Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty June 28, 2021 Another group of Afghan government soldiers has fled across the border into Tajikistan as Taliban militants press an offensive across swaths of northern Afghanistan. Tajikistan’s border service said that 17 Afghan soldiers fled into the country on June 27 after Taliban militants attacked a border checkpoint located in the town
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Radio Free Afghanistan June 27, 2021 Taliban forces have captured more than 50 members of the country’s security forces in the central province of Maidan Wardak , a senior police commander told RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan. Colonel Mustafa Mayar, the chief police commander in Maidan Wardak, said on June 27 that the Afghan security officers
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty June 26, 2021 Local aid officials in north Afghanistan said on June 26 that thousands of families have been displaced as government troops battle Taliban militants for control of the key city of Kunduz. Taliban militants have already captured districts that surround Kunduz, which has briefly fallen under insurgents’ control at
Steve Herman VOA News June 25, 2021 WHITE HOUSE – “Afghans are going to have to decide their future,” U.S. President Joe Biden said Friday in his first face-to-face meeting with Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani. The two met in the White House Oval Office as U.S. forces continued their withdrawal from the nation in south-central
Radio Free Afghanistan June 25, 2021 Security forces are engaged in a fierce battle against the Taliban across Afghanistan as President Ashraf Ghani prepares to meet his U.S. counterpart, Joe Biden, at the White House later on June 25. Afghan officials told RFE/RL on June 25 that there had been heavy fighting in the northern
VOA News June 25, 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden will meet Friday with Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani and chief peacemaker Abdullah Abdullah at the White House. The first face-to-face interaction between Biden and Afghan officials comes ahead of the withdrawal of the remaining U.S. and NATO forces from Afghanistan by September 11, in line with
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty June 24, 2021 Afghan President Ashraf Ghani begins a visit to Washington even as Taliban militants advance steadily across the country, prompting fears that government forces will be swiftly overrun once the U.S.-led international forces complete their withdrawal by September 11 at the latest. U.S. President Joe Biden is scheduled to
VOA News June 24, 2021 The United States is accelerating plans to relocate tens of thousands of Afghans who helped American forces during the nearly 20-year war in Afghanistan. A senior administration official told reporters Thursday that plans have accelerated in recent days to move Afghan interpreters and others who assisted U.S. forces, and their
Ariana: The COVID-19 outbreak at the US Embassy in Kabul has grown to 159 cases, according to a diplomatic cable sent Tuesday, CNN reported. This comes amid a devastating third wave of the deadly disease in Afghanistan. CNN reported that a source familiar with the cable said it noted that several people at the diplomatic