The US government will now conduct diplomacy with the Taliban administration and consular operations out of Doha, Qatar By Yashwant Raj I Edited by Nadim Siraj The United States on Monday announced the end of its military mission in Afghanistan, bringing to an end a 20-year presence that had started
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US embassy warns of ‘specific, credible threat’ at Kabul airport as Biden says terror attack ‘highly likely in next 24-36 hours’
Reports and video circulating on social media, appear to indicate that the blast was the result of a rocket hitting a house close to the airport. Whether there have been any casualties remains unclear. BBC Pakistan and Afghanistan correspondent, Secunder Kermani cites the Afghan Health Ministry saying there’s been another
Last British civilian evacuation flight leaves Kabul
LONDON (REUTERS) – The last British flight evacuating civilians from Afghanistan has left Kabul, bringing to an end an operation that has airlifted almost 15,000 Afghan and British citizens in the two weeks since the Taleban took control. Britain’s armed forces are now preparing to leave and will take small
Afghanistan: Final UK flight for civilians leaves Kabul, says government
The UK’s final evacuation flight purely for civilians has left Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, the Ministry of Defence has said. Further flights which leave will have UK diplomatic and military personnel on board, it added. The head of the armed forces, Gen Sir Nick Carter, said it was “heartbreaking” they had
Afghanistan: Pen Farthing team ‘turned away’ from airport
An ex-Royal Marine has told how he was “turned away” while trying to leave Kabul – as the UK’s defence minister said his supporters had “taken up too much time” of senior commanders. Paul “Pen” Farthing was attempting to get his staff and rescue animals out of Afghanistan when they
New urgency to airlift from Kabul after blasts kill dozens
By SAYED ZIARMAL HASHEMI, TAMEEM AKHGAR, KATHY GANNON and CARA ANNA KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Evacuation flights from Afghanistan resumed with new urgency on Friday, a day after two suicide bombings targeted the thousands of people desperately fleeing a Taliban takeover and killed dozens. The U.S. warned more attacks could
Afghanistan: Sport bodies call for emergency evacuation of female Football players
Football’s world governing body Fifa has written to a number of governments to request the emergency evacuation of female players from Afghanistan. Players are said to fear for their lives following the Taliban’s takeover of the Afghan capital Kabul. Players’ organisation Fifpro is also calling for help. The union said
Fear in Afghanistan of what’s to come; U.S. urged to stay away from Kabul Airport
The public images of what is happening in Afghanistan after the victory of the Taliban army continue being the ones of a desperate population, risking their lives to flee the country. It is inexplicable to the world that after 20 years of war, the Taliban, with very little international support
U.S. tracking ISIS threats against Kabul’s airport, Americans trying to leave
The U.S. is tracking specific threats from ISIS against Kabul’s airport and against Americans and others trying to leave Afghanistan, two defense officials said Saturday. The military is working on alternative ways to get Americans, Afghans and third-country nationals safely to the airport. “We are executing an alternate path,” a
U.S. forces in Afghanistan look at alternative evacuation plans as ISIS threatens Kabul airport.
U.S. defense officials say that the military is looking for alternative ways to get Americans, Afghans and third-country nationals safely to the airport in Kabul following threats from the Islamic State. Two defense officials told NBC that they are tracking specific threats from ISIS against the Kabul airport and those