By Abubakar Siddique and Satar Furogh Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 26, 2024 The harrowing events of August 26, 2021, are seared into Shafiullah Samsor’s memory. Twenty-two years old at the time, Samsor was among the thousands of desperate Afghans who had amassed outside Kabul airport hoping to be airlifted from the country by the
Khaama: A Pentagon spokesperson stated on Thursday that the U.S. has international partners in the fight against ISIS. However, Sabrina Singh emphasized that the U.S. does not view the Taliban as a partner in the fight against ISIS. Previously, NBC News reported, citing its sources, that due to the growing global threat posed by ISIS,
Afghanistan International: Zalmay Khalilzad, former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, has dismissed the Taliban’s assertion that U.S. forces withdrew from Afghanistan due to defeat. He clarified that the U.S. withdrawal was a “strategic decision,” as continuing the conflict was no longer beneficial to U.S. interests. Click here to read more (external link). Related Foreign terrorists returned
Afghanistan International: Former US President Donald Trump has labeled the Taliban as the largest illegal arms dealer in the world. On Monday, Trump criticised the current US President Joe Biden’s policies toward the Taliban during a public conversation on X Spaces. The Republican presidential candidate for the upcoming US election called the transfer of Afghanistan’s
Ayaz Gul VOA News August 11, 2024 Islamabad — The United States has promised to make every effort to secure the release of three Americans whom it says are being held “unjustly” by Taliban authorities in Afghanistan. Ryan Corbett, Mahmood Habibi, and George Glezmann were taken captive in separate incidents in Kabul in 2022, roughly a
Fox News: Secretary of State Antony Blinken is being called on to freeze aid to Afghanistan following revelations that the assistance could be going to the Taliban. A recent report from the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), a government entity conducting oversight of U.S. aid to the country, determined that two of five
Afghanistan International: Amrullah Saleh, the former Vice-President of Afghanistan, has claimed that Mullah Hibatullah, the leader of the Taliban, is fearful of Kabul. In an interview with the Russian newspaper Nezavisimaya Gazeta, Saleh stated, “Mullah Hibatullah fears Kabul, where the majority of the population is not Pashtun, and the residents are highly critical of the
Afghanistan International: Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) reported that Washington has provided approximately $21 billion in aid to Afghanistan since 2021. According to SIGAR, this funding has been allocated for humanitarian aid, the relocation and resettlement of refugees, and the repayment of Afghanistan’s foreign assets. Click here to read more (external link).
Afghanistan International: Nancy Mace, a US Congresswoman, has introduced a bill in the US Congress that would designate the Taliban as a “Foreign Terrorist Organisation”. The bill, known as the “Preventing the Recognition of Terrorist State Act,” aims to prevent the recognition of the Taliban. The Republican representative stated that freedom and justice demand rejecting
Afghanistan International: In a speech marking his first joint campaign with his running mate, J.D. Vance, Donald Trump asserted that the Afghanistan crisis would never have happened if he had been president. He also stated that he would have retained control of Bagram Air Base, which he claims is now under China’s control. Click here