Tag: KABUL
US Lawmakers See White House Efforts at Evacuating Afghan Interpreters as ‘Complete Disaster’
US18:44 GMT 31.07.2021(updated 18:55 GMT 31.07.2021) Despite announcing the US troop withdrawal in May, the Biden administration did not launch efforts to...
China Vows Support for ‘Pivotal’ Force Taliban in Afghanistan, Demands it Cut Ties With ETIM
As the United States and coalition forces are set to fully withdraw troops by September, the Taliban* has been taking districts and border crossings...
UK Gov’t Urged to Fast-Track Sanctuary for Afghans Who Supported British Troops or Face ‘Dishonour’
In May, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace announced plans to accelerate the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy, launched earlier this year, saying it was "only...
Pakistan’s PM Imran Khan Says US ‘Really Messed It Up’ in Afghanistan, Prepared for Taliban Win Now
On Wednesday, Pakistan opened the Spin Boldak crossing with Afghanistan, despite the border outpost still being controlled by the Taliban*. According to Reuters, over...
Afghan Troops Smash Taliban in Key Northern District, Push Militants Back From Uzbek, Tajik Borders
Almost all of Afghanistan’s neighbours have been forced to beef up security and prepare for a wave of instability, refugees and possibly even terrorist...
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...
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...
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...
‘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...
Afghanistan Recalls Ambassador to Pakistan, Citing ‘Security Threats’
World15:43 GMT 18.07.2021(updated 17:50 GMT 18.07.2021) Relations between Kabul and Islamabad have deteriorated significantly amid allegations by Afghani authorities that Pakistan has...
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...
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...
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...
