Afghanistan

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.
Afghanistan: The great deception

Sep 01, 2021 04:02

The U.S./NATO’s rhetorical game of nation-building and democracy-building, all while funding the very forces they were officially fighting in the so-called “war on terror,” is one of the greatest deceptions of the last 20 years.
Taliban assure world leaders they will let eligible people leave Afghanistan

Sep 01, 2021 03:57

Britain's prime minister, Boris Johnson, and other world leaders have received assurances from the Taliban that foreign nationals and those with authorisation to exit Afghanistan will be free to leave, as tensions and bloodshed escalate on the streets of Kabul.
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.
US occupation of Afghanistan brought nothing but death and destruction: Khatibzadeh

Sep 01, 2021 00:49

Iran says the 20-year-long American occupation of Afghanistan brought “nothing but death and destruction” to the country, reaffirming its support for the neighboring Afghan nation in its efforts to achieve calm and stability following the US military’s withdrawal.
US troops opened fire into crowd after Kabul airport blasts: Report

Aug 31, 2021 10:19

US troops opened fire into the crowd of people at the scene of a bombing attack at the Kabul airport on Thursday, reportedly fearing another blast, witnesses have told RT.