Azra Jafari via Newsweek: We mourn our inability to help our fellow women and girls who are suffering under the Taliban, but most of all we feel anger at the United States and the international community for their betrayal of Afghan women. In the aftermath of Sept. 11, 2001, when the war on terror was
Afghanistan International: Keramuddin Keram, the former head of Afghanistan’s Football Federation, found guilty of sexual assault by the previous government’s prosecutor’s office, has met the Taliban’s governor in Panjshir. Previously accused of sexually assaulting girls in his office, he fled to Panjshir during the tenure of the former government. Unable to be apprehended by the
Daily Mail (UK): The leader of the anti-Taliban resistance in Afghanistan has issued a chilling warning that a new terrorist attack on America is a matter of ‘when not if’. Ahmad Massoud said terrorism is ‘breeding’ in the vacuum left by the U.S. pulling out in August 2021 and it is ‘very possible ‘ extremists
Tolo News: The United States Department of State says that the Doha Agreement led to the empowerment of the Islamic Emirate and the weakening of America’s partners in Afghanistan. Mathew Miller, the spokesperson for the department, while referring to the interim government’s actions against terrorist groups, also says that the Islamic Emirate has violated the
VOA News December 11, 2023 Afghan special forces trained and funded by Britain and who worked side-by-side with British troops in Afghanistan in the fight against the Taliban are now facing the possibility of being deported from Pakistan, where the Afghan troops and their families fled, according to a BBC report. The 200 special forces
8am: The United States displayed apathy towards the fall of the previous government, leading many to speculate that the country preferred the Taliban over its predecessor. Since the Taliban’s return to power, the relationship between the United States and the group has normalized. The compromise between U.S. officials and the Taliban remains intact, with Qatar
Patsy Widakuswara VOA News July 3, 2023 WASHINGTON — Nearly two years after the chaotic American military withdrawal from Afghanistan, President Joe Biden’s statement that the Taliban is helping the U.S. push out al-Qaida from the war-torn country is reigniting controversy about the presence of terror groups there and the deal that ended the Afghan war.
Ayaz Gul VOA News April 20, 2023 ISLAMABAD — The United States has rejected discussions about recognizing Afghanistan’s Taliban leadership at a U.N.-hosted meeting scheduled for May 1-2. “The intent and purpose of this meeting was never to discuss recognition of the Taliban, and any discussion at the meeting about recognition of the Taliban would be
8am: In response to recent remarks by Amina Jane Mohammed, the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, advocating for a meeting to formally recognize the Taliban, the Women’s Movement for Peace and Freedom has expressed its opposition. The Women’s Movement for Peace and Freedom accused Mohammed of making hasty and irresponsible remarks, citing the removal
Tolo News: The European Union’s Special Envoy for Afghanistan, Tomas Niklasson, said that the EU is “not supporting armed resistance, neither politically, nor in other ways.” Niklasson made the remarks at a press conference in Kabul on Sunday. Click here to read more (external link).