Tag: Afghanistan
Why Are Taliban Making Gains And What Does It Say About US-Backed Afghan Government?
Pakistan has confirmed the Taliban* are now in control of the key border crossing of Spin Boldak. Why are the Taliban making advances in...
Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov Says US Mission in Afghanistan ‘Failed’
World12:42 GMT 16.07.2021(updated 14:21 GMT 16.07.2021) After a nearly 20-year presence, US and NATO troops are leaving Afghanistan. The start of their...
$706 Billion Pentagon Funding Bill Advanced by House Committee Would Close Gitmo, End 2001 AUMF
The second of two major defense budget bills has been okayed by the House Appropriations Committee, providing $706 billion in funds for the Pentagon...
China Urges Taliban to Renounce Terrorism, Says Afghanistan Needs ‘Stable, Healthy’ Muslim Policies
As the US’ final exit from Afghanistan nears, Central Asian nations are looking to help the country stabilize - but on different terms than...
Afghanistan’s future can’t be its past, peace talks only answer: Jaishankar amid concerns over Taliban advances
Presenting India’s view on the evolving situation in Afghanistan at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Foreign Ministers Contact Group meeting at Dushanbe Wednesday, External...
Situation dire, India must tell Taliban join mainstream, support only then, says Afghan envoy
Describing the situation in Afghanistan as “difficult, dire and problematic”, Farid Mamundzay, the country’s ambassador to India, has said Delhi should convey to the...
How Big a Security Threat Does China Face as Taliban Draws Closer to Border With Xinjiang?
However, Chinese observers believe it is unlikely that terrorist groups will enter Xinjiang through Wakhan corridor. They are more likely to threaten China through...
Afghan Special Forces Arrive in Kandahar to Fend Off Taliban Fighters, Only to Find Them Gone
Reports suggest that since the active phase of the US and NATO's withdrawal from Afghanistan began, the Taliban* has managed to bring around 80%...
Taliban at Kandahar gates, India pulls out nationals from consulate in city
With Taliban forces having advanced to within a few kilometres of Kandahar, India has evacuated Indian staff and personnel from its consulate in the...
Afghanistan Rejects Reports That India is Supplying Arms to Afghan Forces to Help Fight Taliban
India12:01 GMT 12.07.2021While India and Afghanistan entered a “strategic partnership agreement” in 2011, Delhi has been wary of supplying arms and ammunition to...
Turkmenistan Reportedly Sends Trainload of Military Equipment to Afghan Border Amid Taliban Advance
World14:01 GMT 11.07.2021(updated 15:08 GMT 11.07.2021) Nearly all of Afghanistan’s neighbours have been forced to beef up their border forces amid rapid...
DoD ‘Deeply Concerned’ by Speed of Taliban’s Advance, ‘Briskly’ Looking for Bases Near Afghanistan
World18:04 GMT 11.07.2021(updated 18:21 GMT 11.07.2021) On Friday, the Pentagon expressed confidence that a Taliban-controlled Afghanistan was not an inevitability, and said...
Iran Assures Its Frontier With Afghanistan ‘Fully Secure’ as Taliban Seizes Main Border Crossing
Iran has had a notoriously poor relationship with the Taliban in past decades, even threatening to launch a military invasion targeting the Sunni fundamentalist...
NATO Troop Withdrawal from Afghanistan Leaves Locals Under ‘Uncontrollable Fire’ as Taliban Surges
The withdrawal of US and NATO forces from Afghanistan, to be completed by 11 September, comes amid a surge in violence by the Taliban...
‘Cover From Head to Toe’: New Poster From Taliban-Occupied Territory Belies Group’s Reformist Claims
Asia & Pacific08:35 GMT 10.07.2021(updated 08:43 GMT 10.07.2021) Concerns over the state of women, minorities and human rights in general have escalated...
Afghan Pilots Reportedly at ‘Top of Taliban Hit List’, Terrorists Seek to Undermine Nation’s Defence
On Thursday, President Joe Biden vowed that the US forces will pull out from Afghanistan by 31 August, stressing that the takeover of the...
