President Joe Biden announced the withdrawal of all 2,500 US troops from the nation on May 1 and ending on Sept. 11, the war’s 20th anniversary.Biden stated that he would not hand over the nation’s longest conflict to another president. He stated that he inherited the year-end drawdown date and that he intended to retain the US-Taliban deal that was formed during the previous Trump administration.An Inside story the consequences and effects of US Military withdrawal from Afghanistan
According to a new UN study released this week, Afghan civilian casualties increased dramatically in the first half of 2021, with about 1,700 people dead and 3,500 injured
The latest round of Taliban-Afghan government peace talks in Qatar ended on July 19 with little apparent progress. Many Afghans are concerned about the group’s failure to accept women’s rights in the past
As Afghanistan’s Security Situation Worsens, So Does The Situation For All Of The Country’s Other Gains During The Last Two Decades. One Of Them Is A Free Press. Afghanistan Has Grown From Having No Independent Media To Having 170 Radio Stations
Afghanistan’s Security Situation Is Deteriorating, And Some Predict A Civil War. A Similar Violence In The 1990s Prompted Millions Of Afghans To Migrate To Neighbouring Nations, Especially Pakistan, Which Has Long Welcomed Three Million Afghan Refugees
“We ask for a United Nations mission to ascertain the truth about the recent attacks on civilians”. With foreign troops on the path of withdrawal, the Taliban on the offensive, a weak government, growing violence and “very worrying future scenarios”, in an interview with Agenzia Fides Shaharzad Akbar, at the head of the “Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission” (AIHRC), calls for a greater commitment from the international community”
Residents In Northern Afghanistan’s Balkh Province, Which Borders Uzbekistan, Told VOA That The Taliban Have Put Tough New Restrictions On Locals Since Seizing Power. Journalist Gul Rahim Niazman Is Reporting From The Province’s Balkh District
Afghanistan’s National Security Adviser, Hamdullah Mohib, Met With His Russian Counterpart, Nikolai Patrushev, In Moscow On Friday To Discuss Bilateral Security Cooperation
Tajikistan Is Facing The Effects Of The Violence In Afghanistan, Which Is Being Led By The Taliban. As Fighting Raged Close, Residents Of A Border Town Said Injured Afghan Soldiers Fled Into Tajikistan For Safety
Since the beginning of May, more than 50 of Afghanistan’s 370 districts have fallen to the Taliban, most of which surround provincial capitals, according to Deborah Lyons, the UN’s top diplomat in Afghanistan