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US launched recent air strikes in Afghanistan
AFP, Published on 23/07/2021
» WASHINGTON: The United States recently carried out air strikes as it backed the Afghan army's bid to repel a Taliban offensive, the Pentagon said Thursday, with the withdrawal of international forces from the country all but complete.
Britain tells nationals to leave Afghanistan immediately
AFP, Published on 07/08/2021
» LONDON - Britain has warned all UK nationals in Afghanistan to leave the country immediately due to the "worsening security situation" as fighting intensifies.
European powers scramble to evacuate from Afghanistan
AFP, Published on 16/08/2021
» BRUSSELS - European nations and the EU scrambled to evacuate their citizens and local staff from Kabul on Sunday, as NATO said it was trying to keep the airport open with the Taliban closing in on power.
Timeline: the Taliban's sweeping offensive in Afghanistan
AFP, Published on 16/08/2021
» KABUL - The Taliban have entered Afghanistan's capital Kabul and taken over the presidential palace, capping a sweeping military campaign as US-led foreign forces pull out of the country.
Airlines reroute flights to avoid Afghanistan airspace
Reuters, Published on 16/08/2021
» Major airlines are rerouting flights to avoid Afghanistan airspace after insurgents took control of the presidential palace in Kabul as US-led forces departed and Western nations scrambled on Monday to evacuate their citizens.
Time for a new discourse on Afghanistan
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 06/09/2021
» A man is sitting in a train somewhere in Europe, tearing sheets of paper into little pieces and throwing them out the window.
Islamic State group menace rebounds in Afghanistan
AFP, Published on 06/09/2021
» DOHA: The Taliban had barely completed their takeover of the Afghan capital Kabul when the local affiliate of the Islamic State group struck, sowing mayhem with a bloody airport attack.
At least two dead in Afghanistan blasts
AFP, Published on 18/09/2021
» JALALABAD, Afghanistan At least two people were killed and up to 20 more wounded in three explosions in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad on Saturday, a Taliban official said.
Australia postpones first-ever Afghanistan cricket Test
AFP, Published on 05/11/2021
» SYDNEY - Australia on Friday postponed a landmark first-ever cricket Test against Afghanistan, amid fears the country's ruling Taliban regime will ban women from playing the sport.
Winter is on the way in Afghanistan
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 10/11/2021
» The first snow of the winter will reach Kabul any day now, and the death rate will start to climb: mostly children, at first, but it will not really be the cold that kills them. The cold will only finish the work that malnutrition began months or years ago -- but the other cause of their deaths will be a different kind of freeze.