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US defense secretary postpones visit to Saudi Arabia
Sep 08, 2021 (AFP)
"The Secretary's trip to Saudi Arabia has been postponed due to scheduling issues. He looks forward to rescheduling at the soonest opportunity," a defense depar...
China, Italy leaders moot G20 summit on Afghanistan
Sep 07, 2021 (AFP)
Draghi and Xi "mainly discussed the recent developments of the Afghan crisis and the possible areas of international cooperation to manage it, including the G20...
UK vows to get 311 Afghan support staff out
Sep 06, 2021 (AFP)
Addressing parliament, Prime Minister Boris Johnson failed to answer a question on how many British-Afghans remained after a hurried Western airlift was ended. ...
Xinjiang rights campaigner says denied entry by Kazakhstan
Sep 06, 2021 (AFP)
The United States says that Beijing is carrying out genocide against Uyghurs and other mostly Muslim Turkic people in Xinjiang, where experts estimate more than...
Boom time for Afghan arms dealers in Taliban heartland
Sep 05, 2021 (AFP)
Sandwiched between a pharmacy and a general store, his shop in the Panjwai district of southern Kandahar province -- the spiritual birthplace of the Taliban -- ...
Taliban close to forming new government in Afghanistan
Sep 03, 2021 (AFP)
The announcement of a new administration, earlier expected to be made after Friday afternoon prayers, would now not happen until Saturday at the earliest, a Tal...
Taliban spokesman says China to keep embassy in Afghanistan, increase aid
Sep 03, 2021 (AFP)
Abdul Salam Hanafi, a member of the Islamist group's political office in Doha, Qatar, "held a phone conversation with Wu Jianghao, Deputy Foreign Minister of th...
EU mulls reaction force after Afghanistan evacuation
Sep 02, 2021 (AFP)
Calls have grown for the 27-nation group to develop its own joint military capability to respond quickly to crises in the wake of the chaotic scenes at Kabul ai...
China says Afghanistan has 'turned new page' after US withdrawal
Aug 31, 2021 (AFP)
China has repeatedly slammed what it sees as a hasty and ill-planned US withdrawal and has said it is ready to deepen "friendly and cooperative" relations with ...
US drone strike wiped out Kabul family, brother says
Aug 31, 2021 (AFP)
His brother, Aimal Ahmadi, said Ezmarai pulled his white sedan into the driveway of a modest house in Kwaja Burga, a densely populated neighbourhood in the nort...
NATO chief vows alliance won't forget Afghan allies
Aug 31, 2021 (AFP)
Speaking after the last US military flight left Kabul, Stoltenberg warned the victorious Taliban not to interfere with Afghans trying to flee the country. After...
UN Council adopts Afghanistan resolution, but no 'safe zone'
Aug 30, 2021 (AFP)
The resolution -- drafted by the United States, Britain and France -- was passed with 13 votes in favor and no objections. China and Russia abstained. The resol...
US commander, ambassador were last to board evacuation flight: general
Aug 30, 2021 (AFP)
"On the last airplane out was General Chris Donahue, the commander of the 82nd Airborne Division, and my ground force commander there," McKenzie told reporters ...
Talks with Taliban not sign of recognition: Macron
Aug 29, 2021 (AFP)
France and other Western states have in the last days revealed they are talking with the Taliban, following the group's takeover of Kabul this month, over how t...
US carries out air strike to stop car bomb in Kabul
Aug 29, 2021 (AFP)
A Taliban spokesman confirmed the incident, saying a car bomb destined for the airport had been destroyed -- and that a possible second strike had hit a nearby ...
Macron warns against IS as Afghanistan overshadows Iraq summit
Aug 28, 2021 (AFP)
Organisers have been tight-lipped on the agenda of the summit in Baghdad, but the meeting also comes as Iraq, long a casualty of jihadist militancy, tries to es...
Afghanistan overshadows Iraq summit as Macron warns against IS
Aug 28, 2021 (AFP)
The meeting comes as Iraq, long a casualty of jihadist militancy, also tries to establish itself as a mediator between Arab countries and Iran. "We all know tha...
US hits IS targets in Afghanistan, says new airport attack 'likely'
Aug 28, 2021 (AFP)
A series of urgent terror warnings have rattled evacuation efforts overseen by US forces, who have been forced into closer security cooperation with the Taliban...
President Biden honors 13 killed during withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021
Aug 27, 2021 (UPI)
President Joe Biden remembered the victims in a statement Saturday, saying their lives were "stolen far too soon." "We will forever honor the memory of the 13 s...
Britain to end Afghan evacuations in 'matter of hours'
Aug 27, 2021 (AFP)
"We will process those people that we have brought with us, the 1,000 people approximately inside the airfield now," British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace told ...
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