Posts Tagged: afghanistan
Afghan Government Seeks to Hold Last Strongholds as Taliban Extend Capture of Cities
Taliban fighters captured the major city of Mazar-i-Sharif in northern Afghanistan on Saturday, sending Afghan forces fleeing, and drew closer to Kabul as Western countries...
Afghan President Departs After Taliban Return to Kabul
President Ashraf Ghani left Afghanistan on Sunday after Taliban fighters entered the capital Kabul, capping their return to power two decades after being forced out...
Taliban Have Started Entering Kabul From All Sides — Afghan Interior Ministry
The Taliban have begun entering the Afghan capital Kabul from all sides, the Afghan interior ministry said on Sunday, as US and European Union staff...
Qatar Urges Taliban to Cease Fire at Meeting in Doha
Qatar said it had urged the Taliban to cease fire and pull back their offensive in Afghanistan during a meeting between the Qatari foreign minister...
Trying to Save Just One Afghan Woman
I have been trying to save just one woman in Afghanistan. It is proving to be an unimaginably arduous task, one that has taken up...
America’s Afghan Pull-out Benefits China and Russia
The American exit from Afghanistan has created a power vacuum. The quartet of China, Russia, Pakistan, and Iran stands to benefit the most from the US...
Resurgent Taliban Take Provincial Capital, Kill Afghan Gov’t Spokesman
The Taliban captured an Afghan provincial capital and assassinated the government's top media officer in Kabul on Friday, dealing twin high-profile blows to the Western-backed...
Airlift Begins for Afghans Who Worked for US During its Longest War
Some 200 Afghans were set to begin new lives in the United States on Friday as an airlift got under way for translators and others...
First Task for Afghan Forces Is to Slow Taliban’s Momentum — Pentagon Chief
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Saturday that the Afghan security forces' first job was to make sure they could slow the Taliban's momentum...
Afghan Politicians, Taliban Meet in Doha as Fighting Continues
Afghan politicians met with representatives of the Taliban insurgents in Qatar on Saturday with each side calling for peace even as fighting escalates and uproots...
Saudi Arabia Bans Entry From UAE, Vietnam, Ethiopia and Afghanistan
Saudi Arabia will restrict travel to and entry from Ethiopia, UAE, Vietnam and Afghanistan over coronavirus concerns, the state news agency (WAS) reported on Saturday. The...
Afghan Leader Proposes Peace Road Map in Three Phases-Document
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani will put forward a three-phase peace roadmap for Afghanistan during a proposed meeting in Turkey, seeking an agreement with the Taliban...
US Envoy to Afghanistan Heads to Turkey and Region to Push Talks to End Conflict
The US special envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad has departed for Turkey and the region, the US State Department said on Saturday, in a push...
Britain’s Karim Khan Elected International Criminal Court Prosecutor
Parties to the International Criminal Court on Friday elected Britain's Karim Khan as the new prosecutor for a nine-year term starting on June 16. Khan won...
