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Russia starts evacuations from Afghanistan

Aug 25, 2021 14:36

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 14:15

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 13:53

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 10:56

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.
Karzai, Abdullah discuss stability in Afghanistan in meeting with Iran ambassador

Aug 25, 2021 10:33

Afghanistan’s former president Hamid Karzai and former peace negotiator Abdullah Abdullah have met with Iran’s ambassador in Kabul for talks on ways to restore stability to the war-torn country, following the collapse of the Afghan government and the Taliban militant group’s takeover.
Taliban warn US against extending evacuation deadline

Aug 25, 2021 07:47

The Taliban have rejected the potential extension of a looming deadline for US and other foreign troops to completely withdraw from Afghanistan, and called on Washington to stop evacuating skilled Afghans after the group’s takeover of the country.
US humiliation in Afghanistan could be a turning point in world history

Aug 24, 2021 19:14

It's just over three decades since the Soviet Union was driven out of Afghanistan in a moment of epic national humiliation. Thirty-two years on and recently the United States has suffered the identical fate.
US troops at Kabul airport extort money from Afghans seeking evacuation: Report

Aug 24, 2021 16:53

The US forces stationed at Kabul’s international airport have reportedly been extorting money from Afghan nationals trying to flee the chaos in their homeland, following the collapse of Afghanistan’s military and the Taliban’s takeover of the country.
Iran resumes Afghan trade as it looks to future under Taliban

Aug 24, 2021 16:08

Local Afghan officials have called for an increase in Iranian fuel supplies to Afghanistan where the country's lightning takeover by the Taliban has triggered a spike in gasoline prices.
Iran rejects hijacking, says Ukrainian plane flew back to Kiev

Aug 24, 2021 12:58

Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization has dismissed reports that a Ukrainian aircraft was hijacked in Afghanistan and diverted to Iranian soil, saying Tehran has documented the plane’s landing at Kiev’s airport.