Ariana: US Special Representative Thomas West stated in a tweet that the assistance will be provided through COVAX, a worldwide initiative aimed at equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines. Click here to read more (external link).
Michael Hughes AOPNEWS December 14, 2021 President Joe Biden’s nominee to serve as Ambassador to Pakistan, Donald Blome, during his confirmation hearing told a Senate panel that, if confirmed, he aims to pressure Islamabad to abandon its selective counterterrorism practices. Islamabad has been long criticized for cracking down on anti-government groups such as the TTP
The National Interest: The National Resistance Front of Afghanistan led by Ahmad Massoud, the son of the late Afghan war hero Ahmad Shah Massoud, is the last remaining ally resolved to fight against terror groups in Afghanistan. It is today the only alternative. Click here to read more (external link).
Task and Purpose: Close to 800 people have been held at the prison since it opened in 2002, but hundreds of those prisoners have been transferred to third countries since then. Currently, 39 detainees are being held at Guantanamo Bay, said Army Lt. Col. César Santiago, a Pentagon spokesman. Click here to read more (external
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 13, 2021 No U.S. military personnel will be held accountable for a Kabul drone strike that killed 10 Afghan civilians, including seven children, in August, the Pentagon has said. An investigation by the U.S. Air Force inspector-general last month called the August 29 strike, which took place during the U.S.-led
VOA News December 13, 2021 The United States continues to evacuate Americans, permanent U.S. residents and Afghan nationals who helped the U.S. from Afghanistan following a chaotic withdrawal in August that left an unknown number of Americans in the country. According to a press release from the State Department released Monday, the U.S., since August
8am: In an exclusive interview with the Associated Press, the acting foreign minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi has said that the Taliban is seeking good relations with countries around the world, especially the United States, stressing that the US will slowly change its policy towards Afghanistan. The Taliban wants
The New Yorker: A trove of unreleased documents reveals a dispiriting record of misjudgment, hubris, and delusion that led to the fall of the Western-backed government. Rahimi told Ghani that the Taliban had pledged not to enter Kabul. Yet this was based on assurances from Khalilzad and the Taliban, and Ghani regarded both as unreliable
The Insider: Trump was apparently willing to offer US funds to the Taliban — a group that fought against America and its allies for years in a war that claimed the lives of 2,461 US service members — he misleadingly accused the Obama administration of giving Iran billions of dollars to buy missiles to use
The Hill: “What we would like to see from the Taliban would be a strong position against al-Qaeda,” he told the AP, but also noted that “I think there are internal arguments inside the Taliban about the way forward.” Click here to read more (external link).