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Republican report slams Biden’s 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal

Published 10 Sep, 2024 06:32am

WASHINGTON: Republicans on Sunday released a critical report on US President Joe Biden’s 2021 military withdrawal...

Taliban warns US not to 'destabilise' regime in face-to-face talks

Published 09 Oct, 2021 09:55pm

DOHA: The Taliban warned the United States not to "destabilise" the regime during their first face-to-face talks...

Afghan army collapse 'took us all by surprise,' US defense secretary

Updated 28 Sep, 2021 10:49pm

WASHINGTON: US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told Congress on Tuesday that the Afghan army's sudden collapse caught...

Shifting sands

Published 28 Sep, 2021 09:00am

May you live in interesting times – so goes a Chinese proverb. Well, times they are interesting, indeed....

Afghan women's rights in firing line as Taliban return to power

Published 17 Aug, 2021 09:30am

Nearly 80% of Afghans forced to flee since the end of May are women and children, according to UN.

Trump blames Biden for 'unacceptable' Taliban surge in Afghanistan

Updated 12 Aug, 2021 08:23pm

When Biden took power earlier this year, he pushed back the deadline for the withdrawal and set no conditions for it

Afghan president blames worsening security situation on 'sudden' US pullout

Published 02 Aug, 2021 08:04pm

We have had an unexpected situation in the last three months, says Ghani

Russia says Taliban ready for 'compromise'

Published 20 Jul, 2021 07:00pm

Kabulov said that based on the statements and actions of the insurgent group, it had shown it was "ready for a political compromise"

US expected to announce start of evacuation of Afghan visa applicants

Updated 14 Jul, 2021 09:18pm

A senior administration official said the flights would begin in the last week of this month

Taliban don't want fighting inside Afghan cities: senior leader

Published 13 Jul, 2021 02:16pm

Turkey's decision to provide security to Kabul airport when US-led forces leave the country 'reprehensible', says separate statement

In symbolic end to war, US general to step down from command in Afghanistan

Updated 12 Jul, 2021 03:08pm

Miller will become America's last four-star general on the ground in Afghanistan that will come ahead of a formal end to the military mission

Taliban surround central Afghan city of Ghazni

Updated 12 Jul, 2021 02:21pm

Offensive is the latest on a provincial capital as the Taliban make fresh push to surround cities and gain territory

India pulls staff from Kandahar consulate after intense fighting

Updated 11 Jul, 2021 06:47pm

The insurgents claimed this week that they now control 85 percent of Afghanistan

China evacuates citizens from Afghanistan as US withdraws troops

Updated 10 Jul, 2021 03:40pm

A Xiamen Airlines flight departed Kabul for the city of Wuhan on July 2 carrying Chinese citizens who had been stranded in Afghanistan

Afghanistan to rush troops to border as Taliban extend gains

Updated 10 Jul, 2021 03:57pm

Reinforcements have not been sent to Islam Qala yet. They will be sent there soon, says Herat governor

Afghan troops tell of carrying wounded to Tajikistan after commanders fled

Published 10 Jul, 2021 10:46am

Their latest offensive started in early May as the United States and NATO began the final troop withdrawal

Biden to speak Thursday about Afghanistan amid swift US pullout

Updated 08 Jul, 2021 05:36pm

Biden would update American people on the situation and that no major policy pronouncements were expected

UK's Johnson 'apprehensive' about Afghanistan future

Published 07 Jul, 2021 08:55pm

More than 400 British troops died in action in Afghanistan after the country joined the coalition intervention in 2001.

Taliban fighters enter capital of northwestern Afghan province

Published 07 Jul, 2021 06:59pm

"They were inside the city and the city briefly collapsed," said the official.

US pullout from Afghanistan over 90% complete: Pentagon

Updated 06 Jul, 2021 09:42pm

The United States is expected to keep a reported 650 or more military personnel to protect the US embassy and diplomats.

Afghan forces deploy to counter Taliban assault

Published 06 Jul, 2021 04:02pm

"We are planning to launch a big offensive to retake the lost territories from the enemy," spokesman for the Ministry of Defence said.

Taliban seize key Kandahar district after fierce fighting

Updated 04 Jul, 2021 06:52pm

Panjwai district governor said Afghan forces and the Taliban clashed during the night, resulting in government forces retreating from the area.

Families flee as Taliban seize key Kandahar district

Updated 04 Jul, 2021 05:08pm

The fall of Panjwai district comes just two days after US and NATO forces vacated their main Bagram Air Base near Kabul.

Era ends, uncertainty looms as US forces quit main Afghanistan base

Published 03 Jul, 2021 08:52am

US to leave behind only an embassy protection force
Taliban sweeping into districts as foreign troops go home
Effective end to war launched after Sept. 11 attacks

Western forces pack up to end their war, Afghans ‘manage the consequences’

Published 01 Jul, 2021 07:27pm

Violence escalates as foreign forces race to leave Afghanistan
US-NATO drawdown triggers a sense of abandonment among Afghans
Afghan forces defend country alone against Taliban

US commander warns Taliban to stop Afghan offensive or face air strikes

Updated 29 Jun, 2021 09:24pm

The remaining US troops are expected to be out by the September 11 deadline announced by Biden to end America's longest war.

Pakistan conveys its serious concern to Afghan side over 'irresponsible statements and baseless allegations' made by Afghan leadership

Published 17 May, 2021 02:10pm

"Pakistan has emphasized that groundless accusations erode trust and vitiate the environment between the two brotherly countries," FO said.
Pakistan operates an organized system of support for the Taliban, Ghani had said.

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