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.
Tolo News: The Taliban said their forces entered Panjshir province from various directions on Saturday without facing any resistance. Massoud’s supporters, however, rejected the claims of a Taliban advance toward Panjshir and say no one has entered the province. Click here to read more (external link).
Ayaz Gul VOA News August 28, 2021 ISLAMABAD – The United States on Saturday hailed the Taliban’s commitment that no one will be prevented from traveling out of Afghanistan after August 31, the deadline President Joe Biden has set for all U.S. and NATO troops to exit the country. Zalmay Khalilzad, special U.S. envoy for
Lisa Schlein VOA News August 28, 2021 GENEVA – U.N. and private aid agencies say human rights violations have been surging in Afghanistan since Taliban militants seized control of the country. Aid agencies say Afghanistan is at a very dangerous point. They say an increasingly brutal conflict is worsening the already serious human rights violations
Farangis Najibullah Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 28, 2021 Ahmad Dawood has barely left his house on a quiet backstreet in Kabul’s Khairkhana neighborhood since Taliban militants marched triumphantly into the Afghan capital on August 15, the same day that President Ashraf Ghani fled abroad. Just two days later, a gun-wielding militant ordered the 24-year-old
Hundreds of Tajiks from the southern town of Kulob say they’re prepared to join anti-Taliban militias in Afghanistan. The Afghan fighters are based in the Panjshir Valley, a predominantly ethnic Tajik region that has repelled Taliban incursions in the past. Some Tajik officials say it would be illegal for volunteers to cross the border
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
Lisa Schlein VOA News August 27, 2021 GENEVA – U.N. agencies are appealing for nearly $300 million in preparation for the possible exodus of hundreds of thousands of Afghan refugees, seeking safety and protection from conflict and persecution under Taliban rule. The U.N. refugee agency and partners are planning for what they call a worst-case
Press Release August 27, 2021 WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Friday, U.S. Congressman Mike Waltz (FL-6) and U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (SC) released the following joint statement: “After speaking with Afghan Vice President Amrullah Saleh and representatives of Ahmad Massoud, we are calling on the Biden Administration to recognize these leaders as the legitimate government representatives