The World Bank has approved $97.5 million in grant for Afghanistan to combat the impact of Covid-19 pandemic and droughts in the war-torn Asian country, the World Bank office in Afghanistan said in a …
NATO: Leaving Afghanistan is ‘based on the conditions’
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday reiterated that the promise to leave Afghanistan and the alliance’s presence in Afghanistan is conditions-based. General Jens Stoltenberg, …
‘Nepal is becoming Afghanistan’: activists hit out at plan requiring women to get male assent for foreign travel
To the Nepalese government, a proposed law requiring women under the age of 40 to get permission from a male guardian before travelling alone to the Gulf states and Africa for the first time is a …
NATO Chief Says Afghanistan Troop Pullout Depends on Taliban
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday the withdrawal of allied troops from war-torn Afghanistan will be “condition-based.” At a virtual meeting with NATO leaders, Stoltenberg said …
Germany Warns Against Swift Withdrawal From Afghanistan
Peace talks for Afghanistan have not made sufficient progress to allow a withdrawal of foreign troops, German Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer said on Wednesday ahead of a virtual meeting …
Relatives testify at inquiry about Afghanistan war veteran who killed his family
The Lionel Desmond fatality inquiry will continue to hear from the Afghanistan war veteran’s relatives Wednesday morning, as part of testimony this week that is creating a picture of the grief and …
New Zealand to pull last troops out of Afghanistan
Six personnel will leave in May, concluding a deployment that has lasted two decades …
New Zealand to End Military Deployment in Afghanistan
New Zealand will withdraw the last of its military personnel from Afghanistan in May, concluding a deployment that has lasted two decades, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced Wednesday. Ardern …
New Zealand troops to leave Afghanistan after 20-year deployment
Six remaining personnel leaving in May ending what PM Ardern describes as nation’s ‘longest-running’ deployment.
It’s time for the US to make good with Afghanistan
Ahead of this week’s NATO meeting, former US Secretary of State Madeline Albright and former Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini write about the opportunity available to the new …