Tag: Kabul
Taliban Ready To Provide Safe Passage Of Civilians To Airport: US
The Taliban told the US that they would provide safe passage of civilians to Kabul airport, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan has said. ....
Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai Holds Talks With Senior Taliban Leader
A Taliban commander and senior leader of the Haqqani Network militant group, Anas Haqqani, met for talks with former Afghan President Hamid Karzai, a Taliban official told Reuters on Wednesday. Karzai was accompanied by Abdullah Abdullah, the head of the Afghan National Reconciliation Council. ....
Former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani Says He Left Afghanistan To Prevent 'bloodshed'
Former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has claimed that he "was forced to leave Kabul and decided to leave my country in order to prevent bloodshed".....
'For What?': US President Joe Biden Stands Ground On Afghanistan Exit
US President Joe Biden believes history will judge the US experience in Afghanistan as one where it "overextended" its stay to deal with its national interest. ....
Tear Gas Fired To Control Crowds At Kabul Airport
Military personnel fired tear gas to control the crowds of Afghans trying to gain access to Kabul airport on Friday, a day after the Pentagon said that order was being restored at the site and evacuation flights from Afghanistan would be accelerating, the Wall Street Journal reported. ....
150 Indians Allegedly Abducted From Kabul Airport But Later Released: Reports
Amid reports of the alleged abduction of around 150 Indians from outside the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul on Saturday, local Afghan journalist Zaki Daryabi said that the kidnapped persons were released and they were on the way to the airport. ....
CIA Chief Met Top Taliban Leader In Kabul
CIA Director William Burns secretly met the top Taliban figure in Kabul on Monday amid a chaotic US effort to evacuate American citizens and Afghans allied with the US in advance of an August 31 deadline, US officials said, the Wall Street Journal reported. ....
Americans Warned To Get Away From Kabul Airport Over IS Threat
Americans in Afghanistan are being warned to stay away from the Kabul airport due tothreats tied to the Islamic State (IS) terror group. ....
IAF Plane With 35 Evacuees From Kabul Lands At Hindon
The Indian Air Force (IAF) plane, C-17 Globemaster carrying 35 evacuees from Kabul, landed at the Hindon Air Force Station in Ghaziabad on Thursday. ....
Blast Near Abbey Gate Of The Kabul Airport, Suicide Bomber Suspected
Scores of people were feared injured in a blast on Thursday outside the Kabul airport, which is thronged by crowds of desperate Afghans seeking to flee the country after the Taliban takeover. ....
