Tag: Taliban
Afghan Forces Must Fight For Themselves: US President Biden
US President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that the Afghan troops must fight for themselves as multiple cities have fallen to the Taliban in the past few days. ....
India's Support Will Never Be Ignored By Next Generation: Afghan Minister
Hayatullah Hayat, Afghanistan Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development(MRRD), is a senior politician and was former Interior Minister of the country. He was also the Governor of Wardak, Helmand, Nangarhar and Kandahar provinces. ....
Taliban Trouble All Over Again
The Taliban want to be in Kabul by 11 September 2021. They don’t want to be in Kabul as tourists, or as Afghans seeking alms, but as rulers of a country they lost almost two decades ago. They want to regain control before the 20th anniversary of the event that cost them power, the Al-Qaeda perpetrated terrorist attacks on New York and Washington on that date in 2001.The Taliban leadership paid the price for hosting Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan, as they should have. And if anyone in the world believes Taliban have learnt their lesson and the same ....
Deeply Worried About Women, Minorities In Afghanistan: Malala
Activist and Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai on Sunday expressed concern over the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan and said that she is worried about the situation in the country. ....
US Withdrawal From Afghanistan Accelerated Things: PM Boris Johnson
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday that the US decision to pull out of Afghanistan has "accelerated things," noting "no one wants Afghanistan to become a breeding ground for terror" as the Taliban entered the Afghan capital. ....
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani Had Reason To Fear For His Life
Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani had a reason to fear that his life was in danger as Taliban forces closed in on Kabul, an analyst told Al Jazeera. ....
End Of Afghan Republic, 1st Night Under Islamic Emirate
Hours after Afghan President Ashraf Ghani along with his close aides and the first lady left Kabul for Tajikistan, the Taliban entered the Presidential Palace, also known as the Arg. ....
Thousands of people packed into the Afghan capital's airport on Monday, rushing the tarmac and pushing onto planes in desperate attempts to flee the country after the Taliban overthrew the Western-backed government. US troops fired warning shots at the Kabul airport as they struggled to manage the chaotic evacuation. The Taliban swept into Kabul on Sunday after President Ashraf Ghani fled the country, bringing a stunning end to a two-decade campaign in which the US and its allies had tried to transform Afghanistan. Have a look at some of the mo....
As Taliban With Kalashnikovs Roam Kabul, Dress Code Turns To Salwar Kameez
The rush at the Kabul airport and the strong push to get out was one indicator of peoples anxiety about life under the Taliban. Another was a change in the dress code. Most of the men were dressed in salwar kameez. Hardly anyone wore jeans and T-shirts, which was a common sight a week ago, VOA reported. ....
China First Nation To Hope Taliban Will Respect Peace
Several countries led by the UK have asked the world community not to bilaterally recognise the Taliban in Afghanistan, but China has done everything short of saying that it is a friendly force. ....
