Tag: Afghanistan

Afghanistan – Another proxy war in Afghanistan? (The Interpreter)

AARTI BETIGERI writes for The Interpreter: With the US in the process of withdrawing the last of its troops from Afghanistan, it has taken little...

Afghanistan – ‘Unprecedented’: UN says Afghan civilian deaths up by 47 percent (Al Jazeera)

Al Jazeera writes: Nearly 2,400 Afghan civilians have been killed or injured in May and June as fighting between the Taliban and Afghan security forces...

The Taliban explained (Al Jazeera)

Al Jazeera writes: The Taliban have won a string of battlefield victories in recent weeks as the United States-led foreign forces are about to complete...

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation: The only way to tame a belligerent Taliban (ORF)

AYJAZ WANI writes: A resurgent Taliban is in haste to recapture power in Afghanistan and is making advances across the war-torn country following the...

Afghanistan imposes night curfew to curb Taliban advance (Al Jazeera)

Al Jazeera writes: Afghanistan’s government has imposed a night-time curfew across almost all of the country’s 34 provinces to stem surging violence unleashed by...

Abdullah Abdullah: Can Afghanistan move ahead without US troops? (Al Jazeera)

Al Jazeera writes: The US invasion of Afghanistan began in 2001. Twenty years on, the Americans are still there, but President Joe Biden has promised...

The US Withdrawal from Afghanistan Portends a Vacuum and Uncertain Future (INSS)

Yoram Schweitzer and Oded Eran write for INSS: The impending United States withdrawal from Afghanistan fulfills the goals of the three administrations prior to...

(Afghanistan/USA/Europe) U.S.-Europe Communiqué on Afghanistan and Peace Efforts (US Department of State)

MEDIA NOTE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON The following is the text of a communiqué issued by the United States of America, the European Union, France, Germany,...

(Afghanistan) Taliban seek to cut off Afghan population centres: Top US general (Al Jazeera)

Al Jazeera writes: Taliban fighters have gained “strategic momentum” in Afghanistan and now control about half the countryside as they drive to cut off...

(Afghanistan) ‘Journalism is sacred work’: Afghanistan’s front line reporters (Al Jazeera)

Robyn Huang and Matt Reichel writes for Al Jazeera: It was about 8am on a Monday morning in April 2018 when Bushra Seddique felt the multi-storey...

(USA/Afghanistan) George W Bush warns of ‘bad’ outcome of US Afghanistan pullout (Al Jazeera)

Al Jazeera writes: Former United States President George W Bush, who initiated the US invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, has warned the US and NATO...

(Afghanistan/USA) First Wave of Afghan Interpreters Head to Fort Lee (Defense One)

Tara Copp and Jacqueline Feldscher write for Defense One: Afghan interpreters and their families who have been cleared to come to the United States will...

(Afghanistan/Iraq) Clarity on Afghanistan, Confusion on Iraq (Defense One)

Mark Kimmitt writes for Defense One: Last week’s Afghanistan speech by President Joe Biden left little to the imagination. His points were clear, perhaps blunt....

(Pakistan/Afghanistan) Pakistan’s foreign ministry describes Kabul’s decision to recall diplomats ‘unfortunate and regrettable’ after ambassador’s daughter abducted

Al Jazeera writes: Pakistan’s foreign ministry has termed the Afghan government’s decision to recall its ambassador and senior diplomats from its embassy in Islamabad “unfortunate...

(Afghanistan) Fifteen diplomatic missions call for ‘urgent end’ to offensives, hours after Doha meeting failed to agree on a ceasefire

Al Jazeera writes: Fifteen diplomatic missions and the NATO representative in Kabul have joined hands to urge the Taliban to halt military offensives across Afghanistan,...

(Pakistan/Afghanistan) Pakistan’s Support to Taliban is Behind the Escalating Violence in Afghanistan

Arvind Gupta writes for VIF: At the initiative of Uzbek President Shavket Miriziev, a high-level conference was held in Tashkent on 15-16 July 2021...