Afghanistan – Three Spanish tourists were killed and at least one was injured in an attack by gunmen in Afghanistan’s central Bamyan province. Spain’s foreign ministry said on Friday. Earlier on Friday, Taliban interior ministry spokesman Abdul Mateen Qaniee had said that three foreign tourists and one Afghan citizen had been killed in the attack. Four foreign nationals and three ...
Read More »Afghan Girls Football Team Flees To Pakistan
Members of the Afghanistan national girls football team have fled across the border into Pakistani dressed in burqas. This has happened a month after the hardline Taliban swept back into power according to officials from the country. Last month, the group of junior players and their coaches and families had tried to escape the country but in vain. A devastating ...
Read More »Joe Biden Confirms Attack On Kabul And Vows Vengeance
An attack by the Taliban forces in Afghanistan involving two explosions recently happened in Kabul right outside the Airport being used for evacuation. In the attack, 13 US service members lost their lives and more than a dozen others sustained lasting injuries. According to the Pentagon, a suicide bomber detonated an explosion that tore through a crowd waiting at an ...
Read More »US Forces Under Pressure To Be Out Of Afghanistan By August 31
The Taliban, on Monday, warned that there would be consequences if the United States allies stay in Afghanistan beyond August 31. The warning came as Washington prepared to wrap up all its evacuation efforts for people desperate to flee. Thousands of troops returned to the country to see to it that the chaotic evacuation of refugees happens without interference. The ...
Read More »UK Prime Minister To Press Biden To Delay Kabul Withdrawal
The UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson is expected to ask US President Joe Biden to keep American forces in Afghanistan beyond August 31. This will enable the evacuation flights to continue in order to rescue displaced Afghans. The UK prime minister is set to make his request at an emergency meeting of the world’s leaders from the G7 countries on ...
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