Doha, Qatar | Xinhua | The United States and Qatar on Tuesday urged the Afghan Taliban to live up to their commitment to facilitate the evacuations from Afghanistan. This appeal came during a joint press conference held in Doha by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, …
Read More »Mullah Hassan Akhund leads Afghanistan’s caretaker gov’t
Kabul, Afghanistan | Xinhua | The Taliban said on Tuesday that Mullah Hassan Akhund was appointed as the prime minister of Afghanistan’s caretaker government. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told a press conference that Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar and Abdul Salam Hanafi were named as the acting deputy prime ministers, while Mullah Mohammad …
Read More »New Afghan gov’t to be announced in days – Taliban spokesman
Kabul, Afghanistan | Xinhua | Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said on Monday that a new Afghan government will be announced in the next few days, after confirming that the group has taken over Panjshir, the only province that had remained out of Taliban’s control. Afghanistan might form a caretaker government as the …
Read More »Taliban fully capture Panjshir province: spokesman
Kabul, Afghanistan | Xinhua | The Taliban armed forces have seized eastern Panjshir province following heavy fightings on Monday, gaining control over the last province of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid confirmed. “Our latest efforts to bring peace to the entire country succeeded as the Panjshir province is completely conquered …
Read More »China urges investigation of massacre of Afghans by U.S.
Beijing, China | Xinhua | Although the U.S. military has withdrawn from Afghanistan, the massacre of civilians by the U.S. military and its allies in Afghanistan in the past 20 years must be investigated thoroughly, and the murderers brought to justice, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday. Spokesperson Wang …
Read More »Biden defends U.S. hasty exit in post-Afghanistan withdrawal remarks
Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday defended his decision to hastily pull U.S. troops out of Afghanistan, a mission broadly criticized by the American public. During televised remarks delivered from the State Dining Room inside the White House, Biden spent a considerable portion of his speech …
Read More »Ugandans in Afghanistan rejected proposal to be evacuated – Jeje Odongo
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Foreign Affairs Gen. Jeje Odongo has said that despite calls to evacuate Ugandans trapped in Afghanistan, some of them refused to leave the middle east country. Odongo made the revelation on Wednesday while appearing before Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee looking at several …
Read More »Taliban special forces take over Kabul airport after U.S. troops pullout from Afghanistan
Kabul, Afghanistan | Xinhua | The Taliban deployed special forces at the Kabul airport on Tuesday hours after the last batch of U.S. troops left Afghanistan. The Badri Special Forces have been deployed at the Kabul airport. “Security and safety is ensured at the airport,” Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told reporters at …
Read More »Taliban welcomes U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan
Kabul, Afghanistan | Xinhua | The Taliban welcomed the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan shortly after the U.S. Central Command announced that the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the Asian country has completed, a Taliban spokesman said early Tuesday. The last U.S. soldiers were evacuated from Kabul airport at mid-night on Monday, Taliban …
Read More »Afghan evacuees: Three hotels in Entebbe fully booked
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three hotels in Entebbe municipality have been fully booked to accommodate at least 500 evacuees from Afghanistan, URN has learnt. They include Imperial Resort Beach Hotel that is accommodating the 51 evacuees, Imperial Botanical Beach Hotel and Central Inn. While Imperial Resort Beach Hotel is …
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