Jamie Dettmer VOA News August 29, 2021 The Taliban have widened a security cordon around Kabul airport, at American request, but the move means Afghans heading for the last evacuation flights encounter more checkpoints. Moreover, witnesses say the Taliban guards are becoming more aggressive, especially with women, as the clock ticks down to Tuesday, U.S.
Ayaz Gul VOA News August 28, 2021 ISLAMABAD – The United States on Saturday hailed the Taliban’s commitment that no one will be prevented from traveling out of Afghanistan after August 31, the deadline President Joe Biden has set for all U.S. and NATO troops to exit the country. Zalmay Khalilzad, special U.S. envoy for
Farangis Najibullah Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 28, 2021 Ahmad Dawood has barely left his house on a quiet backstreet in Kabul’s Khairkhana neighborhood since Taliban militants marched triumphantly into the Afghan capital on August 15, the same day that President Ashraf Ghani fled abroad. Just two days later, a gun-wielding militant ordered the 24-year-old
Lisa Schlein VOA News August 27, 2021 GENEVA – U.N. agencies are appealing for nearly $300 million in preparation for the possible exodus of hundreds of thousands of Afghan refugees, seeking safety and protection from conflict and persecution under Taliban rule. The U.N. refugee agency and partners are planning for what they call a worst-case
VOA News August 27, 2021 Crowds of people desperate to leave Afghanistan returned to Kabul’s airport Friday as evacuation flights out of the country resumed, a day after horrendous bombings just outside the airport killed over 100 people. At least 90 Afghans died in the attack, according to the Afghan news agency Pajhwok. Including the
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
With the Taliban in control of Afghanistan, the European Union is looking to Turkey to bear the brunt of an expected exodus of Afghan refugees heading to Europe. But Turkey is resisting the call. Dorian Jones reports from Istanbul. Related Afghans Living in India Demand Refugee Status After Taliban Takeover Mexico Takes in Fleeing
Jamie Dettmer VOA News August 25, 2021 “We are really in danger — it is dreadful here now, and they are searching for us,” the 22-year-old Afghan student says. Esin, like other female students, especially those who also worked with Western embassies, missions and NGOs in the Afghan capital, Kabul, as she did, is desperate
VOA News August 25, 2021 Five members of an Afghan girls robotics team have arrived in Mexico after evacuating from their home country. The girls landed in Mexico City on Tuesday night and were welcomed at the airport by Mexican Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard. “We received the first applicants for humanitarian status in Mexico from Afghanistan,” Ebrard
AP: Players from Afghanistan women’s national soccer team had an “important victory” on Tuesday when they were among a group of more than 75 people evacuated on a flight from Kabul. “The last few days have been extremely stressful but today we have achieved an important victory,” former team captain Khalida Popal said. Click here