIPLOMACY SEP 03, 2021 3:57 PM GMT+3NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg gestures during an online news conference following a NATO Foreign Ministers video meeting following developments in Afghanistan at the NATO […]
Afghan opposition leader Massoud says he is ready for talks with Taliban
Members of National Resistance Front observe from a hill in Panjshir Valley, Afghanistan in this picture. (Reuters) Short Url https://arab.news/4tevj NRF ready to stop fighting on condition that Taliban also […]
Wisconsin Afghanistan veterans collect donations for refugees at Fort McCoy
The group is collecting donations this weekend at House of Harley in Greenfield Updated: 6:18 PM CDT Sep 4, 2021 blob:https://www.wisn.com/f115b2b5-5c56-494c-93f0-767dcef0cc83 A group of Afghanistan veterans from Wisconsin is collecting […]
Pope hopes many countries take Afghan refugees and young Afghan Women are educated
Source: Yahoo News Pope Francis Religious leader VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis said on Sunday that he was praying that many countries take Afghan refugees and, in an apparent […]
ISI chief in Kabul for cementing ties with Taliban
Guest Mujoo September 4, 2021 AT News KABUL: Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief FaizHameed on Saturday arrived in Kabul and spoke with Taliban regarding cementing Afghanistan-Pakistan ties. This is the first high-level Pakistani official visits Kabul after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan. According to Pajhwok News Agency, Pakistani media say […]
Why the Middle East no longer trusts America
HAFED AL-GHWELL September 04, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/jwp66 It will take a while for the dust of America’s hasty retreat from Afghanistan to settle, especially considering the hefty price tag […]
The horrors emerging from Afghanistan are only just beginning
Sunday . September 05, 2021 BARIA ALAMUDDINSeptember 04, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/5qgbp The Taliban may have been fighting to regain power for the past 20 years, but having lost most […]
Afghanistan’s new rulers restart domestic flights from Kabul airport
Come fly Taliban Airways! Afghanistan’s new rulers restart domestic flights from Kabul airport but fed-up locals are still struggling to get cash out of city’s banks Taliban restarted domestic flights […]
How the Disaster of Guantánamo Foretold US Defeat in Afghanistan
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France: Solidarity among Afghans in Paris
It is in this Afghan grocery store in the 10th arrondissement of Paris that Astrolabes Youssoufi, a student and sworn translator, has been voluntarily setting up for the past ten days a desk to advise his compatriots.To show them the way forward or to allay their fears about their relatives […]
Kabul airport reopens to receive aid, civilian flights to operate soon – Qatari ambassador
This content was published on September 4, 2021 DUBAI (Reuters) – Qatar’s ambassador to Afghanistan said a technical team was able to reopen Kabul airport to receive aid and that […]
The Taliban’s cruelty on the descendants of Genghis Khan
WORLD The Taliban’s cruelty on the descendants of Genghis Khan By Desk Blitz Published on September 4, 2021 The Hazaras, owing to their linguistic, cultural and moral differences, have eternally been […]
US defends strike that Afghan family says killed innocents
KATHY GANNON, Associated Press Sep. 2, 2021 KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — It felt like hell itself had opened up, said Ramal Ahmadi, who was watching cartoons with his nephew when a […]
The Taliban now controls Kabul airport. How will it run it?
News|Taliban The Taliban wants Turkey to operate the airport as it controls security, but the next steps to revive the transport hub are still unclear. 31 Aug 2021 With the […]
Will Afghanistan have a spillover effect on Kashmir?
BY NASIR QADRI OP-ED SEP 03, 2021 12:05 AM GMT+3Kashmiris shout freedom slogans during a protest against New Delhi’s tightened grip on the disputed region, after Friday prayers on the outskirts of […]
Afghans hope for end to power vacuum as Taliban prepare to announce government
A man on his bicycle rides past a convoy of Taliban fighters patrolling along a street in Kabul on Thursday. The Taliban are preparing to unveil their new government. (AFP) […]