The first batch of Afghan refugees--more than 200 in number, mostly children--who were at risk of facing retribution from the emboldened Taliban reached the United States this week, with US President Biden saying he was proud to welcome them
Ghani fled Kabul with less than a million dollars, says report
The SIGAR report, compiled based on interviews of at least 30 former officials, including those close to Ghani, suggests a little over $500,000 million in cash on board the helicopters. Significantly, the fund that Ghani took away was not the government fund but was the leftover amount that the UAE government had provided to Ghani to support his 2019 presidential campaign.
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Afghanistan NSA comes under attack for war's failures
The head of the Afghan Parliament’s Internal Security Commission has accused the Office of National Security Council (ONSC) of “incompetence” and “interference” in the works of other security agencies
US to continues airstrikes to support Afghan forces; fighting to intensify
The United States will continue to carry out airstrikes to support Afghan forces facing attacks from the insurgent Taliban, the chief of CentComm said, as foreign forces have drawn down troops in Afghanistan
US tells Afghan forces to slow down Taliban momentum as hundreds of thousands displaced in war
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said the first job for the Afghan security forces was to slow down the Taliban's momentum as the group extended its control over more and more areas across the nation, seizing key border districts trade routes and highways, displacing in the process hundreds of thousands common Afghans in the civil war
US conducts airstrikes against Taliban, even as 95 per cent withdrawal completed
Even as US forces completed 95 per cent withdrawal from Afghanistan, they conducted two strikes against the Taliban in support of Afghan security forces in the southern province of Kandahar
Taliban demands new negotiated government acceptable to all
The Taliban has said they won’t agree on a ceasefire until there is a new negotiated government acceptable to all, adding they don’t believe in monopoly of power
Taliban kills 100 civilians in Afghanistan-Pakistan border town
As the civil war intensifies in Afghanistan, Taliban insurgents have reportedly killed over 100 people in Spin Boldak, a border town of the southern province of Kandahar in Afghanistan, a media report said, which was later confirmed by Afghan Interior Ministry
Taliban controls half of Afghan districts, have ‘strategic momentum’, says US top commander
The Taliban, the main Afghan insurgent group, controls about half of Afghanistan's total district centers, General Mark Milley, the chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, said, adding the group seems to have gained “strategic momentum”
Intention to create a weakened Afghanistan, says former president Karzai
Former Afghan president Hamid Karzai said that he has suspected for “a long time” that the United States and some of its allies have tried to create a weakened Afghanistan with a splintered government
Rockets land near Afghan presidential palace during Eid prayers
At least three rockets landed near the Afghan Presidential Palace in Kabul on Tuesday morning during Eid prayers where almost all senior Afghan political leaders, including President Ashraf Ghani, former president Hamid Karzai, and chief peace negotiator Abdullah Abdullah was present
Turkish President Erdogan asks Taliban to end ‘occupation’ of Afghanistan
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has said that the Taliban should "end the occupation of their brothers' soil," days after the insurgent group warned Ankara against extending its military presence to protect Kabul’s international airport, one of the most important gateways to the landlocked country
Fifteen foreign missions call Taliban to lay down arms and to agree on ceasefire
Fifteen diplomatic missions along with the NATO representative in Afghanistan asked the Taliban on Monday to halt its military offensive and lay down arms to end the conflict in Afghanistan
Afghan girls bag award at international astronomy competition
Even as the future of their conflict-ridden country hangs in the balance, a group of Afghan girls from the western city of Herat gave their war-weary people something to cheer about when they won an award at the International Astronomy and Astrophysics Competition hosted by Poland which was held online early in July
Senior leaders of Afghan government, Taliban hold talks in Doha
Amid continued fighting in Afghanistan, senior leaders of the Afghan government and the Taliban, the main Afghan insurgent group, held discussions in Doha, Qatar in a bid to fast-track the already stalled peace process
