Tag Archives: Afghanistan

Kabul, Afghanistan | Xinhua | Militants opposing the Taliban have evicted Taliban fighters from three districts in Afghanistan’s northern Baghlan province, but the Taliban fighters have recaptured one of them, a local television channel Tolo news reported on Sunday. The anti-Taliban fighters seized Pul-e-Hisar, Deh Salah and Banu districts on Friday, but …

Why poorly armed Taliban triumphed over the US military after two decades of war THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | The rapid collapse of the Afghanistan government before a rag tag army of (apparently) “poorly trained, poorly armed, poorly resourced and poorly commanded Taliban” (or so the lords …

London, UK | XINHUA |  Seven Afghan civilians were killed amid chaos near the Kabul airport as people swarmed the area in hopes of boarding an evacuation flight following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, Britain’s Ministry of Defense said Sunday. The ministry did not elaborate when they were killed or …

Moscow, Russia | XINHUA |  Russian President Vladimir Putin and visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday exchanged views over current situation in Afghanistan, Nord Stream 2 pipeline project, among other pressing issues of mutual and international concern. The talk was held here as the German chancellor is nearing the …

Moscow, Russia | XINHUA |  The imposition of external values on Afghanistan is an irresponsible policy, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday during a press conference following talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Moscow. “It is necessary to end the irresponsible policy of imposing one’s external values from the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Foreign Affairs Gen. Jeje Odongo has said that no decision has yet been made to host Afghan refugees in the country. Odongo was on Thursday appearing before Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee where several MPs tasked him to explain the government’s reported plan …

Kabul, Afghanistan | Xinhua | A Taliban member in charge of security outside Afghanistan’s Kabul airport on Thursday announced to a crowd outside the airport that only people with traveling documents will be allowed access to the airport. “A man who claims to be in charge of airport security told us that …

Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday in an interview with ABC News that he did not see a way to withdraw from Afghanistan without “chaos ensuing.” Biden, who is facing mounting criticism from the public over the chaotic evacuation, defended his decision to withdraw U.S. …

Dubai, UAE | Xinhua | Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani claimed on Wednesday night that he was forced to leave Kabul in order to prevent bloodshed. Ghani made the statement, addressing his compatriots in their native language Pashto, during a live Facebook broadcast from the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Ghani said, …

Kabul, Afghanistan | Xinhua | The Taliban did not want to have any internal or external enemies, and intended to form an inclusive government in Afghanistan, a Taliban spokesman said on Tuesday. At its first press conference since the Taliban’s takeover of most parts of Afghanistan on Sunday, the group’s spokesman Zabihullah …