U.S. President Joe Biden declared Tuesday he is sticking to his Aug. 31 deadline for completing a risky airlift of Americans, endangered Afghans and others seeking to escape Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. The decision defies allied leaders who want to give the evacuation more time and opens Biden to criticism that he caved to Taliban deadline demands. “Every day […]Read More
The Taliban declared an “amnesty” across Afghanistan and urged women to join its government Tuesday, trying to calm nerves across a tense capital city that only the day before saw chaos at its airport as people tried to flee. The statement by Enamullah Samangani, a member of the Taliban’s cultural commission, represents the first comments […]Read More
Facebook has confirmed it will continue to ban Taliban content from its platforms as it considers the group to be a terrorist organisation. The company says it has a dedicated team of Afghan experts to monitor and remove content linked to the group. For years, the Taliban has used social media to spread its messages. […]Read More
The Presidency’s statement in support of embattled Minister of Communications and Digital Economy Ali Isa Pantami despite calls by Nigerians for his resignation/sack over his past controversial statements in support of terrorist groups has sparked outrage. The Nation reports President Muhammadu Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity Garba Shehu, in a statement titled ‘Statement […]Read More
At least 12 members of the Afghan military were killed and another 28 injured when the Taliban carried out a suicide attack on a military base in the central province of Maidan Wardak, authorities said. The terror group attempted to detonate two car bombs near the base, one of which went off, according to a […]Read More
The Taliban held talks with US officials in Qatar on ending the Afghan conflict last week, the militants confirmed Monday, but said no agreement was reached on “any issue”. The statement comes a day after US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad expressed hopes in Kabul that a peace deal could be struck before the Afghan presidential election, […]Read More
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