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The United States has the capacity to evacuate the approximately 300 U.S. citizens remaining in Afghanistan who want to leave before President Joe Biden’s Tuesday deadline, senior administration officials said, as rocket fire in Kabul and another U.S. drone strike against suspected Islamic State militants underscored the grave threat in the war’s final days. “This…
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President Joe Biden has met with the families of the 13 US soldiers who were killed in an attack at Kabul airport last week, as the remains of the fallen army personnel are returned to the United States from Afghanistan. Biden and First Lady Jill Biden attended the “dignified transfer” of the fallen soldiers at Dover Air…
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Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said on Saturday the group’s forces were holding some positions within the airport and were ready to peacefully take control of it as American forces flew out. But Pentagon spokesman John Kirby denied the claim. The Taliban deployed extra forces outside the airport to prevent large crowds from gathering in the…
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Taliban forces have sealed off Kabul’s airport to most Afghans hoping for evacuation, as the United States and its allies wound down a chaotic airlift that will end their troops’ two decades in Afghanistan. Western leaders acknowledged that their withdrawal would mean leaving behind some of their citizens and many locals who helped them over…
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Russia’s embassy in Kabul said on Monday that Afghan President Ashraf Ghani had fled the country with four cars and a helicopter full of cash and had to leave some money behind as it would not all fit in, the RIA news agency reported. Ghani, whose current whereabouts are unknown, said he left Afghanistan on Sunday as the Taliban…
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In a Facebook post, Ghani Ashraf said he had left the country to avoid clashes with the Taliban that would endanger millions of Kabul residents. Some social media users branded Ghani, who did not disclose his location, a coward for leaving them in chaos. ‘Failed experience’ UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged all parties to exercise…
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Central Kabul streets were largely deserted early on a sunny Monday as waking residents pondered their future. “I’m in a complete state of shock,” said Sherzad Karim Stanekzai, who spent the night in his carpet shop to guard it. “I know there will be no foreigners, no international people who will now come to Kabul.”…
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Nobody should bilaterally recognise the Taliban as the government of Afghanistan, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday, adding it was clear that there would be a new administration in the country very shortly. “We don’t want anybody bilaterally recognising the Taliban,” Johnson said in an interview clip, urging the West to work together on Afghanistan through…
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resident Ashraf Ghani, along with his close aides, flew out of Afghanistan on Sunday, paving way for Taliban to regain power 20 years after a US-led military invasion ousted them. A senior Afghan Interior Ministry official confirmed the development to Reuters. Asked for comment, the president’s office said it “cannot say anything about Ashraf Ghani’s movement…
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The United Nations (UN), Amnesty International and Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), among other concerned citizens around the world, have condemned the incessant murders in Afghanistan and called for peace among all warring parties. Afghan Journalist, Sabawoon Kakar, is laid to rest after a bomb attack in Kabul on 30 April 2018, which killed eight…
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Islamic State has claimed responsibility for a blast that targeted a voter registration center in Kabul, Afghanistan on Sunday. The blast was carried out by a suicide bomber and claimed at least 31 lives, with 54 others sustaining injuries, officials said. These photos sent to me by some eyewitnesses show that the explosion left many…
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At least 24 persons have been confirmed dead, and over 40 injured in a suicide bombing attack on Monday. The horrific incident occurred in Kabul, the capital city of Afghanistan, officials said. Media reports confirm a Toyota Corolla driver was behind the car bombing. The suicide attacker reportedly collided with a commuter bus carrying a…
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Pakistan has today condemned the terrorist attack at an American University in Kabul which claimed over a dozen lives with many injured, after 10 hours of fighting. The militants launched a deadly attack in the school at 07:30 p.m. local time on Wednesday. Image: File Photo Afghan reports confirm that a hundred students were trapped inside classrooms…
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TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Explosions tore through a demonstration by members of Afghanistan’s mainly Shiite Hazara minority in Kabul on Saturday, killing at least 80 people and wounding more than 230 in a suicide attack claimed by ISIL (also known as Daesh). ISIS is claiming responsibility for a joint suicide bombing Saturday that killed dozens of…
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