Left Afghanistan to avoid bloodshed, ‘big human disaster’: Ashraf Ghani
Kabul: Embattled Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani has said he left Kabul to avoid bloodshed and a “big human disaster” in the city of six million people, urging the Taliban to reveal their intentions and reassure the people who are unsure about their future after the insurgents took over the war-torn country. Taliban insurgents swept into Afghanistan’s […]
Taliban enters Kabul, awaits ‘peaceful transfer’ of power
Kabul: Taliban fighters entered the outskirts of the Afghan capital on Sunday and said they were awaiting a peaceful transfer of the city after promising not to take it by force, but the uncertainty panicked residents who raced to the leave the capital, with workers fleeing government offices and helicopters landing at the US Embassy. […]
At least 304 killed as 7.2 magnitude earthquake hits Haiti
Les Cayes (Haiti): A powerful magnitude 7.2 earthquake added to the misery in Haiti, killing at least 304 people, injuring a minimum of 1,800 others and destroying hundreds of homes. People in the Caribbean island nation rushed into the streets to seek safety and to help help rescue those trapped in the rubble of collapsed […]
Taliban seize Jalalabad, cut off Afghan capital from east
Kabul: The Taliban seized the city of Jalalabad early Sunday, cutting off Afghanistan’s increasingly isolated capital Kabul to the east as the insurgents’ blitz across the country continued ahead of the withdrawal of U.S. and NATO forces from the country after two decades of war. The collapse of Jalalabad, which had been the last major […]
Taliban approach Kabul’s outskirts, attack north Afghan city
Kabul: The Taliban seized two more provinces on Saturday and approached the outskirts of Afghanistan’s capital while also launching a multi-pronged assault on a major northern city defended by former warlords, Afghan officials said. The insurgents have captured much of northern, western and southern Afghanistan in a breakneck offensive less than three weeks before the […]
Afghanistan is spinning out of control: UN chief
United Nations: Voicing concern that Afghanistan is “spinning out of control”, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on the Taliban to immediately halt the offensive and asserted that seizing power through military force is a “losing proposition” and can only lead to prolonged civil war and the complete isolation of the war-torn nation. The Taliban has […]
Rush of troops to Kabul tests Biden’s withdrawal deadline
Washington: The last-minute decision to send 3,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan to help partially evacuate the U.S. Embassy is calling into question whether President Joe Biden will meet his August 31 deadline for fully withdrawing combat forces. The vanguard of a Marine contingent arrived in Kabul, the capital, on Friday, and most of the rest […]
Taliban sweep across Afghanistan’s south; take 4 more cities
Kabul: The Taliban completed their sweep of the country’s south on Friday as they took four more provincial capitals in a lightning offensive that is gradually encircling Kabul, just weeks before the US is set to officially end its two-decade war. The latest significant blow was the loss of the capital of Helmand province, where […]
Twelve nations decide not to recognise any Afghan govt imposed by force
Washington: Twelve nations, including the US, India and China, along with representatives of the UN and EU have decided that they would not recognise any government in Afghanistan that seeks to take control through the barrel of a gun, the State Department has said, amid the continued Taliban offensive across the war-torn country. Representatives from […]
Taliban take Afghanistan’s third-largest city in onslaught
Kabul: The Taliban captured Afghanistan’s third-largest city and a strategic provincial capital near Kabul on Thursday, further squeezing the country’s embattled government just weeks before the end of the American military mission there. The seizure of Herat marks the biggest prize yet for the Taliban, who have taken 11 of Afghanistan’s 34 provincial capitals as […]
