Afghanistan

Most countries, except the United States, have said that they have completed their evacuation mission in Afghanistan by now, while the US, too, is expected to take the last of its troops out of the Kabul airport by Wednesday morning. The…
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Taliban forces sealed off Kabul’s airport on Saturday to most Afghans hoping for evacuation, as the US and its allies wound down a chaotic airlift that will end their troops’ two decades in Afghanistan. Western leaders acknowledged that…
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The US military said Friday it had carried out a drone strike against a “planner” of the Daesh-Khorasan, the group which claimed credit for the deadly suicide bombing at Kabul airport. “The unmanned airstrike occurred in the Nangarhar…
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A spokesperson of Taliban said on Wednesday that Pakistan "is like a second home" for the insurgent group and vowed to deepen trade and strategic ties with the neighbouring country. The spokesperson, Zabihullah Mujahid, also said that…
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Afghanistan’s new Taliban rulers face a “perfect storm” of health crises and economic disaster, aid chiefs warned on Wednesday. The militants ordered banks to open on Wednesday for the first time since they seized control of Kabul 10 days…
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Afghanistan's biggest female pop star Aryana Sayeed on Thursday confirmed her escape after the Taliban takeover of Kabul city. "I am well and alive and after a couple of unforgettable nights, I have reached Doha, Qatar and am awaiting my…
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The Taliban, which has captured Afghanistan, is slowly showing its true colours. Its terrorists are now inflicting atrocities on the common people as well as harming foreign diplomatic missions. Talibani terrorists on Wednesday entered the…
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More than 18,000 people have been flown out of Kabul since the Taliban took over Afghanistan’s capital, a NATO official said on Friday, pledging to redouble evacuation efforts as criticism of the West’s handling of the crisis intensified.…
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin are set to hold talks in Moscow on Friday amid the crisis unfolding in Afghanistan and as Russia’s treatment of opposition politician Alexei Navalny and Ukraine remain a…
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For decades the Taliban's leadership structure has been in the shadows: Even before the U.S. invasion in 2001, little was known about how the group operates beyond the names of a few top leaders. Now the militants are trying to recast…
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