Tag: Afghanistan

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Taliban says any attempt to extend foreign troops evacuation deadline beyond August 31 is clear violation

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A Taliban spokesperson has dismissed the UK’s call to extend the August 31 deadline for completing the evacuation underway at Kabul airport, saying any attempt by foreign troops to remain in the country would be a clear violation. … Read More >Taliban says any attempt to extend foreign troops evacuation deadline beyond August 31 is clear violation

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Child soldiers are OK if they’re anti-Taliban? AFP takes flak over photos of ‘armed’ Afghan kids waving flag of local resistance

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Paris-based news agency AFP has been accused of romanticizing child soldiers after photographing an Afghan children’s ‘militia’ in Panjshir province, where locals have taken up arms against the Taliban. … Read More >Child soldiers are OK if they’re anti-Taliban? AFP takes flak over photos of ‘armed’ Afghan kids waving flag of local resistance

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Afghan security forces member killed in gunfight with ‘unknown assailants,’ as US & German troops join battle at Kabul airport

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At least one member of the Afghan security forces guarding Kabul’s airport has been killed after a firefight broke out with unknown assailants near the air hub, the German military has revealed. … Read More >Afghan security forces member killed in gunfight with ‘unknown assailants,’ as US & German troops join battle at Kabul airport

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‘Better to die with dignity, under Taliban’s bullet’: Afghan staff of US embassy reportedly feel betrayed after failed evacuation

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Afghan staffers of the abandoned US embassy in Kabul are reportedly losing faith in American efforts to evacuate them, saying they feel betrayed and prefer to die “with dignity” than try again to get through a Taliban gauntlet. … Read More >‘Better to die with dignity, under Taliban’s bullet’: Afghan staff of US embassy reportedly feel betrayed after failed evacuation

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Mujahideen v Taliban: Battle for strategic valley looms as anti-Taliban warlord & remnants of Afghan military refuse to surrender

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The Taliban has declared the war in Afghanistan over, but a bloodbath is on the cards in an isolated valley north of Kabul, after a defiant local warlord and ousted Afghan fighters who fled there rejected a Taliban ultimatum. … Read More >Mujahideen v Taliban: Battle for strategic valley looms as anti-Taliban warlord & remnants of Afghan military refuse to surrender

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Pentagon rankled by congressmens’ stunt, arriving in Kabul uninvited (Full show)

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Representatives Moulton (Massachusetts-D) and Peter Meijer (Michigan-R) essentially snuck into Afghanistan on a chartered flight, surprising and embarrassing the Pentagon. The stunt also delayed the evacuation of two refugees and diverted time from the mission. In the meantime, guards and personnel have left the US embassy eerily vacant. … Read More >Pentagon rankled by congressmens’ stunt, arriving in Kabul uninvited (Full show)