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US has airlifted 7,000 people from Afghanistan: Pentagon
Aug 19, 2021 (AFP)
Since the United States seized the Kabul airport and started evacuations on August 14, "we have airlifted approximately 7,000 total evacuees," Major General Han...
Czech pilot describes 'demanding' flight from Kabul
Aug 19, 2021 (AFP)
Identified only as "Major M M" on the Czech defence ministry website that published his account of the flight, the army pilot brought 62 people to Prague from K...
Taliban's arms seizures embarrass Washington
Aug 19, 2021 (AFP)
The Islamist insurgents, who easily captured control of the country after a months-long campaign, seized huge amounts of weaponry, equipment and munitions from ...
Taliban pledge to be 'different', as Afghans flee
Aug 18, 2021 (AFP)
The announcements came on Tuesday night shortly after the return to Afghanistan of their co-founder, crowning the group's astonishing comeback after being ouste...
NATO ministers to hold video talks on Afghanistan
Aug 18, 2021 (AFP)
"I have convened an extraordinary virtual meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers this Friday 20 August to continue our close coordination & discuss our common approa...
Taliban meet with Karzai and Abdullah, US sees 'unanimity' with Russia, China
Aug 18, 2021 (AFP)
Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman pointed to a statement issued Monday by the UN Security Council, where China and Russia wield veto power, that called fo...
China sifts opportunity from ashes of US Afghan project
Aug 18, 2021 (AFP)
But Beijing will remain watchful of the hardliners now running the show in Kabul, especially as Afghanistan borders China's eastern Xinjiang province, home to t...
At the Pentagon, US military officials bitter as they watch chaos in Kabul
Aug 17, 2021 (AFP)
Some criticized the State Department, which has sole authority to grant visas to former interpreters and other US military support staff and their families, for...
US steps up evacuation from Kabul; says Taliban pledge 'safe passage'
Aug 17, 2021 (AFP)
Some 11,000 people with US nationality remain inside the country, including diplomats, contractors and others, according to the White House, most waiting to be ...
Facebook moves to block Taliban's WhatsApp accounts
Aug 17, 2021 (AFP)
"The Taliban is sanctioned as a terrorist organization under US law and we have banned them from our services under our Dangerous Organization policies," a Face...
Taliban move to restart Kabul, Biden defends exit
Aug 17, 2021 (AFP)
Tens of thousands of people have tried to flee Afghanistan to escape the hardline Islamist rule expected under the Taliban, or fearing direct retribution for si...
NATO chief blames Afghan leadership for Kabul collapse
Aug 17, 2021 (AFP)
"Ultimately, the Afghan political leadership failed to stand up to the Taliban and to achieve the peaceful solution that Afghans desperately wanted," he said. "...
Czech leader sees Taliban-led Afghanistan as terror hub
Aug 17, 2021 (AFP)
"The Taliban will create a terrorist centre on the Afghan territory," the outspoken leader told the Parlamentni Listy news site. "This will lead to the renewal ...
Uzbekistan in contact with Taliban, warns against border spillover
Aug 17, 2021 (AFP)
Ex-Soviet Uzbekistan, one of three Central Asian countries bordering Afghanistan, released the statement after days of mayhem that saw Afghan troops illegally c...
Biden says Afghan quagmire would have helped Russia, China
Aug 16, 2021 (AFP)
"Our true strategic competitors China and Russia would love nothing more than the United States to continue to funnel billions of dollars in resources and atten...
China says ready for 'friendly relations' with Taliban after rout
Aug 16, 2021 (AFP)
Beijing has sought to maintain unofficial ties with the Taliban throughout the US' withdrawal from Afghanistan, which spurred an advance by the Islamist hardlin...
Allies round on US over Afghanistan 'debacle'
Aug 16, 2021 (AFP)
Stunned by the Taliban's lightning advance across the country after the departure of Western troops, NATO allies have been left scrambling to evacuate their nat...
Kabul airport has reopened: US general
Aug 16, 2021 (AFP)
The airport reopened at 1935 GMT Monday, said Major General Hank Taylor, a logistics specialist on the Pentagon's Joint Chiefs of Staff. He said a C-17 transpor...
The Pentagon mistakes behind the rout of the Afghan army
Aug 15, 2021 (AFP)
- The wrong equipment - Washington spent $83 billion in its effort to create a modern army mirroring its own. In practical terms, that meant huge dependence on ...
Political solution in Afghanistan 'more urgent than ever': NATO
Aug 15, 2021 (AFP)
"We support Afghan efforts to find a political solution to the conflict, which is now more urgent than ever," an official at the 30-nation alliance told AFP. Th...
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