Taliban

EU to 'engage' with Taliban government to secure evacuation of Afghan collaborators

Sep 04, 2021 05:53

The 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.
Fighting intensifies in Afghanistan’s Panjshir province

Sep 03, 2021 15:21

Anti-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.
China tells US to stop imposing its norms on world after Afghanistan debacle

Sep 03, 2021 14:45

China 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.
Taliban spox says new government to be launched ‘in a matter of a few days’

Sep 03, 2021 08:43

The 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.
Iran, India weigh plans to settle Afghan crisis

Sep 03, 2021 06:51

The foreign ministers of Iran and India discussed a range of issues, including the recent developments in Afghanistan.
Afghanistan today, Africa tomorrow: America’s saga of failure

Sep 02, 2021 15:10

The 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.
Battle begins between Taliban, Massoud as negotiations fail

Sep 02, 2021 14:25

Despite intense negotiations, the Taliban and the national resistance front in Panjshir, headed by Ahmad Massoud, have not reached a peace agreement.
Putin: Only result of US war in Afghanistan has been 'tragedies, losses'

Sep 01, 2021 16:33

Russia'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.
Taliban say ‘consensus’ achieved on formation of Afghan government

Sep 01, 2021 16:13

The 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.
Pope Francis condemns two-decade US war in Afghanistan

Sep 01, 2021 16:06

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.