Tag «Afghanistan»
Taliban-appointed top diplomat, head of US Mission to Afghanistan meet in Qatar
Islamic State in Afghanistan could be able to attack U.S. in six months-Pentagon official
AFGHANISTAN-CONFLICT/USA-ISLAMICSTATE (URGENT)Islamic State in Afghanistan could be able to attack U.S. in six months-Pentagon official
US nearing deal with Pakistan on access to Afghanistan in exchange for help in ‘managing relations with India’
The Biden administration is nearing a formal agreement with Pakistan to use its airspace for military and intel ops in Afghanistan in exchange for US support for Pakistani counterterrorism missions and helping Islamabad “manage relations with India” according to a CNN report citing classified briefings to lawmakers.
Taliban says US will provide humanitarian aid to Afghanistan
US official visits Pakistan to discuss Afghanistan
US, Pakistani officials in strained talks over Afghanistan
US, Pakistani officials in strained talks on Afghanistan
India’s security concerns will be ‘first and foremost’ and in ‘front and centre’ for US: Sherman on India’s apprehensions over Afghanistan
India’s security concerns will be the “first and foremost” and at the”front and centre” for Washington, US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman said Wednesday on New Delhi’s apprehensions about the spill over of terrorist activity from Afghanistan. Sherman, who held talks with Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla and NSA Ajit Doval, also said that …
US general: Afghan collapse rooted in 2020 deal with Taliban
“The signing of the Doha agreement had a really pernicious effect on the government of Afghanistan and on its military – psychological more than anything else, but we set a date-certain for when we were going to leave and when they could expect all assistance to end,” General Frank McKenzie, the head of Central Command, …
US Defence officials questioned by Senate committee over troop withdrawal from Afghanistan
Afghan army collapse took US by ‘surprise’: Pentagon chief
“We helped build a state, but we could not forge a nation,” defense secretary Lloyd Austin told a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing about the US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan and evacuation.
If US had kept 2,500 troops in Afghanistan, war would result: White House
Pentagon chief defends execution of final airlift from Kabul
Speaking alongside Austin, General Mark Milley, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, cited “a very real possibility” that al-Qaida or the Islamic State group’s Afghanistan affiliate could reconstitute in Afghanistan under Taliban rule and present a terrorist threat to the United States in the next 12 to 36 months.
Hundreds protest outside UN headquarters over women’s rights violations in Afghanistan
India says Biden agrees on Pakistan concerns in Afghanistan
US, Pakistan face each other again on Afghanistan threats
US grants licenses for more aid flow to Afghanistan despite sanctions
Blinken discusses way forward in Afghanistan with Pak FM Qureshi
US lawmakers walk out of classified Afghanistan briefing
Taliban takeover in Afghanistan could inspire US extremists to plot attacks on American soil: FBI chief
Majority of Americans disapprove of Biden’s performance after Afghan pullout: Poll
A majority of Americans disapprove of how President Joe Biden is handling his job as president after the United States withdrew from Afghanistan, a new poll revealed. “Americans’ views have dimmed on the way President Joe Biden is handling his job as president, with 42 per cent approving and 50 per cent disapproving, according to …
US Senate panel may force Afghanistan answers from Biden administration
The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee threatened on Tuesday to subpoena Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and other officials if necessary to obtain their testimony about the chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan.
US pledges USD 64 million in aid to Afghanistan
5 who arrived in Virginia from Afghanistan have measles
US says it will review ties with Pakistan in light of its double dealing
The Biden administration will review US ties with Pakistan in light of Islamabad’s support for Taliban terrorists while professing to help Washington in Afghanistan, the country’s top diplomat told the US Congress on Monday.
US completes evacuation of 1,24,000 people from Afghanistan
Blinken tells irate Congress the US was ready on Afghanistan
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday vigorously defended the decision of the Biden administration to withdraw troops from Afghanistan, which has resulted in the Taliban recapturing power in the war-torn country and the collapse of the US-backed democratically elected regime.