Tag: Afghanistan

Afghanistan – As fighting rages in Afghanistan, health workers are struggling (Al Jazeera)

Sarah Leahy Project coordinator at the MSF Helmand project in Lashkar Gah city Since May, when foreign troops started withdrawing from Afghanistan, we have witnessed heavy...

Afghanistan – Taliban captures three more Afghan provincial capitals in a day (Al Jazeera)

The Taliban has captured three more provincial capitals, as they take their fight to the cities after seizing much of the countryside in recent...

Afghanistan/USA – Don’t lose Afghanistan (Atlantic Council)

James Cunningham, Hugo Llorens, Ronald Neumann, Richard Olson, and Earl Anthony Wayne Given the Taliban’s behavior lately, US President Joe Biden’s decision to rapidly withdraw...

Afghanistan – Sheberghan: Taliban captures second Afghan provincial capital (Al Jazeera)

Al Jazeera writes: The Taliban has captured the city of Sheberghan, the second Afghan provincial capital to fall to the armed group in less than...

Turkey/USA/Afghanistan – Turkey slams US statement on planned resettlement of Afghans (Al Jazeera)

Al Jazeera writes: The Turkish government has criticised a US plan to use third countries such as Turkey to resettle thousands of Afghans who risk...

Afghanistan – Afghan families flee homes in south amid Taliban advance (Al Jazeera)

Farah Najjar writes: There has been intense fighting in Afghanistan in recent days, mainly in the south and the west, while a bomb-and-gun attack in...

Afghanistan – The power of technical and vocational skills: Increasing girls’ participation in formal agriculture education in Afghanistan (Brookings)

Nangyalai Attal writes: In March 2021, I visited an agriculture and veterinary institute (AVI) in northern Balkh province in Afghanistan. With state-of-the-art educational infrastructure...

USA/Afghanistan – The US has no feasible strategy to protect its diplomats in Afghanistan (Observer Research Foundation)

Saaransh Mishra writes: Most American combat troops have now left Afghanistan, with the remaining scheduled to depart by the end of August. Amongst a...

China/Afghanistan – China sees both an opportunity and a threat in Afghanistan (ORF)

KABIR TANEJA writes for ORF: China’s foreign minister Wang Yi recently hosted a delegation of the Taliban, led by Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, in...

Russia/Kyrgyzstan/Tajikistan/Afghanistan/Defense – Russia redeploys attack aircraft from Kyrgyzstan to Tajikistan for drills on Afghan border (TASS)

TASS writes: A wing of Russian Su-25 ground attack aircraft has redeployed from Russia’s Kant integrated airbase in Kyrgyzstan to Tajikistan for the joint...

Russia/Afghanistan – Russia’s regional clout to strengthen further amid post Afghan exit turmoil, says envoy (TASS)

TASS writes: Moscow’s powerful regional clout amid the current situation in Afghanistan will expand even further following the pullout of US troops from that...

Russia/USA/Afghanistan – Russian-US dialogue on Afghanistan developing positively, senior diplomat says (TASS)

TASS writes: Russian Special Presidential Envoy for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov noted that Russian and US interests in the Afghan settlement generally coincided go to TASS:...

Afghanistan/Pakistan – Afghan soldiers flee attack, cross border: Pakistan army (Al Jazeera)

Al Jazeera writes: Dozens of Afghan soldiers have slipped across the border into northwestern Pakistan after their border post was overrun, apparently by the Taliban,...

Afghanistan – Afghanistan’s neighbours need to step in if they want stability (Al Jazeera)

Najib Sharifi writes for Al Jazeera: The withdrawal of the United States and NATO forces from Afghanistan has put a crucial choice before the...

Afghanistan/China/Russia/SCO – China, Russia have aligned interests to facilitate SCO role for Afghanistan (Global Times)

Danil Bochkov writes: President Joe Biden's decision on the swift withdrawal of American military forces from Afghanistan by August 31 has had a very...

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...