Latest in: Afghanistan
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How can America salvage its prestige after the Kabul debacle?
Biden should go for a new coalition and engage American Muslims...Read MoreAugust 18, 2021 1757 0 -
Pakistan treads carefully on the question of recognizing the Afghan Taliban government
Pakistan, which in the past faced accusations of supporting the Afghan Taliban during the 1990s bloody civil war, has adopted a cautious approach to recognizing the group as new rulers after the group swept to control...August 18, 2021 706 0 -
Biden stands by decision to withdraw from Afghanistan as Taliban take Kabul
The latest events prove now is the time to end the war...Read MoreAugust 16, 2021 883 2 -
Afghanistan goes back to the Taliban as Ghani flees; US steps up evacuations
Kabul's rapid fall stuns the world capitals ...Read MoreAugust 15, 2021 814 1 -
Afghanistan melts
Kabul faces the Taliban onslaught after shunning talks for months...Read MoreAugust 13, 2021 872 0 -
Afghanistan wasted the opportunity to transform itself: Scholar
Instead of unifying the country, leaders indulged in corruption...Read MoreJuly 25, 2021 2653 0 -
US to conclude Afghan military mission on August 31
President Joe Biden Thursday announced the U.S. will conclude its military mission in Afghanistan by August 31, stressing that Washington did not go into the landlocked country for the task of nation-building. Biden also justified his...July 9, 2021 763 0 -
Pakistan ready to partner with the U.S. for Afghan peace but no bases: Imran Khan
Pakistan is ready to partner with the United States toward establishing peace in Afghanistan but would not provide its bases for any military action into the Afghan territory, prime minister Imran Khan has said. Khan’s remarks...June 22, 2021 1082 0 -
US intelligence warns of Taliban takeover if forces withdraw sans Afghan political accord
U.S. intelligence organizations have assessed that the Taliban would take over much of Afghanistan if American troops are withdrawn without a political accord between the insurgent group and the Kabul government, a leading newspaper reported. A...March 28, 2021 511 0 -
Trump says achieving peace with ME deals and ‘no blood in the sand’
Seeing the dawn of a new Middle East in the wake of U.S.-brokered peace deals between Arab countries and Israel, President Donald Trump on Tuesday said Washington is achieving peace with “no blood in the sand.”...September 22, 2020 674 0
