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Taliban response to Afghan protests ‘increasingly violent’: UN

Sep 10, 2021 14:22

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 14:19

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.
Iran slams Panjshir 'fratricide', urges inclusive Afghan government

Sep 10, 2021 08:17

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 04:57

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.”
Qatari official: Kabul airport 90% operational after chaotic US evacuation

Sep 09, 2021 17:06

A Qatari official says Afghanistan's Kabul airport is 90% ready for operation after a team of engineers from the Persian Gulf state repaired parts of the air traffic control system damaged in the wake of a chaotic US evacuation.
Iran: US responsible for Afghan people’s suffering and pain

Sep 09, 2021 16:19

Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said the United States is responsible for the suffering and pain of the Afghan people, calling for an inclusive government to be established in the country.
Taliban interim government agree to evacuation of remaining US, other foreign nationals

Sep 09, 2021 11:32

The Taliban’s new interim government has agreed to allow the remaining foreign nationals to leave Afghanistan, less than a month after the militant group took over the war-ravaged country.
Biden under pressure as NGO says flights from Afghanistan blocked

Sep 09, 2021 09:42

Michael McCaul, the top Republican on the House foreign affairs committee said that the situation in Afghanistan is “worse” than before the September 11 terrorist attacks because the Taliban are “fully armed” with American weaponry.
FMs of Afghanistan neighbors hold virtual summit as Taliban announce government

Sep 08, 2021 15:27

Foreign ministers of countries neighboring Afghanistan have held a virtual meeting to discuss the latest developments following the Taliban’s takeover of the country and the withdrawal of US-led forces.
NRF vows resistance against Taliban’s ‘illegitimate’ interim government

Sep 08, 2021 17:13

Afghanistan’s National Resistance Front (NRF) says the Taliban’s new interim government is “illegitimate,” fated to become a “pariah” amid the front’s call for a nationwide uprising.