Afghanistan

Trump calls Biden’s withdrawal from Afghanistan ‘greatest embarrassment’

Aug 18, 2021 10:40

Former US President Donald Trump has described President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from Afghanistan the “greatest embarrassment” in the history of the United States.
US to continue diplomacy in Afghanistan after Aug. 31 if 'safe'

Aug 18, 2021 08:34

The United States remains open to keeping its diplomatic presence at Kabul's airport following a withdrawal deadline at the end of August if conditions permit, says a State Department spokesman.
Reactions from across West Asia to Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan

Aug 18, 2021 08:12

Regional countries, entities and personalities have been reacting to the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan following the United States’ abrupt military withdrawal, which put an end to a futile two-decade-long war in the South Asian country.
Soviet-era president Gorbachev: US must learn from Afghan failure

Aug 18, 2021 08:04

Mikhail Gorbachev, Russia’s last Soviet-era leader, who led the withdrawal of Russian occupation forces from Afghanistan in 1989, has slammed the US military invasion of the war-torn country as doomed from the outset, saying “lessons” should be learned from the conflict.
US still ignorant, repeating same mistakes in region: Nasrallah

Aug 18, 2021 04:52

The leader of Lebanon’s resistance movement Hezbollah says the US failure in Afghanistan shows that Washington’s foreign policies are miscalculated and ignorant.
US occupation over, Afghanistan no longer a battlefield: Taliban in 1st presser

Aug 18, 2021 02:27

The Taliban militant group says the 20-year-long occupation of Afghanistan by the US-led forces has come to an end, and that no one is after the continuation of war in the country.
Germany: Merkel calls for a ‘controlled’ Afghan refugee response from EU

Aug 18, 2021 01:40

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for coordinated European Union (EU) action to take in the most vulnerable people from Afghanistan amid the takeover of the country by the Taliban militant group.
Iraq’s Nujaba leader urges US to ‘take lessons’ from defeat in Afghanistan

Aug 18, 2021 00:47

A senior leader of Iraq’s al-Nujaba resistance movement has urged the American forces stationed in the West Asian country to “take lessons” from their humiliating defeat in and ouster from Afghanistan.
China: US has left an ‘awful mess’ in Afghanistan

Aug 17, 2021 12:03

China says the United States has left an “awful mess” in Afghanistan after the Taliban seized control of the country 20 years after the militants were removed from power following a US-led invasion.
Taliban promise peaceful transition as world reacts to chaos in Afghanistan

Aug 17, 2021 07:28

As world leaders continue to react to the abrupt US military pullout from Afghanistan, which was followed by the Taliban’s lightning takeover of the country, the militant group tries to assure the civilians and the international community of a peaceful transition.