Tag: Taliban

• Saturday, November 27th 2021 - 09:19 UTC

  Italy rescues the green-eyed “Afghan girl” from the Taliban chaotic country

  

  The Italian government announced on Thursday that Sharbat Gula, who in 1985 gained worldwide fame as the green-eyed 'Afghan Girl' image by photojournalist Steve McCurry, is in Rome being evacuated from Afghanistan.

• Thursday, October 28th 2021 - 19:33 UTC

  US under permanent threat from ISIS, Pentagon official says

  

  ISIS could launch an attack on US territory any time, according to statements from Undersecretary of Defense Colin Kahl Thursday.

• Saturday, September 11th 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  What does the Taliban’s choice of interim prime minister mean for Afghanistan?

  

  By Ali A. Olomi (*) – The Taliban announced on Sept. 7, 2021, that Mullah Hasan Akhund has been appointed interim prime minister of Afghanistan. The decision comes more than two weeks after the militant Islamist group seized control of much of the country, including the capital, Kabul.

• Tuesday, August 31st 2021 - 09:26 UTC

  US puts an end to 20 years of military presence in Afghanistan

  

  The United States has ended its military presence in Afghanistan after 20 years, General Frank McKenzie of the Central Command (CENTCOM), announced Monday at a press conference from the Pentagon.

• Friday, August 27th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  ISIS spin-off causes detonations at Kabul airport killing nearly 100 people

  

  At least 85 to 90 people died Thursday after an ISIS detachment attack on Kabul International Airport. US President Joseph Biden promised to avenge the deaths of 13 soldiers from his country. The flag over the White House flies at half-mast.

• Thursday, August 19th 2021 - 08:59 UTC

  Multilateral declaration signed in defense of Afghan women in fear under the Taliban

  

  The European Union (EU) was joined by several countries Wednesday in a declaration whereby the international community vows to closely monitor the situation of women and girls in Afghanistan after the Taliban seizure of power last Sunday.

• Monday, August 16th 2021 - 07:30 UTC

  Taliban regain control of Afghanistan after 20 years

  

  Taliban militias have seized Afghanistan's capital Kabul, while President Ashraf Ghani fled the country after swift military actions over the past week. The war in Afghanistan “is over,” a spokesman for the Taliban's political office announced, adding that “soon” it will be clear what kind of government there will be under the Taliban 20 years after a US-led military invasion had ousted them.

• Monday, August 16th 2021 - 06:45 UTC

  Afghanistan: Western armies always lose guerilla wars in the “Third World,” but it never really matters.

  

  By Gwynne Dyer - “I will never kneel before such a destructive force (as the Taliban),” declared Ashraf Ghani, the ex-president of Afghanistan before fleeing. “We will either sit knee-to-knee for real negotiations at the table or break their knees on the battlefield.” Good luck with that, Ashraf.

• Thursday, September 12th 2019 - 07:08 UTC

  Trump pledges to hit the Taliban harder on 18th anniversary of 9/11 attacks

  

  President Donald Trump pledged to hit the Taliban “harder” than ever as America on Wednesday marked the 18th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks that led the country into war in Afghanistan.

• Friday, December 7th 2018 - 15:37 UTC

  Famous Afghan Messi fan displaced by war, fears for his life

  

  Murtaza Ahmadi, whose picture in 2016 donning a plastic home made Argentine national football jersey pretending to be that of Lionel Messi went viral leading the actual Barcelona FC star to meet him personally and give him a real shirt, is now one of thousands of Afghans displaced by war, as his family has left their home in southeastern Ghazni fleeing a Taliban large-scale offensive.