A former British soldier who was arrested by the Taliban has been flown out of Afghanistan with a visiting UK delegation, Sky News understands. Ben Slater, who ran his business […]
Graveyard of empires Taliban turns abandoned American aircraft into swing
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Fears Taliban could form alliance with deadly Mexican drug cartels
Fears are growing that Taliban and Mexican cartels could form an alliance as they are both financially dependent on drug trafficking and use extreme violence to expand their political power. […]
U.S. Treasury allows personal remittances to flow to Afghanistan
FILE PHOTO: Signage is seen at the United States Department of the Treasury headquarters in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 29, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File PhotoWASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury Department […]
Afghanistan: Surrounding countries must come together to exert maximum moderating influence on Taliban, Raab says
The UK’s foreign secretary has said there needs to be “wider buy-in” from countries in the region around Afghanistan to exert maximum influence on the Taliban. Speaking at a news […]
In Afghanistan an unceremonious end, and a shrouded beginning
The last American flight from Afghanistan left behind a host of unfulfilled promises and anxious questions about the country’s fate. The end of the United States’ longest war was unceremonious […]
War in Afghanistan: US drone strike hits Isis target after Kabul attack
The United States military has struck back at ISIS, bombing a member of the militant group in Afghanistan less than 48 hours after a devastating suicide bombing claimed by ISIS […]
Afghanistan: UKs evacuation into final hours – with no more people to be called forward
The UK’s evacuation mission at Kabul’s airport has “a matter of hours” left and no more people will be called forward, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has said. Mr Wallace told […]
Afghanistan: Taliban wants all foreign evacuations to be completed by Tuesday deadline next week
The Taliban has said it wants all foreign evacuations from Afghanistan to be completed when US troops to withdraw from the country on 31 August and insisted there would be […]
As the US withdraws from Afghanistan, China is left to deal with the fallout
As the Taleban advanced on the Afghan capital Kabul last week, one Chinese businessman’s account of doing business in the country made its rounds on Chinese social media. Mr Yu […]