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At least 1,000 killed in Afghan quake as rescuers scramble for survivors

22-06-2022 11:03 5.9-magnitude quake strikes remote border region of Afghanistan, killing at least 1,000 people and injuring hundreds more.

IN FOCUS

Latin American security contractors bitter after serving in US wars

16-01-2022 08:32 Security contractors in Latin America who aided missions in Afghanistan and Iraq ramp up protests demanding greater recognition from the US government for their service.

AFGHANISTAN CRISIS

Death by sadness – or the Taliban: LGBTQ Afghans in hiding

29-09-2021 09:13 Many LGBTQ Afghans are haunted by the Taliban's brutally repressive reign from 1996 to 2001. Terrified for their lives, many have gone now underground, erasing all traces of their former lives on social networks.

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Taliban announce hardline government as protests grow

07-09-2021 14:16 The Taliban announced the top members of their government on Tuesday, a move that cements the group's power over Afghanistan, just days after a chaotic US troop pullout.

Afghanistan

Taliban battle for Panjshir as US warns of Afghanistan civil war

05-09-2021 08:53 Taliban fighters advance deep into last holdout province, as top US general warns Afghanistan faces a wider civil war that would offer fertile ground for a resurgence of terrorism.

Taliban takes Afghanistan

Distrust remains as some women return to work under Taliban

01-09-2021 13:43 Some women, particularly those in the health and education sectors, say they have continued to go to work in the weeks since the Islamist militants took over Kabul on August 15.

Taliban in command

US military completes withdrawal from Afghanistan

30-08-2021 17:59 US military completes withdrawal from Afghanistan after a brutal 20-year war – one that started and ended with the hardline Islamist Taliban in power, despite billions of dollars spent trying to rebuild the conflict-wracked country.

AFGHANISTAN CRISIS

US warns of 'credible threats' to Kabul airlift in wake of suicide bombing

27-08-2021 15:19 At least 72 civilians and 13 US troops killed in Thursday’s attack near Kabul airport, which has been claimed by the Islamic State jihadist group.

BLOOMBERG – ANALYSIS

Deadly Kabul attack shakes Biden’s Afghan exit strategy

27-08-2021 02:21 In a sombre address on Thursday evening, Biden said he took responsibility for “all that’s happened of late” in Afghanistan but stood firm on his plans to withdraw American forces by August 31.

Taliban takes Afghanistan

Khalida Popal, saving Afghanistan's women footballers one player at a time

27-08-2021 01:59 Since the first women's teams started emerging about 15 years ago, football has grown rapidly in Afghanistan. But it all disappeared overnight when Kabul fell to the Taliban.

9/11: 20 YEARS ON

'Total failure': The war on terror 20 years on

26-08-2021 13:57 The Al-Qaeda plane hijackings of September 11, 2001 were the first foreign attack on the US mainland in nearly two centuries. It ruptured America's sense of safety and plunged the West into war in Afghanistan – a military operation that is only now just concluding.

Afghanistan conflict

Leaving Kabul: from fear to a new life of uncertainty

23-08-2021 15:06 Afghans who escaped from Taliban-controlled Kabul and reached safety in Paris tell of their extraordinary last hours in their homeland, marked by fear for their lives and perilous journeys.

Taliban takes Afghanistan

Taliban warn of 'consequences' if US extends evacuation

23-08-2021 14:44 Chaos continues to overwhelm Kabul airport, with tens of thousands of people still desperate to flee country as Taliban takes power.

As I see it

A most humiliating retreat

21-08-2021 21:36 The United States handed Afghanistan back to the Taliban because years ago most of her political leaders, including Donald Trump and Joe Biden, had come to the conclusion that “nation-building” was utter folly.

by James Neilson

AND THAT REMINDS ME…

Kabul capitulates

21-08-2021 21:34 All too much past and present for Afghanistan but what about the future? The fast forward to the past indicates that nothing is irreversible.

by Michael Soltys

Taliban takes Afghanistan

Under-pressure Biden tries to reassure US on Afghanistan

20-08-2021 17:14 US president says airlift from Kabul is “one of the largest and most difficult in history,” while warning he “cannot promise what the final outcome will be."

Taliban takes Afghanistan

Taliban say won't seek 'revenge,' co-founder back in Afghanistan

17-08-2021 21:39 Taliban says it will not to seek "revenge" against their opponents in Afghanistan, in their first press conference since taking power.

Taliban takes Afghanistan

UN Human Rights Council to discuss Afghanistan on August 24

17-08-2021 21:33 UN Human Rights Council convenes special session on Afghanistan for later this month. Submission supported by at least a third of council's 47 members, including Argentina.

Taliban takes Afghanistan

Taliban retake Afghan capital after 20 years fighting United States

16-08-2021 10:29 Taliban takes over the presidential palace and announces plan to declare a new “Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.” Hours earlier, US-backed President Ashraf Ghani had fled the country.

Taliban takes Afghanistan

Afghan women's rights in firing line as Taliban return to power

16-08-2021 10:22 Under the hardline version of sharia law that the Taliban imposed the last time they controlled the capital, women and girls were mostly denied education or employment.

TALIBAN TAKES AFGHANISTAN

Kabul planes mobbed as Afghans make a desperate dash to exit

16-08-2021 10:12 Bedlam at Kabul Airport, just hours after Taliban leaders ordered their fighters into Kabul to maintain order as Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled the country.

TALIBAN RAMPAGE

Taliban on outskirts of Afghan capital, poised to take power

15-08-2021 08:41 The Taliban was on the brink of total victory in Afghanistan on Sunday, with its fighters ordered to wait on the outskirts of the capital and the government conceding it was preparing for a "transfer of power."

AFGHANISTAN CONFLICT

Afghan leader tries to rally forces as Taliban extend gains

11-08-2021 15:48 Taliban fighters capture of another provincial capital – the ninth city to be overrun since last Friday.

As I see it

Let the rest of the world stew in its own juice

09-07-2021 22:22 The United States decided to retreat from Afghanistan after both Trump and his followers and Biden and his asked themselves: what is in it for us? The answer they gave themselves was: nothing much.

by James Neilson

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Former US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld dead at 88

30-06-2021 17:06 Donald Rumsfeld, the cocksure and unrepentant defence secretary who led the United States into war in Iraq and Afghanistan, has died, his family announced Wednesday. He was 88.

Turkey under Erdogan

Erdogan says held 'fruitful, sincere' talks with Biden

14-06-2021 19:02 "We believe there is no problem that cannot be resolved in Turkey-US relations," Erdogan added after holding his first meeting with Biden since his election.

US-Russia Relations

Biden promises to lay down 'red lines' to Putin

14-06-2021 18:03 "I'm not looking for conflict with Russia, but that we will respond if Russia continues its harmful activities," said the US President after his first NATO summit since being elected.

News of afghanistan

At least 1,000 killed in Afghan quake as rescuers scramble for survivors

Latin American security contractors bitter after serving in US wars

Death by sadness – or the Taliban: LGBTQ Afghans in hiding

Taliban announce hardline government as protests grow

Taliban battle for Panjshir as US warns of Afghanistan civil war

Distrust remains as some women return to work under Taliban

US military completes withdrawal from Afghanistan

US warns of 'credible threats' to Kabul airlift in wake of suicide bombing

Deadly Kabul attack shakes Biden’s Afghan exit strategy

Khalida Popal, saving Afghanistan's women footballers one player at a time

'Total failure': The war on terror 20 years on

Leaving Kabul: from fear to a new life of uncertainty

Taliban warn of 'consequences' if US extends evacuation

A most humiliating retreat

Kabul capitulates

Under-pressure Biden tries to reassure US on Afghanistan

Taliban say won't seek 'revenge,' co-founder back in Afghanistan

UN Human Rights Council to discuss Afghanistan on August 24

Taliban retake Afghan capital after 20 years fighting United States

Afghan women's rights in firing line as Taliban return to power

Kabul planes mobbed as Afghans make a desperate dash to exit

Taliban on outskirts of Afghan capital, poised to take power

Afghan leader tries to rally forces as Taliban extend gains

Let the rest of the world stew in its own juice

Former US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld dead at 88

Erdogan says held 'fruitful, sincere' talks with Biden

Biden promises to lay down 'red lines' to Putin

Taylor Swift Argentina tickets are a bargain with inflation over 100%

With Brazil’s backing, Argentina wins acceptance to BRICs bank

Slow boat to China

Alejandro Werner: ‘Argentina cannot sustain the current size of its state’

In distorted Buenos Aires rental market, it's dollar vs peso

Tragicomedia de Patricia, Mauricio y Horacio

El peor final

Nuevo director de PERFIL

¡Por fin una alegría!

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