News of kabul

Taliban announce hardline government as protests grow

07-09-2021 14:16 The Taliban announced the top members of their government on Tuesday, a move that cements the group's power over Afghanistan, just days after a chaotic US troop pullout.

Afghanistan

Taliban battle for Panjshir as US warns of Afghanistan civil war

05-09-2021 08:53 Taliban fighters advance deep into last holdout province, as top US general warns Afghanistan faces a wider civil war that would offer fertile ground for a resurgence of terrorism.

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Distrust remains as some women return to work under Taliban

01-09-2021 13:43 Some women, particularly those in the health and education sectors, say they have continued to go to work in the weeks since the Islamist militants took over Kabul on August 15.

Taliban in command

US military completes withdrawal from Afghanistan

30-08-2021 17:59 US military completes withdrawal from Afghanistan after a brutal 20-year war – one that started and ended with the hardline Islamist Taliban in power, despite billions of dollars spent trying to rebuild the conflict-wracked country.

AFGHANISTAN CRISIS

US warns of 'credible threats' to Kabul airlift in wake of suicide bombing

27-08-2021 15:19 At least 72 civilians and 13 US troops killed in Thursday’s attack near Kabul airport, which has been claimed by the Islamic State jihadist group.

BLOOMBERG – ANALYSIS

Deadly Kabul attack shakes Biden’s Afghan exit strategy

27-08-2021 02:21 In a sombre address on Thursday evening, Biden said he took responsibility for “all that’s happened of late” in Afghanistan but stood firm on his plans to withdraw American forces by August 31.

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Khalida Popal, saving Afghanistan's women footballers one player at a time

27-08-2021 01:59 Since the first women's teams started emerging about 15 years ago, football has grown rapidly in Afghanistan. But it all disappeared overnight when Kabul fell to the Taliban.

Afghanistan conflict

Leaving Kabul: from fear to a new life of uncertainty

23-08-2021 15:06 Afghans who escaped from Taliban-controlled Kabul and reached safety in Paris tell of their extraordinary last hours in their homeland, marked by fear for their lives and perilous journeys.

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Taliban warn of 'consequences' if US extends evacuation

23-08-2021 14:44 Chaos continues to overwhelm Kabul airport, with tens of thousands of people still desperate to flee country as Taliban takes power.

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Under-pressure Biden tries to reassure US on Afghanistan

20-08-2021 17:14 US president says airlift from Kabul is “one of the largest and most difficult in history,” while warning he “cannot promise what the final outcome will be."

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Taliban say won't seek 'revenge,' co-founder back in Afghanistan

17-08-2021 21:39 Taliban says it will not to seek "revenge" against their opponents in Afghanistan, in their first press conference since taking power.

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UN Human Rights Council to discuss Afghanistan on August 24

17-08-2021 21:33 UN Human Rights Council convenes special session on Afghanistan for later this month. Submission supported by at least a third of council's 47 members, including Argentina.

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Taliban retake Afghan capital after 20 years fighting United States

16-08-2021 10:29 Taliban takes over the presidential palace and announces plan to declare a new “Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.” Hours earlier, US-backed President Ashraf Ghani had fled the country.

Taliban takes Afghanistan

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

16-08-2021 10:22 Under the hardline version of sharia law that the Taliban imposed the last time they controlled the capital, women and girls were mostly denied education or employment.

TALIBAN TAKES AFGHANISTAN

Kabul planes mobbed as Afghans make a desperate dash to exit

16-08-2021 10:12 Bedlam at Kabul Airport, just hours after Taliban leaders ordered their fighters into Kabul to maintain order as Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled the country.

TALIBAN RAMPAGE

Taliban on outskirts of Afghan capital, poised to take power

15-08-2021 08:41 The Taliban was on the brink of total victory in Afghanistan on Sunday, with its fighters ordered to wait on the outskirts of the capital and the government conceding it was preparing for a "transfer of power."

Turkey under Erdogan

Erdogan says held 'fruitful, sincere' talks with Biden

14-06-2021 19:02 "We believe there is no problem that cannot be resolved in Turkey-US relations," Erdogan added after holding his first meeting with Biden since his election.

US-Russia Relations

Biden promises to lay down 'red lines' to Putin

14-06-2021 18:03 "I'm not looking for conflict with Russia, but that we will respond if Russia continues its harmful activities," said the US President after his first NATO summit since being elected.