Reuters: At least seven Afghan pilots have been assassinated off base in recent months, two senior Afghan government officials told Reuters, part of what the Islamist Taliban says is a campaign to see U.S.-trained Afghan pilots “targeted and eliminated.” Click here to read more (external link).
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty July 30, 2021 President Joe Biden has welcomed the first flight evacuating Afghan interpreters and their families who worked alongside U.S. troops in Afghanistan after they touched down in Washington. The plane carrying 221 Afghan nationals, including 57 children and 15 infants, according to an internal document seen by AP, touched
Jeff Seldin VOA News July 29, 2021 WASHINGTON – The Afghan government in Kabul will be fighting for its life and could well fall to the Taliban after the United States completes its military withdrawal from the country in August, according to a U.S. government watchdog charged with monitoring events on the ground. Despite a
Ayaz Gul VOA News July 28, 2021 ISLAMABAD – Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi reportedly pressed the leaders of Afghanistan’s insurgent Taliban group Wednesday to “make a clean break” from all terrorists, including the anti-China East Turkistan Islamic Movement, or ETIM, during a meeting he hosted. Officials from both sides said Taliban deputy political chief
Ayaz Gul VOA News July 28, 2021 ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s prime minister says that America’s accelerated troop exit from Afghanistan has left Washington with no “bargaining power” for arranging a peace deal between warring Afghans. “I think the U.S. has really messed it up in Afghanistan,” Imran Khan said in an interview with PBS NewsHour aired on
Anjana Pasricha VOA News July 26, 2021 NEW DELHI – With an eye on Afghanistan and China, an upcoming visit by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to India is expected to reaffirm a growing strategic partnership between Washington and New Delhi. India’s Foreign Ministry has said that the discussions will focus on regional and
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty July 26, 2021 Pakistan’s army says 46 Afghan soldiers crossed the border and were granted refuge in the country after losing their positions to advancing Taliban militants. Hundreds of Afghan soldiers and civil officials have fled to neighboring Tajikistan, Iran, and Pakistan in recent weeks amid Taliban offensives in border areas.
1TV: In a post on Facebook, Danish suggested that the international community committed mistake by pressuring the Afghan government to release thousands of Taliban prisoners. Danish also criticized invitation of the Taliban to international conferences as “wrong behavior” toward the group, saying it was legitimizing the group. Click here to read more (external link).
Ayaz Gul VOA News July 24, 2021 ISLAMABAD – Authorities in Afghanistan on Saturday enforced an indefinite nighttime curfew across most of the country as government forces struggle to curb Taliban advances. The Islamist insurgent group has made rapid battlefield gains in recent weeks, bringing it close to capital cities of all 34 Afghan provinces
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty July 24, 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden spoke by phone with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, emphasizing that the United States will continue its support for Afghanistan, including developmental and humanitarian aid. Biden also reaffirmed the U.S. commitment to continue supporting the Afghan security forces to defend themselves, the White House said