Update from the Anti-Taliban resistance – they tell me: Taliban ambushed in Andarab of Baghlan province. At least 300 Taliban fighters were killed. The group is lead by #AhmadMassoud & @AmrullahSaleh2 #Afghanistan pic.twitter.com/uJD1VEcHY1 — Yalda Hakim (@BBCYaldaHakim) August 22, 2021
Talibs have massed forces near the entrance of Panjshir a day after they got trapped in ambush zones of neighboring Andarab valley & hardly went out in one piece. Meanwhile Salang highway is closed by the forces of the Resistance. "There are terrains to be avoided". See you. — Amrullah Saleh (@AmrullahSaleh2) August 22, 2021
Press TV August 22, 2021 Former Afghan government forces forming a resistance movement in Panjshir fortified valley northeast of Kabul are preparing for “long-term conflict” after the takeover of the war-ravaged Asian country by the militant group, an official says. Ali Maisam Nazary, an official from Ahmad Massoud’s National Resistance Front said in an interview
New York Post: The Ghani family likes to live in style. Just a week after Ashraf Ghani cowardly abandoned his country for the luxury confines of Dubai (reportedly with $169 million in cash shoved in a helicopter), it turns out both of his kids live in luxury while women in their homeland live in terror
New York Post: Russian President Vladimir Putin said Sunday that his country won’t accept Afghan refugees because he doesn’t want to deal with “militants” masquerading as asylum-seekers. The Russian strongman slammed Western nations for placing Afghan refugees in countries even near his border while their US and European visas are being processed. Click here to
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 22, 2021 Tens of thousands of Afghans again jammed the roads leading to Kabul’s airport, as Taliban fighters fired weapons in the air and sought to control the crowds trying to flee the country. As the Taliban tried to consolidate its control over Kabul and establish law and order, the
Press TV August 22, 2021 Former US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley has said that the administration of President Joe Biden has surrendered Bagram Air Force Base, and $85 billion worth of equipment and weapons to the Taliban. In an interview with CBS News on Sunday, Haley slammed the Biden administration for its
Rob Garver VOA News August 22, 2021 WASHINGTON – As the Taliban take power in Afghanistan for the first time in 20 years, Afghans face not only a humanitarian crisis but also an economic crisis that threatens to make an already dire situation considerably worse. But just how bad things can get, and how much
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 21, 2021 The administration of President Joe Biden has alerted U.S. civilian airlines that they could be utilized to help transport people who have been evacuated from Afghanistan, U.S. media are reporting. Reuters on August 21 quoted a U.S. government official speaking on condition of anonymity as saying a “warning
Anthee Carassava VOA News August 21, 2021 Greece has erected a 25-mile fence and installed a new surveillance system on its border with Turkey as fears mount of a surge in Afghan refugees trying to reach Europe. Greece has faced recurring refugee crises since 2015, when more than a million mainly Syrian refugees swarmed through