Tag: Afghanistan

Afghanistan. Taliban’s priorities to govern: reconciliation, devt, recognition (Global Times)

Yang Sheng, Wang Wenwen and Fan Lingzhi As international community is watching closely the development of Afghanistan situation, to what extent the Afghan Taliban will honor...

Afghanistan. Rising Prices, Closed Banks Add to Misery for Kabul (VoA)

A week after the Taliban's seizure of Kabul, growing numbers of people in the Afghan capital are facing a daily struggle to get by...

Afghanistan/USA. Kabul Evacuation Numbers to Fluctuate, Biden Says (VoA)

Ken Bredemeier The number of people evacuated from Kabul will change from day to day, President Joe Biden said in a televised address Sunday, depending...

Afghanistan/Syria. “Victory” of Taliban wipes out Erdogan’s plan to send Syrian fighters to Kabul (SOHR)

Very reliable SOHR sources have confirmed that the Turkish intelligence have informed its proxy Syrian factions that the preparations for sending Syrian mercenaries to...

Afghanistan/Ukraine. Ukraine Evacuates Dozens Of Activists, Afghan Women, Journalists From Kabul (RFE RL)

A Ukrainian military plane carrying 83 people, including journalists, activists, and Afghan women and children, arrived in Kyiv, as part of the massive evacuation of foreigners...

Afghanistan/China. China’s economic support is likely to be widely accepted in Afghanistan: experts (Global Times)

The situation in Afghanistan has undergone great changes in the past few days, and some experts said Chinese businesses can provide support for the...

Afghanistan/Iran. Iran spent years preparing for a Taliban victory. It may still get stung (Atlantic Council)

Borzou Daragahi The United States and other western nations frantically evacuated their embassies in Kabul for fear of the Taliban’s vengeance. But Iran was sitting...

Afghanistan/USA. What Washington owes the American people after its Afghanistan failure (Atlantic Council)

Christopher Preble The discussion about what the United States should do in the aftermath of its war in Afghanistan should proceed in three phases: now,...

Afghanistan/USA. Afghanistan threatens Biden’s shot at being a historic foreign-policy leader (Atlantic Council)

Frederick Kempe At the end of the worst week of US President Joe Biden’s young presidency, this is the question he must urgently answer: Of...

Afghanistan. UK Military: 7 People Killed in Chaos at Kabul Airport (VoA)

Ayaz Gul Seven people were killed near Kabul’s airport Saturday as thousands gathered in a desperate effort to leave the country as the Taliban take...

Afghanistan/Central Asia. A New Afghan Reality For Central Asia (RFE RL)

Bruce Pannier The Taliban seized most of Afghanistan much faster than anyone expected and, as the militants moved into Kabul, Central Asian governments quickly tried...

Afghanistan/USA. Ex-UK PM Blair slams American ‘abandonment’ of Afghanistan (Al Jazeera)

Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, who in 2001 took Britain into war in Afghanistan alongside the United States, condemned the “abandonment” of the...

Afghanistan/Taliban/Middle East. Little Enthusiasm in the Middle East for the Taliban Victory (BESA Center)

Prof. Hillel Frisch The effect of visuals has often plagued the West in its war against terrorism. Now, the visual material from Afghanistan is coming...

Greece/Afghanistan. Greece Builds 25-mile Fence to Fend Off Afghan Refugees (VoA)

Anthee Carassava Greece has erected a 25-mile fence and installed a new surveillance system on its border with Turkey as fears mount of a surge...

Afghanistan. What We Know: Taliban Takeover of Afghanistan  (VoA)

Here are the latest developments following the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan on August 15. What We Know: Taliban Takeover of Afghanistan   | Voice of America -...

Afghanistan/USA. Vietnamese Americans Step Up to Help Afghans Resettle (VoA)

Titi Tran, Linh Dan “I have not been able to sleep.” As Dinh Xuan Quan absorbed the news from Afghanistan, the Vietnamese American former international development executive...