Afghanistan

Russia sends military equipment to Tajikistan citing ‘growing instability’ in region

Sep 11, 2021 12:03

Russia has sent armored vehicles and military equipment to Tajikistan, Afghanistan’s neighbor, against the backdrop of “growing instability” near the southern border, says the defense ministry.
Innocent aid worker, not Daesh bomber, targeted in deadly US drone strike: NYT probe

Sep 11, 2021 03:17

A drone strike that US military officials said killed a Daesh bomber in Kabul late last month appears to have targeted the wrong man, killing an innocent Afghan aid worker along with members of his family, according to newly published testimony and footage.
Afghanistan ‘graveyard’ of US war machines: China Foreign Ministry official

Sep 11, 2021 01:14

Afghanistan has been transformed into the “graveyard” of US war machines, says the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman, as new footage purportedly shows the Taliban members using a dismantled US aircraft as a swing.
Aid groups warn Afghan health system on verge of 'collapse'

Sep 10, 2021 15:15

International aid agencies working in Afghanistan are sounding the alarm over a health system at "risk of collapse" as the financial support to the war-torn nation was slashed following the Taliban's return to power last month.
US airstrikes have killed up to 48,000 civilians since 9/11: Analysis

Sep 10, 2021 10:40

Airstrikes conducted by the United States have killed between 22,000 and 48,000 civilians since September 11, 2001, according to a report published recently by Airwars, a military watchdog that monitors and seeks to reduce civilian harm in violent conflict zones.
Taliban response to Afghan protests ‘increasingly violent’: UN

Sep 10, 2021 09:52

The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has condemned the Taliban’s increasingly violent response to peaceful protests in Afghanistan, calling on the group to cease the use of force against the protesters.
First civilian flight leaves Kabul airport since US pullout

Sep 10, 2021 09:49

An international flight transporting passengers, including American citizens, has left the Afghan capital for Qatar, for the first time since the last of the US forces left Afghanistan ten days ago.
Biden, Xi speak in months as US-China relations grow fraught

Sep 10, 2021 04:03

After a gap of nearly seven months, US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping spoke early on Friday morning, with focus on finding a way forward in their strained ties.
Iran slams Panjshir 'fratricide', urges inclusive Afghan government

Sep 10, 2021 03:47

Iran’s permanent representative to the UN has censured the recent attack against Afghanistan’s Panjshir Valley as an “unjustifiable and condemnable fratricide” that runs counter to the position of the international community.
Putin: US left world with a mess in Afghanistan to clean up

Sep 10, 2021 00:27

Russian President Vladimir Putin says the US’s "experiments" with setting up a so-called “democracy” in Afghanistan resulted in nothing other than chaos, and now the world has to “clear out the mess.”