Pakistan has closed land crossings with Iran and Afghanistan for travellers and slashed international flights as the government warned of a “critical” few weeks ahead in the battle against Covid-19.
The Latest: Pakistan restricts border travel to fight virus
Pakistan’s coronavirus control agency has decided to temporarily restrict the country’s borders to people coming in from Afghanistan and Iran …
Pakistan Tightens Border Controls to Curb Import of New Coronavirus Variants
Pakistan decided Sunday to temporarily suspend incoming pedestrian movement at overland border crossings with Afghanistan and Iran to “restrain import of any new mutation” of the coronavirus. The …
Terror warning: Fears Taliban might take control of Afghanistan – British Army veteran
THE TALIBAN could possibly take control of Afghanistan after the West withdraws troops, according to a former defence attaché to the country.
Opinion/Commentary: Biden is right to withdraw from Afghanistan: But what about Iraq?
Looking at Afghanistan from a historical and strategic perspective, a realist must conclude that the United States has no vital national interest in Central Asia.
Nuechterlein: Biden is right to withdraw from Afghanistan but want about Iraq?
It took courage for President Biden to announce that all American forces will be out of Afghanistan by Sept. 11.
The Vietnam War’s Lessons Went Unlearned in Afghanistan
The first Vietnam message is that the Northerners won that war not because they were communists, but mostly because they were Vietnamese. Almost everybody hates being bossed around by foreigners.
US and Nato start to formally withdraw troops from Afghanistan
The US has started formally withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, beginning the end of what President Joe Biden called “the forever war”. The US and Nato have had a presence in Afghanistan for almost …
Taliban attacks airfield as U.S. troops begin withdrawal from Afghanistan
Taliban forces launched a rocket attack on Kandahar airfield on Saturday as the U.S. is set to begin withdrawing from Afghanistan, a U.S. military spokesperson told CBS News. Fighter jets launched …
May 1 marks formal start of final phase of withdrawal from Afghanistan by US, NATO
Even before Saturday, the herculean task of packing up had begun. The military has been taking inventory, deciding what is shipped back to the U.S.