AP: The last thing Ahmadi remembers was the sound of his brother’s car horn announcing his arrival and the squealing of the children. He said his mind has been “not right” since that day. Sunday’s U.S. drone strike killed 10 members of his family, six of them children, Ahmadi said. Click here to read more
Press TV September 1, 2021 Iran’s President Ebrahim Raeisi says the US must be held accountable for gross human rights violations in war-stricken Afghanistan, where a considerable number of women and children bore the brunt of the US occupation. Speaking at a weekly cabinet session on Wednesday, Raeisi said what happened in Afghanistan over the past
Jamie Dettmer VOA News September 1, 2021 Buoyed by the West’s withdrawal from Afghanistan, Taliban commanders say they are confident they can defeat the Islamic State terror affiliate, which claimed responsibility for last month’s suicide bombing at Kabul airport, killing more than a dozen U.S. military personnel and at least 170 Afghans. Pausing between a
From senior US source: house-to-house executions in Kabul following US mil departure. There are no words for what this administration has done to all of us – Afghan and American. pic.twitter.com/KzbLALKxGy — Lara Logan (@laralogan) August 30, 2021 Fox News: President Biden did not deny a Politico report, confirmed by Fox News, that U.S. officials
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi August 30, 2021 The family of influential Afghan cleric Maulvi Mohammad says he has been arrested by the Taliban. The hard-line Islamist group took control of Afghanistan more than two weeks ago, triggering concerns that it will return the war-torn country to the repressive rule it imposed when last in power from
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 29 2021 The family of an Afghan folk singer and musician says he has been shot dead by a Taliban fighter in a mountain province north of Kabul. The alleged slaying of Fawad Andarabi comes amid growing concerns that the hard-line Islamist group will return war-torn Afghanistan to the repressive
Jamie Dettmer VOA News August 29, 2021 The Taliban have widened a security cordon around Kabul airport, at American request, but the move means Afghans heading for the last evacuation flights encounter more checkpoints. Moreover, witnesses say the Taliban guards are becoming more aggressive, especially with women, as the clock ticks down to Tuesday, U.S.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 29, 2021 The United States has carried out a drone strike in Kabul on a vehicle carrying Islamic State militants, military officials said on August 29. The officials said the drone strike hit the vehicle, which was heading for the airport with suicide bombers inside. The U.S. said it believes
New York Post: The Taliban has mobilized a special unit, called Al Isha, to hunt down Afghans who helped US and allied forces — and it’s using US equipment and data to do it. Nawazuddin Haqqani, one of the brigade commanders over the Al Isha unit, bragged in an interview with Zenger News that his
Press TV August 27, 2021 The Taliban say they are planning to establish an inclusive caretaker government in Afghanistan that would include leaders from all ethnicities and tribal backgrounds, following their takeover of the country earlier this month. Taliban sources told Al Jazeera about the group’s plan on Friday, adding that nearly a dozen names