Afghanistan

Afghan Kam Air moves planes to Iran amid tensions at Kabul airport

Aug 26, 2021 06:54

A spokeswoman for Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization (CAO) said that the country has received a number of planes from Afghanistan’s Kam Air at the airline’s request.
US, allies warn citizens away from Kabul airport over ‘threat of terror attack’

Aug 26, 2021 02:59

The United States has warned people against travelling to the Kabul International Airport, urging those of its citizens who are currently outside the perimeter to leave the area, as thousands of desperate foreigners and Afghans try to catch evacuation flights following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.
IRGC: Civil war sole outcome of America’s invasion of Afghanistan

Aug 26, 2021 02:06

Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says two decades of atrocities committed by the United States in Afghanistan has brought about nothing other than a civil war in the South Asian country.
Afghan grandees insist on formation of inclusive government: Velayati

Aug 26, 2021 01:47

Ali Akbar Velayati, an International Adviser to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, said he has held talks with several grandees and leading figures of Afghanistan, who have maintained that their country requires an inclusive government involving all ethnic groups.
Afghan refugees kept under inhuman conditions at US base in Qatar

Aug 25, 2021 11:44

Afghanistan’s refugees who fled the country after the United States’ chaotic withdrawal of military forces are currently living in deplorable conditions at facilities run by Americans in Qatar.
Iran: US, West adventurism to blame for emergence of terrorist groups, rising violence in region

Aug 25, 2021 10:53

Iran has blamed military adventurism by the United States and its allies for the emergence of terrorist groups, including Daesh, and the subsequent rise of unprecedented violence in the region.
Russia starts evacuations from Afghanistan

Aug 25, 2021 10:06

Russia has started the evacuation of hundreds of people from Afghanistan after days of violent chaos at the Kabul international airport and amid jitters in the Afghan capital over the takeover of the country by the Taliban militant group.
Biden faces pressure to extend Afghanistan evacuation mission as Taliban warns against doing so

Aug 25, 2021 09:45

The United States faced mounting global pressure on Monday (Aug. 23, 2021) to extend its evacuation mission in Afghanistan past President Biden’s Aug. 31 deadline, despite a Taliban warning against doing so.
Freezing Afghanistan’s wealth: US scrambles to hit hard with “soft” power

Aug 25, 2021 09:23

As the U.S. government is left scrambling, watching its 2.2 trillion dollar war effort turn out to have meant nothing and seeking to pick up the pieces, it is now behaving very dangerously. The U.S. may not have a physical presence inside of Afghanistan in the future, but the fear is that its economic sanctions may end up being more deadly than its armed forces.
Taliban: US can now help rebuild Afghanistan after destroying it

Aug 25, 2021 06:26

The Taliban say the United States could now step forward and participate in the reconstruction of Afghanistan given how it contributed to the destruction of the country, amid the withdrawal of US-led forces after two decades of war.