Ariana: Committee have called for exiled president Ashraf Ghani to face criminal charges if he indeed fled the country with duffel bags full of money. Reports last week emerged that Ghani fled Kabul for the UAE just hours before the Taliban take over and took with him $169 million in cash. Click here to read
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 26, 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden vowed to retaliate against the Islamic State group after suicide bombings outside Kabul’s airport killed at least 12 U.S. troops and dozens of Afghans, with many more wounded, just days before an August 31 deadline for foreign troops to leave Afghanistan. “To those who
In Pictures: People injured in explosion near Kabul airport pic.twitter.com/WQ8sdjvODG — 1TVNewsAF (@1TVNewsAF) August 26, 2021 VOA News August 26, 2021 The Pentagon says an explosion Thursday at the Abbey Gate of the Kabul airport was “the result of a complex attack that resulted in a number of U.S. and civilian injuries.” “We can also
DW: Kabul’s airport has reportedly been hit by an explosion. It comes after warnings of a potential terror attack against people evacuating. Click here to read more (external link). Please don’t go to Kabul airport now,Heavy explosion in front of Abby Camp, shooting has started, USA troops used 6-8 gas bomb on people on east
Jamie Dettmer VOA News August 25, 2021 Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan was quick last week to endorse the Taliban’s seizure of power in Afghanistan, praising the militant group, which was nurtured by Pakistan’s intelligence services from birth according to Western security assessments, for breaking the “shackles of slavery.” And on Tuesday, Pakistan seemingly got
Bruce Pannier Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 24, 2021 There has been a good deal of speculation about how the withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan and the dramatic change of power there will affect Central Asia’s relations with the big powers. Some say Russia’s presence in the region will be strengthened, or perhaps China’s,
Steve Herman, Jeff Seldin VOA News August 24, 2021 WHITE HOUSE – President Joe Biden plans to stick to his August 31 deadline for U.S. troops to leave Afghanistan, an administration official said Tuesday. Earlier, Biden and other G-7 leaders met virtually to discuss the situation in Afghanistan, with several pushing for him to keep U.S.
Khaama: A US official has said that the director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), William Burns has held an in-person meeting with the co-founder of the Taliban Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar in Kabul on Monday, August 24. Click here to read more (external link).
CNN: The letters are just one example of how the Taliban are directly threatening Afghans who worked with the US or are family members of those who have, leaving them scrambling to flee the country in the wake of the Taliban takeover. “You have been accused of helping the Americans,” the Taliban wrote in the
Fox News: Fox Nation host Lara Logan pressed the Taliban’s chief spokesperson on his refusal to denounce al Qaeda in an episode of Fox Nation’s “Lara Logan Has No Agenda” that aired in a Fox News special on Sunday. Logan also spoke with Amrullah Saleh, the Vice President of Afghanistan, who said the differences between