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Afghan army urges civilians to evacuate city besieged by Taliban
Aug 03, 2021 (AFP)
A massive blast meanwhile rocked the capital Kabul on Tuesday evening, sending a thick plume of smoke into the sky, AFP correspondents reported, adding the expl...
'Indiscriminate' Afghan fighting hurting civilians the most, says UN
Aug 03, 2021 (AFP)
Officials said insurgents had seized more than a dozen local radio and TV stations in Lashkar Gah -- capital of Helmand province and the scene of days of fierce...
Hubris: Experts add up reasons for US 'failure' in Afghanistan
Jul 30, 2021 (AFP)
On Thursday the official US watchdog on operations in Afghanistan said it is too early to call the war a complete failure, because the government retains a slim...
Russian, Uzbek armies hold joint exercises near Afghan border
Jul 30, 2021 (AFP)
The exercises come a week before similar drills planned in neighbouring Tajikistan, which also borders Afghanistan. Moscow has positioned itself as a bulwark ag...
Afghanistan will become 'pariah state' if Taliban seize power, says US
Jul 28, 2021 (AFP)
"An Afghanistan that does not respect the rights of its people, an Afghanistan that commits atrocities against its own people would become a pariah state," Blin...
Taliban tells China, Afghanistan will not be base for separatists
Jul 28, 2021 (AFP)
The delegation is in China for talks with Beijing officials, as the insurgents continue a sweeping offensive across Afghanistan -- including areas along their s...
U.S. plans to continue Afghanistan airstrikes if Taliban attacks don't stop
Jul 27, 2021 (UPI)
CENTCOM commander Gen. Frank McKenzie noted the airstrikes in a visit to Kabul on Sunday, which comes as the U.S. military has pulled about 95% of troops and eq...
NATO chief urges 'negotiated settlement' in Afghanistan
Jul 27, 2021 (AFP)
"The security situation in Afghanistan remains deeply challenging, and requires a negotiated settlement. NATO will continue to support Afghanistan, including wi...
Blinken in India for talks dominated by Afghan turmoil, China
Jul 27, 2021 (AFP)
Blinken, in his first India visit as secretary of state, was due to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Wednesday ...
US general vows to continue air strikes supporting Afghan troops
Jul 25, 2021 (AFP)
Since early May, violence has surged after the insurgents launched a sweeping assault just days after the US-led foreign forces began their final withdrawal whi...
Afghan lawmakers voice alarm on air force as US withdrawal nears
Jul 24, 2021 (AFP)
In virtual talks this week with the US Congress, an Afghan delegation said it appealed for quick action on aircraft maintenance and munitions supplies as Presid...
China's Xi makes rare trip to Tibet: state media
Jul 23, 2021 (AFP)
Tibet has alternated over the centuries between independence and control by China, which says it "peacefully liberated" the rugged plateau in 1951 and brought i...
US launched recent air strikes in Afghanistan: Pentagon
Jul 22, 2021 (AFP)
"In the last several days, we have acted through air strikes to support to the ANDSF," said Pentagon spokesman John Kirby, referring to Afghan government forces...
Milley: Taliban takeover of Afghanistan 'not a forgone conclusion'
Jul 22, 2021 (UPI)
Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters during a press conference with Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin that there is the narra...
Tajikistan tests combat readiness as Taliban advances
Jul 22, 2021 (AFP)
The 230,000 members of the Central Asian country's security forces were alerted for the test at 4 am (0100 GMT Wednesday) on the order of President Emomali Rakh...
Taliban seem to have 'strategic momentum' in Afghanistan: top US general
Jul 21, 2021 (AFP)
Nearly 20 years after the US toppled the Taliban regime in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, and with the withdrawal of American-led foreign forces all but complete...
Mudslides in Tajikistan leave at least 10 dead
Jul 20, 2021 (AFP)
Fatal landsides affect mountainous Central Asia every year, mostly around springtime, blocking off roads in a region lacking transport infrastructure and forcin...
Evacuated Afghan interpreters to stay at Virginia military base
Jul 19, 2021 (AFP)
Around 700 interpreters and other Afghans who helped the United States will be taken to Fort Lee, an army post in southern Virginia, along with immediate family...
China sends investigators to Pakistan over deadly bus blast
Jul 17, 2021 (AFP)
The bus was carrying around 40 Chinese engineers, surveyors and mechanical staff to a hydropower dam construction site in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa pr...
China weighs risk and reward in a Taliban-led Afghanistan
Jul 15, 2021 (AFP)
China abhors a power vacuum, especially on its borders, and maintaining stability after decades of war in its western neighbour will be Beijing's paramount cons...
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