UN Security Council calls for immediate cessation of violence and formation of United and inclusive government in Afganistan
The UN Security Council issued a press statement today following a meeting by the UN
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Taliban declares amnesty across Afghanistan
By IAR Desk New Delhi: August 17, 2021: After its swift takeover of Kabul on
Profits and poppy: Afghanistan’s illegal drug trade a boon for Taliban
The United States spent more than $8 billion over 15 years on efforts to deprive the Taliban of their profits from Afghanistan’s opium and heroin trade, from poppy eradication to airstrikes and raids on suspected labs.
Taliban enter Kabul, await ‘peaceful transfer’ of power
Taliban negotiators headed to the presidential palace Sunday to discuss the transfer, said an Afghan official
Taliban enter Afghan capital as US diplomats evacuate by chopper
Taliban insurgents entered the Afghanistan capital Kabul on Sunday, an interior ministry official said, as the United States evacuated diplomats from its embassy by helicopter.
In recorded message Ghani says remobilizing security and defence forces; mum on resignation
President Ashraf Ghani in a pre-recorded message to the nation on Friday said that remobilization of the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) is his top priority and that required measures are underway to reach this end, but he vowed to prevent further bloodshed in the country.
As Taliban advances, China lays groundwork to accept an awkward reality
A series of photos published last month by Chinese state media of Foreign Minister Wang Yi standing shoulder to shoulder with visiting Taliban official decked out in traditional tunic and turban raised eyebrows on the country’s social media.
Taliban capture Afghanistan’s Kandahar, Herat; embassies getting staff out
Taliban insurgents tightened their grip on Afghanistan on Friday, wresting control of its second and third biggest cities while Western embassies prepared to send in troops to help evacuate staff from the capital, Kabul.
Some key leaders of Afghanistan’s Taliban
The Taliban are an hardline Islamist movement in Afghanistan that has been fighting an insurgency against the Western-backed government in Kabul since being ousted from power in 2001.
Amid escalating violence in Afghanistan, peace talks underway in Doha
The multilateral meeting on the peace process in Afghanistan convened Tuesday in Qatar’s capital of Doha