Tag: Afghanistan
Ex-CIA Agent Says US Wasted Trillions on Wars in Iraq & Afghanistan, Achieved Nothing
As the US approaches the completion of its withdrawal from Afghanistan, which should be over by September 11, as well as in light of...
Pentagon Threatens to Ramp Up Airstrikes Against Taliban if Group ‘Continues Attacks’
World17:57 GMT 25.07.2021(updated 19:01 GMT 25.07.2021) Amid the imminent US and NATO withdrawal from Afghanistan after over 19 years of occupation, the...
Iraq’s PM Says There’s ‘No Need for Any Foreign Combat Forces on Iraqi Soil’ Ahead of Biden Meeting
Middle East18:56 GMT 25.07.2021(updated 19:23 GMT 25.07.2021) Senior Iraqi officials are set to meet US President Joe Biden at the White House...
Blinken’s India visit: Situation in Afghanistan, terror safe havens in Pak to figure in talks
The implications of the withdrawal of American troops on the security situation in Afghanistan and the need for sustained pressure on Pakistan on terror...
Taliban Beheaded Afghan Interpreter Who Was Working With US Troops, Report Claims
The purportedly slain man had been a US military interpreter for 16 months and had sought asylum in the US for security reasons. He...
Retired US General Petraeus Warns Taliban ‘Has the Momentum’ to Take Control of Afghanistan ‘Soon’
World12:27 GMT 24.07.2021(updated 12:32 GMT 24.07.2021) The past few weeks have seen a spike in violence in Afghanistan, where the Taliban* has...
Biden Throws in Additional $54 Million to Help ‘Unexpected Refugee Needs’ of Afghans at Risk
US11:43 GMT 24.07.2021Last week, the Biden administration announced operation "Allied Refuge" designed to help evacuate Afghans who helped NATO during the war in...
Biden Town Hall; Taliban Insurgents Control About Half of Afghanistan’s District Centers
On this edition of The Critical Hour, Dr. Wilmer Leon discusses Biden's town hall, his false hope of bipartisanship and the messaging that makes...
Is India’s Ruling BJP Trying to Woo Muslims Through RSS Ahead of Uttar Pradesh State Polls?
India09:25 GMT 22.07.2021According to the 2011 census, there are almost 38 million Muslims in the poll-bound Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, making up...
Russia Invites India, Iran to Join Extended Troika Talks on Intra-Afghan Peace Process
India08:28 GMT 21.07.2021(updated 14:01 GMT 21.07.2021) The extended Troika grouping, which comprises Russia, the US, China and Pakistan, has met eight times...
The Worst Countries for Women (Afghanistan Isn’t on the List)
Concern-trolling over the dismal plight of women in Afghanistan is powerfully appealing to liberals who look for reasons for the United States to maintain...
Erdogan Urges Taliban to Stop ‘Occupying’ Afghanistan, Says Turkey Ready to Run Kabul Airport if US Pays
World17:58 GMT 20.07.2021(updated 19:02 GMT 20.07.2021) Last month, after it was revealed that Turkey may stay on in Afghanistan to ensure security...
Afghanistan Seeks Military Assistance From India Amid Escalating Conflict With Taliban
India06:25 GMT 20.07.2021Fighting between Afghanistan forces and the Taliban* has intensified in the past few weeks since foreign troops have begun to withdraw...
Pentagon Agrees to House Selected Afghan Interpreters, Families at Virginia Army Base
US18:15 GMT 19.07.2021(updated 19:13 GMT 19.07.2021) The fate of tens of thousands of Afghans who worked in various capacities to assist US...
Ex-NATO Commander in Afghanistan Warns Country Will Collapse Into ‘Brutal Civil War’ Once US Gone
World10:18 GMT 19.07.2021The US and its NATO allies are set to complete their withdrawal from Afghanistan by late August after over 19 years...
‘Punish the Perpetrators’: Taliban Asks Pakistan to Act Against Abductors of Afghan Envoy’s Daughter
Silsila Alikhil, the daughter of Afghanistan’s Ambassador to Pakistan, was kidnapped for several hours on 17 July while she was riding a rented vehicle...
