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UK human rights lawyer still receives ‘terrible’ messages from trapped Afghan women

A British human rights lawyer has described how she still receives “the most tragic, terrible text messages” from women trapped in Afghanistan. The country fell to the Taliban almost two years ago, at which time hundreds of thousands of…

US will redeploy forces in Afghanistan to combat terrorism if necessary: Biden

US President Joe Biden said that the nation will redeploy its forces in Afghanistan to combat terrorism if necessary. Biden added that the terrorist threats against the US have declined. “The Trump administration is the one who started…

Five killed at Kabul airport as Afghans try to flee Taliban takeover: Witnesses

At least five people were killed at Kabul’s airport on Monday as Afghans raced to flee the country while the Taliban consolidated its grip on the country, according to witnesses cited by local agencies. One witness said he had seen the…

US troops fire shots in the air at Kabul airport as crowd mobs tarmac

US troops fired shots into the air at Kabul airport on Monday (Aug 16) as thousands of Afghans crowded onto the tarmac in the hope of catching a flight out of the country after the Taliban takeover of the country. "The crowd was out of…

Qatar ruler meets Afghan, Taliban delegations during peace talks in Doha

Qatar’s ruler Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani met representatives of both the Afghan government and the Taliban to wish them success during peace talks taking place in the Gulf state, Qatar state media reported on Sunday. Sheikh Tamim…

U.S. blacklists ICC prosecutor over Afghanistan war crimes probe

The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on International Criminal Court prosecutor Fatou Bensouda, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said, over her investigation into whether American forces committed war crimes in Afghanistan.…

U.S. forces conduct airstrikes on Taliban in Afghanistan

American forces conducted two airstrikes on Taliban fighters to foil the militant group’s plan to launch attacks on Afghan security forces, a U.S. military spokesman said on Friday, in a move that could hurt the peace process. U.S.…

Afghanistan arrests regional Islamic State leader

Afghan security forces arrested three senior South Asia Islamic State members including the group’s regional leader, the government said on Monday. The militant group’s head of South Asia, Abu Omar Khorasani, was arrested in Kabul…

Doha embraces signing of a historic agreement between Washington and Taliban

The Qatari capital, Doha, hosts a meeting, on Saturday to sign a historic agreement between Washington and the Taliban, in the presence of the American Secretary of State and representatives of the movement. This agreement, which has…

Clashes between Taliban and Afghan forces were trying to reach a US military plane crash site

Clashes took place between Afghan forces and Taliban militants as the forces tried to reach a central area in which a US military plane crashed and is a stronghold of the Taliban, after the American army confirmed on Monday that a military…