VOA News August 12, 2021 The United States Thursday urged Americans to leave Afghanistan immediately as the Taliban continued their advance across the country with the seizure of a strategic city near the capital of Kabul. The U.S. embassy in Kabul said in a notice on its website that U.S. citizens should “leave Afghanistan immediately
By Frud Bezhan RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi August 12, 2021 PANJSHIR VALLEY, Afghanistan — With its soaring cliffs and steep gorges, this famed region has never been conquered by invading forces during more than 40 years of war. It was a bastion of resistance to occupying Soviet troops in the 1980s and later the Taliban, until
AP: Witnesses say Afghanistan’s third-largest city, Herat, falls to Taliban; militants hold 11 of 34 provincial capitals. Related Taliban Take Over Herat Police Head Office In Western Afghanistan
New York Post: The Afghan ambassador to the US criticized the Biden administration for suggesting that lasting peace in her country is possible only through a political solution — amid warnings that the Taliban could seize Kabul in as little as a month as American troops withdraw. Click here to read more (external link). Related
Ariana: More than 20 civilians, including children and women, were killed and 70 others were wounded in the past 24 hours in clashes across Afghanistan, government data indicates. While the ministry of interior blames the Taliban for the casualty toll, the Taliban denies the allegations. Click here to read more (external link). Related ‘We Lost
Taliban militants are seizing girls and forcing them into marriage, according to an Afghan woman who fled her home for safety in Kabul. Zar Begum was among thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) sleeping in a Kabul park. Another IDP said the Taliban was forcing people to give them food.
Ariana: The chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation Abdullah Abdullah handed over the government’s plan on resolving the current crisis to representatives attending the Extended Troika meeting in Doha, Qatar. The sources say the plan calls for the formation of a joint government. Click here to read more about (external link).
France24: Provincial cities in the north have fallen like dominoes this week – in some cases after government forces retreated or surrendered without a fight – but in Lashkar Gah, a Taliban heartland, the army appears to be providing stiffer resistance. Leading them is Sami Sadat, 36, the highest-ranking army officer in southern Afghanistan, in
Ayaz Gul VOA News August 12, 2021 ISLAMABAD – Taliban insurgents Thursday captured Afghanistan’s strategically important southeastern city of Ghazni, bringing them a step closer to the national capital, Kabul. Afghan government security forces have struggled to contain stunning weeklong insurgent advances, allowing the Taliban to seize control of at least 10 out of the
CBS News: The U.S. Embassy in Kabul said Wednesday that it was hearing reports of the Taliban executing some surrendering Afghan troops, as the extremist group captured its 10th provincial capital in a week. Click here to read more (external link).