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Earthquake of 6.1 magnitude strikes Afghanistan
Reuters, Published on 31/01/2018
» KABUL: An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 shook the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Wednesday but there were no immediate reports of any damage or casualties.
Mattis makes unannounced visit to Afghanistan
AFP, Published on 07/09/2018
» KABUL - US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis landed in Kabul on Friday for an unannounced visit to war-torn Afghanistan, where he will meet President Ashraf Ghani and the new US commander for American and NATO forces.
Mattis makes unannounced visit to Afghanistan
AFP, Published on 07/09/2018
» KABUL - US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis landed in Kabul on Friday for an unannounced visit to war-torn Afghanistan, adding his weight to a flurry of diplomatic efforts to bring the Taliban to the negotiating table.
US threatens ICC over Afghanistan charges
AFP, Published on 11/09/2018
» WASHINGTON: The United States threatened Monday to arrest and sanction judges and other officials of the International Criminal Court if it moves to charge any American who served in Afghanistan with war crimes.
Afghanistan: The same old sell-out
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 12/03/2021
» In an letter to Afghan President Ashraf Ghani last weekend, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken insisted that Mr Ghani agree to share power with the Taliban insurgents in a transitional government, to be followed at some point by some sort of election. Understandably, the Afghan leader views this as a shotgun marriage in which the Taliban will hold the shotgun.
Biden speaks some sense on Afghanistan
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 19/04/2021
» 'If they go, we'll all have to go. That's the reality of it," said a British source about President Joe Biden's announcement that the last American troops will be out of Afghanistan by Sept 11, the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington. (What can possibly have possessed him to choose that date?)
Taliban revenge fears grow in Afghanistan
AFP, Published on 20/08/2021
» KABUL - The Taliban are going house-to-house searching for opponents and their families, according to an intelligence document for the UN that deepened fears Friday Afghanistan's new rulers were reneging on pledges of tolerance.
A poem of hope for Afghanistan
Life, Published on 26/08/2021
» The takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban is a concern to people around the world. In light of the humanitarian crisis, prominent Buddhist monk Phra Medhivajirodom (V.Vajiramedhi) recently wrote a poem in order to promote peace and compassion towards fellow human beings.
US military completes withdrawal from Afghanistan
AFP, Published on 31/08/2021
» KABUL - The US military announced it has completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan after a brutal 20-year war -- one that started and ended with the hardline Islamist Taliban in power, despite billions of dollars spent trying to rebuild the conflict-wracked country.
Mosque blast kills 33 in Afghanistan
AFP, Published on 23/04/2022
» KUNDUZ (AFGHANISTAN) - A blast ripped through a mosque during Friday prayers in northern Afghanistan, killing 33 people and wounding 43 more, a Taliban spokesman said, just a day after the Islamic State group claimed two separate deadly attacks.