Afghanistan

Battle begins between Taliban, Massoud as negotiations fail

Sep 02, 2021 09:55

Despite intense negotiations, the Taliban and the national resistance front in Panjshir, headed by Ahmad Massoud, have not reached a peace agreement.
UN says Afghanistan may face food crisis within month

Sep 02, 2021 07:56

The United Nations (UN) has warned that Afghanistan could be gripped by food crisis within a month, as a government is yet to be established since Taliban militants took over the country.
Putin: Only result of US war in Afghanistan has been 'tragedies, losses'

Sep 01, 2021 12:03

Russia's President Vladimir Putin says the outcome of the United States' 20-year war and occupation in Afghanistan has been nothing but "tragedies and losses," shortly after all US forces withdrew from the country.
Taliban say ‘consensus’ achieved on formation of Afghan government

Sep 01, 2021 11:43

The Taliban and other Afghan leaders have reached “consensus” on the formation of a new cabinet under the leadership of the group’s top spiritual leader, officials say, against the backdrop of the United States’ withdrawal of the last division of its forces.
Pope Francis condemns two-decade US war in Afghanistan

Sep 01, 2021 11:36

Pope Francis has denounced the United States over its two-decade-long war in Afghanistan as an outsider's attempt to impose democracy on the country ignoring the traditions of the local people.
US likely to accelerate drone war in Afghanistan

Sep 01, 2021 11:25

The United States is reportedly going to increase its drone surveillance and strikes in Afghanistan despite formally pulling out troops after implementing a policy of death and destruction for twenty years.
President Raeisi lambasts US for 20 years of silent catastrophe in Afghanistan

Sep 01, 2021 10:02

The US must be held accountable for the brazen violation of human rights in Afghanistan over the past two decades, President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi said, adding that Americans have upset security and calm wherever they went.
Taliban takes control over Kabul airport as US completes Afghanistan's withdrawal

Sep 01, 2021 02:45

The US invasion of Afghanistan comes to an end following the departure of the last plane carrying American troops. The Kabul international airport is now under the control of the Taliban.
Deadline for all foreign troops to get out of Afghanistan

Sep 01, 2021 02:27

The UK was one of the first countries that joined the 2001 US military invasion of Afghanistan. Over 20 years, it threw billions of dollars in tax-payer money into the illegal war and saw hundreds of its troops coming home in flag-draped coffins. While the British government tries to sell the gains from the war, anti-war activists are calling it a defeat 20 years in the making.
Taliban attack resistance hub of Panjshir, 7 militants killed

Sep 01, 2021 01:32

At least seven Taliban members have reportedly been killed and several others wounded in clashes with resistance militia fighters in Afghanistan’s Panjshir Valley, north of the capital, Kabul.