Michael Hughes: Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev during remarks at a gathering of peers in Kazakhstan said the United States and Britain have tried to take advantage of the chaos in Afghanistan as part of a broader strategy to wreak havoc across Central Asia. “The Americans and the British are trying to manipulate the
The Hill: A 6-year-old child with a terminal illness who was evacuated from Afghanistan in the midst of the U.S. withdrawal in 2021 died in U.S. custody last week, according to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The unaccompanied child died on June 13 from “severe encephalopathy,” which is a general term for
Ariana: US President Joe Biden and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasized the importance of the formation of an inclusive political structure in Afghanistan and “called on the Taliban [IEA] to respect human rights of all Afghans, including women and girls, and to respect freedom of movement,” a joint statement said from the US and
Ariana: Russia’s representative at the UN Human Rights Council session in Geneva on Monday called for continued investigations into war crimes by the US and NATO in Afghanistan. Addressing the council’s 53rd Session, Russian diplomat Yaroslav Yeryomin said: “The international community needs to remember about the war crimes that the US and NATO militaries committed
WION: The ban has affected the Taliban men who relied on WhatsApp’s voice message feature, with which they could send messages and listen to the verbal instructions from their commanders with the press of a button. Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that overall more than 97,000 Afghans have been relocated to the United States. Speaking at a signing ceremony to renew the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the US Department of State and the #AfghanEvac Coalition on Monday, June 12, Blinken said that US is working with
8am: Previously, it was reported that the Taliban are intending to allocate the lands surrounding the Qosh Tepa canal to those displaced from the other side of the Durand Line. This would appear to be in pursuit of several objectives: 1– To alter the social–cultural composition of the north; 2– To eradicate the basis of
Khaama: The US Special Envoy for Afghanistan, Thomas West, tweeted that the recent reports on a significant drop in poppy production in the country are “credible and important.” But since the Taliban seized power, Afghanistan’s economy has collapsed, and the population is now facing a severe humanitarian catastrophe. Experts claim that as a result, one
Akmal Dawi VOA News June 8, 2023 WASHINGTON — Nearly two years after the United States evacuated approximately 124,000 people from Afghanistan, tens of thousands of Afghans who worked for the U.S. government remain inside the country, facing fear of Taliban persecution. Over 152,000 Afghans who say they have worked for the U.S. military in Afghanistan
Fox News: Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., is slamming the Afghanistan dissent cable that Secretary of State Antony Blinken allowed congressional access to Tuesday as “embarrassing” and said it debunks the Biden administration’s narrative that it was caught off guard by the country’s swift collapse in 2021. Issa, who serves on the House Foreign Affairs Committee,