EARTHQUAKE IN AFGHANISTAN 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.
world 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
world 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.