US and Russia Envoys: Taliban Must Adhere Promises to the World
8am: The United States special representative Tom West for peace in Afghanistan has met with Zamir Kabulov the Russian envoy for Afghanistan. Click here to read more (external link).
Category Archives: US-Afghanistan Relations
Interview: Khalilzad Gives His Account of Afghan Peace Process
U.S. Said To Reach Deal For Qatar To Represent Washington In Kabul
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 12, 2021 An unnamed senior U.S. official quoted by Reuters says the United States and Qatar have agreed that that Persian Gulf state will represent U.S. diplomatic interests in Afghanistan. The arrangement could signal possible direct engagement between Washington and Kabul, where a Taliban-led government came to power two months
Iran at India forum: US, allied invaders must be held to account for Afghanistan woes
Press TV November 10, 2021 Iran’s security chief says the United States and its coalition allies must be held accountable for the myriad of crises Afghanistan is facing today, adding the “least responsibility” they bear is to compensate for all the damage they have inflicted on the Afghan people over the past two decades. Secretary
Tajiks blame U.S. bureaucracy for delay evacuating Afghan pilots
Reuters: Tajik officials blamed U.S. bureaucracy on Wednesday for a near three-month delay in evacuating U.S.-trained Afghan pilots, who had flown their aircraft to Tajikistan to escape the Taliban takeover of their country in August. Click here to read more (external link). Related Taliban urge ex-Afghan military pilots to stay, serve nation Afghan Pilots Land
U.S.-Trained Afghan Pilots Preparing To Leave On Flight From Tajikistan
By RFE/RL’s Tajik Service November 9, 2021 Around 150 U.S.-trained Afghan pilots are preparing to depart Tajikistan to be relocated to the United States after nearly three months of detention, pilots and U.S. Embassy officials said. The 143 pilots and about 50 other Afghans, including journalists, are waiting at the airport in the Tajik capital, Dushanbe,
US Envoy Starts Trip to Discuss Way Forward on Crisis-hit Afghanistan
Ayaz Gul VOA News November 8, 2021 ISLAMABAD — The United States’ special representative for Afghanistan Monday began his first trip to Europe and Asia to discuss developments in the South Asian nation, where almost 23 million people, including children, are threatened with starvation. Ambassador Thomas West’s first stop will be Brussels where his discussions with
143 Afghan Pilots are in Custody in Tajikistan
8am: One of the pilots arrested in Tajikistan told the media that several thousand pilots, crew members, and other Afghan Air Force personnel are currently hiding and feeling abandoned by the US military. According to him, now these pilots and aircrew and their families are hidden and are in serious danger. Click here to read
Trump slams Biden’s ‘surrender’ of Afghanistan, warns China could take Bagram
Fox News: Former President Donald Trump slammed the Biden administration’s “surrender” of Afghanistan, warning that China could take hold over Bagram Air Base. Trump told Fox News that even while he planned to eventually withdraw from Afghanistan, he would have maintained hold over the Parwan Detention Facility—a military prison at the Bagram Air Base. Click
Baby handed to U.S. soldiers in chaos of Afghanistan airlift still missing
Reuters: It was a split second decision. Mirza Ali Ahmadi and his wife Suraya found themselves and their five children on Aug. 19 in a chaotic crowd outside the gates of the Kabul airport in Afghanistan when a U.S. soldier, from over the tall fence, asked if they needed help. Click here to read more