Samanth Subramanian © Provided by Quartz The Biden administration has frozen the Afghanistan government’s holdings in US banks, preventing the Taliban from accessing billions of dollars—a major, if indeterminate, part of the […]
By Sarah AtiqBBC News, Pakistani-Afghan border On the surface, it almost looks normal on this part of the Pakistani-Afghan border. But a closer look would show how much things have […]
Speaking from the UAE, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani says he left the country to prevent bloodshed. 18 Aug 2021 Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, speaking from exile in the United Arab […]
Source: BBC The Taliban say they will rule Afghanistan according to a strict interpretation of Islam’s legal system called Sharia law. In the first press briefing after taking control in […]
BY Stephen Zunes, Truthout PUBLISHEDAugust 17, 2021 We must not allow the tragedy unfolding in Afghanistan to be used to rewrite history and teach the wrong lessons. The rapid fall of […]
Western nations step up evacuations from Afghanistan as Taliban promises women’s rights and media freedom in first press conference. By Zaheena Rasheed and Tamila Varshalomidze 18 Aug 2021|Updated: 9 minutes ago Planes carrying hundreds […]
Special inspector general says United States officials failed to ‘implement a coherent strategy’ over 20 years in Afghanistan. 17 Aug 2021 The United States “struggled to develop and implement a […]
The Taliban victory is a major humiliation for the US, but perhaps that’s the silver lining of the Afghan tragedy. Marwan Bishara Senior political analyst at Al Jazeera. 16 Aug […]
DR. ABDEL AZIZ ALUWAISHEGAugust 16, 2021 23:08573 Short Url https://arab.news/63yec As events unfold rapidly in Afghanistan, it is important to keep in mind what still can and should be done to […]
Two Decades of Mistakes, Misjudgments, and Collective Failure By P. Michael McKinley August 16, 2021 As Afghanistan tumbles into Taliban hands, the avalanche of recrimination and outright condemnation of the Biden […]
Gunshots, deaths reported at Kabul airport as desperate residents try to flee city AP | Reuters | Dawn.com Published August 16, 2021 – Thousands packed into the Afghan capital’s airport on Monday, rushing the tarmac and […]
China says ready for ‘friendly relations’ with Taliban after Kabul takeover AFPPublished August 16, 2021 – China is ready to deepen “friendly and cooperative” relations with Afghanistan, a government spokeswoman said on […]
BY BURHANETTIN DURAN COLUMNS AUG 16, 2021 12:05 AM GMT+3Illegal Afghan migrants wait in line to be sent home at Istanbul Airport, Istanbul, Turkey, Aug. 14, 2021. (AA Photo) Provocations targeting illegal […]
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AGENCIES ISTANBUL ASIA PACIFIC AUG 15, 2021 1:28 PM GMT+3A combination picture of a CIA employee (most likely O.B. Harnage) helping Vietnamese evacuees onto an Air America helicopter from […]
Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai assured the people in a message that he will stay in the country even as a peaceful transfer of power takes place in Kabul Written […]
This content was published on August 16, 2021 CAIRO (Reuters) -The spokesman for the Taliban’s political office on Sunday declared the war was over in Afghanistan and called for peaceful […]
Afghanistan Follow Marco Ferrari, Al Arabiya English Published: 15 August ,2021: Afghanistan’s president Ashraf Ghani has left the country for Tajikistan as the Taliban enter Kabul, the government’s last stronghold in […]
TOLOnews: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani leaves the country 15/08/2021, 15:41:00 Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has left the country, TOLOnews reports, citing sources. “Two sources told TOLOnews that President Ghani has […]
11:53 AM CEST Last Updated 20 minutes ago Reuters Afghan president in talks as Taliban near Kabul Summary Taliban enter Kabul from all sides – interior ministry official < U.S. […]
To Afghans with nowhere to go Abbas Nasir Published August 15, 2021 – AS news organisations report on the rapid territorial gains by the Taliban in Afghanistan, a lot of debate around the issue […]