A senior Taliban delegation, headed by the group negotiator Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanekzai, has traveled to Tehran to discuss “bilateral issues” with Iran
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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US withdrawal from Afghanistan over 90 percent complete
The withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan is over 90 percent complete, Pentagon’s Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Tuesday, indicating the country is just days away from ending its 20-year-long military presence in the war-torn country
Afghan forces launch operations to retake fallen districts
Afghan security forces have launched large-scale operations against the Taliban to retake the districts that had earlier fallen to the Taliban, said the country’s National Security Advisor Hamidullah Mohib. The Taliban militia has taken control of over 100 districts in the past weeks
Taliban warns foreign troops against staying beyond September deadline
The Taliban, the main Afghan insurgent group seeking to rule the country once again, has said capturing Kabul is “not Taliban policy” and any foreign troops left in Afghanistan after NATO’s September withdrawal deadline would be at risk as occupiers
Amid civil war, Afghan traders organize 'peace and self-sufficiency' expo
Amid an intensified civil war in the country, traders from western Afghanistan have been organizing the sixth expo of domestic products titled “Peace and Self-Sufficiency” in Herat, the third largest city in Afghanistan
US says no plans to close embassy in Afghanistan
The US Embassy in Kabul on Sunday denied reports of an imminent evacuation and said it has “no plans to close the embassy”
Amid escalating fighting, Turkey, Pakistan, Iran shut consulates in northern Afghanistan
Amid the deteriorating security situation in northern Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey and Pakistan have closed their respective consulate offices in Mazar-e-Sharif, the provincial center of Balkh, local media reports said
ISIS gaining ground in northern Afghanistan, warns Russian foreign minister
ISIS militants are building up their forces in northern Afghanistan amid foreign troop withdrawal, warned Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov last week, saying the development is worrying for Moscow
US military in transition mode in Afghanistan - from combat to guarding and advisory role
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has approved a new command structure in Afghanistan that includes the transition of US military mission from warfighting to two new objectives
Afghanistan government to probe the retreat of its security forces in several districts
Afghanistan’s Ministry of Interior Affairs (MoI) will probe recent evacuations by government forces from the centers of various districts across the country
Afghan forces reinforce defenses of border town along Uzbekistan
Amid the continued Taliban’s offensive in northern Afghanistan, hundreds of troops have been deployed to protect Hairatan, a border town along the Uzbekistan border, in the northern province of Balkh
End of an era: US hands over Bagram airbase to Afghan forces after 20 years
Bagram airfield, the biggest airbase of US forces in Afghanistan and the epicenter of its 20-year-long military campaign in the country, was handed over to Afghan security forces, media reports say
Afghanistan: Over 6600 killed in June; deadliest month in two decades
Over 6600 people have been killed in Afghanistan last month, making June the deadliest month in the two decades of the conflict, according to an estimate by local media
Afghanistan’s survival in danger, warns Afghan chief peace negotiator
The survival of Afghanistan is in danger, Afghan chief peace negotiator Abdullah Abdullah has warned, as foreign troops set to end its presence in a week time, creating a security vacuum in Afghanistan
Rise of militias could plunge Afghanistan into civil war, warns US commander
General Austin Miller, the top US commander in Afghanistan, has called the recent rapid loss of districts to the Taliban “worrisome” and warned that the rise of local militias could plunge the country into a civil war
