8am: With a general review, one can conclude that the interview aligns with the effort to whitewash the Taliban and continues the narrative of the “good Taliban and bad Taliban,” portraying the Taliban as different from the 1990s, a narrative that had been discussed during the Doha negotiations. Such interviews by Western media are not
FP: The collapse of the Afghan state amid the United States’ withdrawal in 2021 gifted the new Taliban government with more than $7 billion worth of U.S. military equipment. Afghanistan’s new overlords suddenly found themselves with fleets of Humvees, mountains of machine guns, and forests of radars and satellite dishes. The vast hardware hoard also
By Frud Bezhan and Zhakfar Ahmadi Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 10, 2024 The FBI’s arrest of an Afghan man who allegedly planned a U.S. Election Day attack has underscored the growing threat posed by the Islamic State-Khorasan (IS-K) extremist group to the West. Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, an Afghan citizen living in the United States, plotted an
Afghanistan International: The US State Department spokesperson has said that the US position on the Taliban has not changed and that Washington continues to recognise the group as a “global terrorist organisation”. Matthew Miller said that normalisation of relations with the Taliban is contingent on fundamental changes in the Taliban’s behaviour towards human rights. Recently,
Azra Jafari via Newsweek: We mourn our inability to help our fellow women and girls who are suffering under the Taliban, but most of all we feel anger at the United States and the international community for their betrayal of Afghan women. In the aftermath of Sept. 11, 2001, when the war on terror was
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 9, 2024 U.S. authorities said they have arrested an Afghan citizen and charged him with conspiring to conduct a terrorist attack on Election Day in the United States in the name of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group. The Justice Department said in a statement late on October 8 that Nasir Ahmad
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 4, 2024 Russia has urged the West to lift sanctions on Taliban-led Afghanistan and called for the inclusion of its government in discussions about the country’s future in direct opposition to the U.S. position of keeping sanctions against the regime in place. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said during a
Khaama: The former Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army acknowledged the mistakes made during the withdrawal from Afghanistan, admitting that political and strategic failures marked it. Mark Milley stated that the 20 years spent by the U.S. and its allies in Afghanistan were a valuable opportunity, but in the end, the Taliban took control
Ayaz Gul VOA News October 2, 2024 ISLAMABAD — The United States has reassigned its special representative for Afghanistan, leaving vacant a key position in its efforts to engage with the Taliban-ruled country. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the decision Tuesday to reassign Tom West, while emphasizing that Washington’s commitment to the South Asian
Afghanistan International: A former US National Security Advisor called for measures to weaken the Taliban and strengthen the Afghan people. HR McMaster said that destructive acts, such as aid to the Taliban, must be prevented, as it strengthens the group’s foundations. The United States has provided more than $2.5 billion in aid to Afghanistan over