Afghan War
Identifies Russia’s aggression toward Ukraine, Iran’s nuclear program” as some of the major challenges of 2022.
Updated 01 Jan, 2022 09:36am
Says general amnesty announced after the Islamists took power in August should be honoured.
Updated 31 Dec, 2021 09:54am
Ex-Afghan president says he was told that his personal protection force was incapable of defending him.
Updated 31 Dec, 2021 09:58am
“Two highly qualified and respected leaders will advance the State Department’s vital work," says US state secretary.
Updated 30 Dec, 2021 09:01am
Rina Amiri is an Afghan-born US scholar and mediation expert who served at the State Department under Obama.
Published 29 Dec, 2021 09:08pm
Hours before Kabul's fall, some Afghan Air Force personnel were fighting each other instead of attacking advancing Taliban.
Published 29 Dec, 2021 07:23pm
The guidance also called on all vehicle owners to offer rides only to those women wearing hijabs.
Published 26 Dec, 2021 04:13pm
For many ordinary Afghans, any relief will come too late.
Published 26 Dec, 2021 01:12pm
“There is no need for these commissions to exist and operate,” Taliban govt spokesman says.
Updated 26 Dec, 2021 09:18am
Three general licenses have been issued allowing govt officials, international agencies to conduct "official business".
Updated 26 Dec, 2021 07:41am
Such accountability must take into account all the crimes committed by anybody in Afghanistan over the last two decades: envoy.
Updated 25 Dec, 2021 10:08am
Pakistan’s US ambassador thanks US Secretary of State Antony Blinken for sending his envoy to the OIC FM meeting in Islamabad.
Updated 24 Dec, 2021 08:53am
FO says resolution adopted at a critical time, reflects world community's “sense of urgency” to help Afghan people.
Updated 24 Dec, 2021 07:40am
“We cannot allow hundreds of thousands of children to die because we don't want to take action,” new foreign minister says.
Published 23 Dec, 2021 09:57pm
“He was identified and killed at a checkpoint at the entrance,” spokesman for Kabul police says.
Published 23 Dec, 2021 03:46pm
It regularly targeted civilians, armed forces personnel and even schools and places of worship in both countries.
Updated 23 Dec, 2021 12:28pm
Experts in Washington say it could help avert a humanitarian catastrophe in Afghanistan, without benefitting the Taliban.
Updated 23 Dec, 2021 08:32am
The session is a prime example of our collective determination and action to help those most in need, Antony Blinken says.
Published 22 Dec, 2021 09:25pm
The Taliban’s own inflexibility is obstructing progress on international legitimacy for the regime.
Updated 22 Dec, 2021 09:27am
State Department spokesperson urges countries, particularly regional countries, to come forward and help Afghanistan.
Updated 22 Dec, 2021 08:35am
Terms Pakistan’s decision to join war on terror ‘a self-inflicted wound’.
Updated 22 Dec, 2021 07:27am
"We let [others] use us, sacrificed the reputation of our country for aid," premier says at FO after OIC summit on Afghanistan.
Updated 22 Dec, 2021 07:24am
Pakistan has done well to organise the high-profile event.
Published 21 Dec, 2021 07:31am
Documents show “flawed intelligence, faulty targeting, years of civilian deaths — and scant accountability”, states report.
Updated 21 Dec, 2021 08:22am
“The need for liquidity and stabilisation of the banking system is now urgent," says a UN official at OIC conference.
Updated 20 Dec, 2021 09:27am
Those desperate to leave stood patiently in single file, a day after the Taliban resumed issuing travel documents.
Published 19 Dec, 2021 03:32pm
Says Washington must "delink" the Taliban government from the 40 million Afghan citizens.
Updated 20 Dec, 2021 01:00am
Regardless of who is in power in Kabul, it is the people of Afghanistan who are now bearing the brunt of the world’s indifference.
Updated 19 Dec, 2021 12:37pm
Thousands of Afghans have applied for new travel documents to escape a growing economic and humanitarian crisis.
Updated 19 Dec, 2021 09:52am
The letter is addressed to State Secretary Antony Blinken and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen.
Updated 19 Dec, 2021 09:46am
