Afghan War
Expresses “deep regret” as he concedes Britain is unlikely to be able to evacuate all its Afghan allies from Kabul.
Published 16 Aug, 2021 10:58pm
Says Biden administration's endorsement of Trump's decision to withdraw troops was "indeed a logical conclusion to this conflict".
Published 16 Aug, 2021 08:02pm
Leaders from Australia, UK, Iran, Qatar and elsewhere air their concerns, urge new leadership in Kabul to protect human rights.
Updated 16 Aug, 2021 10:16pm
Thousands of Afghans pack into the airport, pushing onto planes in desperate attempts to flee the country.
Updated 17 Aug, 2021 04:53am
"We hope that all Afghan leaders will make efforts [for peace] in the larger interest of the country," he says.
Updated 16 Aug, 2021 03:30pm
Conservative media as well as left-leaning critics in the US have taken aim at the abruptness of the US withdrawal.
Updated 16 Aug, 2021 09:36pm
Here is a recap of landmark events in the war-torn country since Taliban's first regime was toppled in the 2001 US-led invasion.
Published 16 Aug, 2021 11:43am
“We will not allow anyone to use our lands to target anyone, and we do not want to harm others," says Taliban spokesperson.
Updated 16 Aug, 2021 11:02pm
Afghanistan's economy continues to flounder but this fact remains unnoticed.
Updated 16 Aug, 2021 07:49am
A future Afghan govt that upholds people's basic rights and that doesn’t harbour terrorists is a govt we can work with, he says.
Updated 16 Aug, 2021 07:45am
Says they want to open a new chapter of peace, tolerance, peaceful coexistence.
Updated 16 Aug, 2021 10:32am
The meeting will ponder over the rapidly changing situation in Afghanistan and possible challenges for Pakistan.
Updated 16 Aug, 2021 07:38am
There is a clear victor and the victor will now decide the terms of an inclusive arrangement in the country.
Updated 16 Aug, 2021 08:13am
Karzai, Hekmatyar, Abdullah negotiating with Taliban, says official.
Updated 16 Aug, 2021 10:24am
He did not say where he had travelled to, but leading Afghan media group Tolo news suggested he had gone to Tajikistan.
Updated 16 Aug, 2021 12:28am
Blinken says images of helicopters ferrying personnel to Kabul airport not evocative of American retreat from Vietnam.
Updated 16 Aug, 2021 07:41am
Quality of life did improve, modernising under the occupation, even as millions of dollars poured into Afghanistan fed corruption.
Published 15 Aug, 2021 04:12pm
Haibatullah Akhundzada is the supreme leader while Mullah Omar's son Mullah Yaqoob heads the military commission.
Published 15 Aug, 2021 01:21pm
Despite about $89 billion budgeted for training the Afghan army, it took the Taliban little more than a month to brush it aside.
Published 15 Aug, 2021 01:02pm
Senior official says Ghani "has left for Tajikistan”; US embassy warns of worsening security at Kabul airport amid evacuation.
Updated 16 Aug, 2021 10:06am
Afghanistan’s neighbours should now be concerned about how to deal with a Taliban government in Kabul.
Updated 15 Aug, 2021 12:15pm
With US troops all but gone, Taliban now find themselves flush with American-supplied tools, without having to raise any money.
Updated 15 Aug, 2021 09:52am
Group now controls 23 of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces; President Ghani says consultations under way to try to end the war.
Updated 15 Aug, 2021 11:35am
“Kabul is not right now in an imminent threat environment,” Pentagon spokesman John Kirby says.
Updated 15 Aug, 2021 07:16am
The time for musings is over. We need decisions that we can stand firm on.
Updated 14 Aug, 2021 01:24pm
Urges world to redouble efforts to revive stalled Afghan peace process.
Updated 14 Aug, 2021 08:40am
Afghan transit trade trucks and a large number of Afghan nationals have been allowed to cross the border, says official.
Updated 14 Aug, 2021 08:18am
Donald Trump, in a statement, denounced the “tragic mess” in Afghanistan, and asked the US administration: “Do you miss me yet?”
Published 14 Aug, 2021 12:18am
“Trust me, if they sit down, they will be able to come out with some sort of settlement,” says Moeed Yusuf.
Published 13 Aug, 2021 10:15pm
Minister says media personnel wanting to leave Afghanistan via Pakistan will be issued visas "on a priority basis".
Updated 15 Aug, 2021 08:15am
