The Taliban capture of Almar may have finally come with a rapid government collapse, but it had been a long time in the making. Weeks of siege had left the abandoned garrison low on food and …
Taliban gains weigh heavy on Joe Biden’s Afghanistan dilemma
The Taliban capture of Almar may have finally come with a rapid government collapse, but it had been a long time in the making. Weeks of siege had left the abandoned garrison low on food and …
Afghanistan seal series win over Zimbabwe
AGGRESSIVE batting from Karim Janat and Mohammad Nabi and three wickets from Rashid Khan helped Afghanistan beat Zimbabwe by 45 runs in the second Twenty20 international in Abu Dhabi on Friday.
Indian EAM, Pakistan FM to attend meet on Afghanistan in Tajikistan’s Dushanbe
Indian External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar, Pakistani FM SM Qureshi will be attended the Ninth Ministerial Conference of the “Heart of Asia” in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
Is it curtains for Afghanistan’s fading silver screen?
Clouds of hashish and cigarette smoke float across a screen showing a dancing Pakistani woman, who evokes yowls of excitement from the hundreds of Afghan men passing their time in one of the capital’s …
Opinion: Biden should withdraw US troops from Afghanistan. Here’s why
As the Biden administration weighs whether to remove all US troops from Afghanistan by May 1 — upholding the Trump administration’s agreement with the Taliban — its discussions should focus on one …
Biden weighs keeping U.S. troops in Afghanistan until November
Any delay in the American troop withdrawal likely would have to be negotiated with the Taliban under the terms of the U.S.-Taliban deal signed last year.
What Biden and Blinken don’t want to tell Americans about Afghanistan
David Andelman writes that there’s a harsh reality Americans may have to face about Afghanistan — US troops are going to be in Afghanistan for a long time.
UN chief appoints personal envoy to Afghanistan
Antonio Guterres names veteran French diplomat Jean Arnault as his personal envoy to Afghanistan ahead of Moscow talks.
One last failed bid to end the Forever War: Pentagon adviser dishes details of Trump’s final failure to end Afghanistan quagmire
Despite an executive order in November mandating the withdrawal of all remaining troops in Afghanistan, Trump’s promise to end the US’ longest war collapsed – and was set up to fail, according to a …