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Iran urges Afghans to exercise restraint, avoid violence, fratricide amid clashes in Panjshir
Sep 04, 2021 01:31The spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry has urged all Afghan sides to exercise restraint and avoid violence and fratricide amid heavy fighting between Taliban members and resistance militia fighters in Afghanistan’s Panjshir Valley, north of the capital Kabul.
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EU to 'engage' with Taliban government to secure evacuation of Afghan collaborators
Sep 04, 2021 01:23The European Union (EU) says it will "engage" with an expected government in Afghanistan to evacuate the Afghans who collaborated with foreign invaders and who now want to leave the country, as the Taliban plan to form a new government.
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Fighting intensifies in Afghanistan’s Panjshir province
Sep 03, 2021 10:51Anti-Taliban forces in Panjshir province say they have repelled attacks by the group to seize a district there. The forces say they remain in control of all the entrances and roads. That’s while the Taliban say they have captured some parts.
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China tells US to stop imposing its norms on world after Afghanistan debacle
Sep 03, 2021 10:15China has called on the US to ponder on the recent advice of Russian President Vladimir Putin to quit imposing American norms on other nations after the Afghanistan fiasco.
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Taliban spox says new government to be launched ‘in a matter of a few days’
Sep 03, 2021 04:13The Taliban say they will form their government in Afghanistan “in a matter of a few days,” more than two weeks after the militant group took over almost all the war-ravaged country.
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Iran, India weigh plans to settle Afghan crisis
Sep 03, 2021 02:21The foreign ministers of Iran and India discussed a range of issues, including the recent developments in Afghanistan.
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Afghanistan today, Africa tomorrow: America’s saga of failure
Sep 02, 2021 10:40The presence of extremist militant groups in Africa is providing the perfect pretext for expanding the US military footprint there. The US desperately needs new leadership before it bleeds another generation in an endless war.
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Battle begins between Taliban, Massoud as negotiations fail
Sep 02, 2021 09:55Despite intense negotiations, the Taliban and the national resistance front in Panjshir, headed by Ahmad Massoud, have not reached a peace agreement.
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Putin: Only result of US war in Afghanistan has been 'tragedies, losses'
Sep 01, 2021 12:03Russia's President Vladimir Putin says the outcome of the United States' 20-year war and occupation in Afghanistan has been nothing but "tragedies and losses," shortly after all US forces withdrew from the country.
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Taliban say ‘consensus’ achieved on formation of Afghan government
Sep 01, 2021 11:43The Taliban and other Afghan leaders have reached “consensus” on the formation of a new cabinet under the leadership of the group’s top spiritual leader, officials say, against the backdrop of the United States’ withdrawal of the last division of its forces.