Kabul: Several children have been killed in a US drone attack that destroyed a car laden with explosives near the international airport in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, according to witnesses, Al Jazeera reported. At least three children were among the six civilians who died in Sunday’s attack, witnesses said. The United States’s Central Command (Centcom) said […]
United States: Speaking at a White House press briefing on Saturday, press secretary Jen Psaki said the US and international partners have yet to recognize the Taliban, the Tolonews reported. “There is no rush for recognition of any sort by the United States or any international partners we have talked to,” Psaki said in response […]
Kabul: The United States announced it carried out a drone attack in eastern Afghanistan against a “planner” of an ISIL-affiliated group, a day after an attack outside Kabul’s airport killed at least 175 Afghans and 13 US troops, the Al Jazeera reported. “The unmanned air strike occurred in the Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. Initial indications […]
Kabul: At least 60 people have been killed in two powerful explosions outside Kabul’s international airport, medical sources have told Al Jazeera, amid a huge and chaotic evacuation effort from Afghanistan. On Thursday two suicide bombers and gunmen attacked crowds of Afghans that had flocked to Kabul’s airport, in the waning days of an airlift […]
Kabul: At least 13 people have been killed in two powerful explosions outside Kabul’s international airport, a Taliban official has said, amid a huge and chaotic evacuation effort from Afghanistan, the Al Jazeera reported. A “complex attack” on Thursday at the airport in Afghanistan’s capital caused a number of US and civilian casualties, the Pentagon […]
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that the situation in Afghanistan is “difficult and alarming,” according to Russia’s Tass News Agency. “You know how difficult and alarming the situation in Afghanistan currently is. We are keeping a close eye on this situation, actively cooperating with our allies in the Collective Security Treaty Organization […]
Kabul: Joe Biden, the president of the United States, has said Washington is on pace to finish evacuations from Afghanistan by August 31, but left open the chance of extending the deadline, saying reaching that goal depends on cooperation from the country’s new Taliban rulers, the Al Jazeera reported. “The sooner we can finish, the […]
Kabul: An estimated one million Afghan children are projected to suffer from severe acute malnutrition over the course of this year and could die without treatment, the UN warned on Monday, the Anadolu Agency reported. In a statement, reports said, UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore said around 10 million children across Afghanistan need humanitarian assistance […]
Kabul: Former Afghan president Hamid Karzai and Abdullah Abdullah, the chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation, met with Taliban political office members on Saturday, the Tolonews reported. Karzai and Abdullah met with Taliban political office members Maulawi Shahabuddin Delawari Delawar, Abdul Salam Hanafi, Khairullah Khairkhwa and Abdul Rahman Feda at Abdullah’s house in […]
Kabul: Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the leader of HIzb-e-Islami party, on Friday said that formal talks between the Afghan political leaders and the Taliban will start once the Taliban leaders arrive in Kabul. He said the recent meetings were informal meetings, the Tolonews reported. Meanwhile, Mohammad Younus Qanooni, the former vice president of Afghanistan, warned the Taliban […]
