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 […]
Lord Tariq Ahmad of Wimbledon assists Afghanistan’s Shukria Barakzai to get on the UK evacuation plane
Afghanistan: Shukria Barakzai’s whispered voice notes and dramatic escape By Gabriel GatehouseBBC Newsnight For Shukria Barakzai, 15 August seemed, at first, an unremarkable Sunday morning. A prominent journalist and politician, […]
The Latest: Friday prayers quiet in Kabul, Taliban unseen
By The Associated PressIn this photo provided by the U.S. Marine Corps, civilians prepare to board a plane during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug. 18, […]
US announces new destinations for evacuees as Kabul airport confusion continues
By Nicole Gaouette, Jennifer Hansler, Kylie Atwood and Oren Liebermann, CNN 2 hrs agoLike3 Comments|68 Chaotic scenes played out at Kabul airport again on Friday as thousands desperate to leave Afghanistan sought to […]
Biden vows to evacuate all Americans — and Afghan helpers
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER, ROBERT BURNS, JAMES LAPORTA and ZEKE MILLER 15 minutes ago 1 of 10 President Joe Biden speaks about the evacuation of American citizens, their families, SIV applicants […]
US Policy Toward Afghanistan Was a Recipe for Collapse From the Start
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 […]
Taliban enter Afghan capital as US diplomats evacuate by chopper
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. […]
Echoes of 1989 as foreign forces withdraw from Afghanistan
BBC News Lyse DoucetChief international correspondent@bbclysedouceton Twitter War in Afghanistan (2001-present) As the Taliban make rapid battlefield gains ahead of the US military pullout from Afghanistan, the question of who […]
US lawmakers plead to evacuate Afghan allies before pullout
By AFP – May 19,2021 – JORDAN TIMES In this photograph taken on March 25, Afghan national army soldiers unload food items and petrol oil from an Afghan Air Force Black Hawk […]
Safadi, Lavrov discuss return of refugees
422 Syrians enter Kingdom for short stay until resettlement in UK, Germany and Canada By JT – Jul 22,2018 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi and his […]
Hundreds of Syrian ‘White Helmets’ evacuated by Israel to Jordan – reports
Reuters International This content was published on July 22, 2018 A bus drives on a road near Quneitra at the Syrian side of the Israeli Syrian border as it is […]
Gunmen burn buses, Aleppo convoy goes through
Reuters International DEC 19, 2016 – A woman sits with her child reading the Koran while waiting to be evacuated with others from a rebel-held sector of eastern Aleppo, Syria December 17, 2016. REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail (reuters_tickers) By Lisa Barrington and Suleiman Al-Khalidi BEIRUT/AMMAN (Reuters) – Armed men burned five […]
The Russian Fleet in the Mediterranean: Exercise or Military Operation?
INSS Insight No. 399, January 29, 2013 (Institute of National Security Studies, Tel Aviv, Israel) Magen, Zvi A joint Russian naval exercise in the eastern basin of the Mediterranean Sea, […]