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There is a “very high risk of a terrorist attack” against the evacuation operation by the UK, US and other allied forces in Kabul, according to a senior British source. The group that is of most concern is an Islamic Read More …
MPs have called on the government to launch a scheme to employ Afghan interpreters as counter-terrorist advisors. As of Monday, almost 3,500 Afghan Interpreters and their families had been evacuated to the UK, with more expected to be relocated in Read More …
As the dust begins to settle on war-torn Afghanistan, a major question is what will happen to the landmines and other ordinance littering its landscape? More than 40 years of war have left the Afghan landscape littered with landmines as Read More …
Good afternoon. The North Atlantic Council has met to discuss Afghanistan. The situation is extremely serious and unpredictable. Kabul has fallen, and the Taliban have taken control of most of the country. I am deeply saddened by what I see Read More …
British and NATO forces will not return to Afghanistan to fight the Taliban, the United Kingdom’s defence secretary said, after the group took control of Kabul following a blistering nationwide offensive. Ben Wallace told Sky News on Monday that it Read More …
The Taliban’s swift takeover of Afghanistan has raised concerns that it could encourage other Islamist militant groups around the world, such as al-Shabab in Somalia. Experts warn that when and if international forces there try to hand over security to Read More …
Afghanistan is on the brink of a total Taliban takeover and President Ashraf Ghani has fled the country. The Taliban reached the outskirts of the capital Kabul earlier on Sunday, but said fighters were now being sent into the city. Read More …
International military forces leave behind a country facing growing insecurity and levels of violence, a faltering economy and multiple humanitarian crises. Buried amongst the dozens of pressing challenges in Afghanistan is an issue that rarely receives the international spotlight: the Read More …
An Afghan Air Force pilot was assassinated in Kabul as a result of an explosion that targeted his vehicle in Chahar Asiab district in Kabul on Saturday, sources said. Five civilians were wounded in the explosion, sources said. A second Read More …
At least eight people, including a woman, were killed and more than 20 others were wounded in a car bomb blast near the residence of Acting Defense Minister Gen. Bismillah Mohammadi on Tuesday night, the Interior Ministry said on Wednesday. Read More …
The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission in a report released Sunday said that 1,677 civilians were killed and 3,644 more were wounded in the first six months of this year, showing an 80% increase compared to the same period in Read More …
The resurgent Taliban have taken more territory in Afghanistan in the last two months than at any time since they were ousted from power in 2001. Over the last 20 years, the control map of Afghanistan has been an ever-changing Read More …
Resulting from a spike in violence in May that corresponded with the withdrawal of foreign troops from Afghanistan, the civilian casualties reported in the country for the first half of 2021 have reached record levels, the UN said in a Read More …
The United Nations in a new report is warning that the threat from terror groups such as Daesh and al Qaeda is expanding in many places in Afghanistan where the security situation remains fragile with uncertainty surrounding the peace process Read More …
NATO will continue its long-standing contribution to the sustainment of Afghan military institutions, the statement read. The DEEP initiative of NATO has been carried out on the leadership level and works through three pillars namely curriculum development, faculty development and Read More …
Wallace announces the remarks only days after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson officially ended his military mission in Afghanistan, in a speech in the British parliament. Prior to that, United States had said that its troops will stay in Afghanistan Read More …
At least four civilians were killed and five others were wounded in a blast in Kabul city on Tuesday afternoon, police confirmed in a statement. The blast occurred about 2:50 pm local time in Sar-e-Chawk area on Maiwand Street in Read More …
Three civilians were killed and six more were wounded in a roadside bomb blast in the southern province of Helmand on Monday morning, security sources said. The incident happened at around 8am local time when a civilian vehicle struck by Read More …
Four civilians were killed in two separate explosions in Kabul and Kandahar provinces on Saturday morning, police and security sources confirmed. Kabul police in a statement said that an explosion happened at a property dealer’s office in Tapa-e-Karte Naw in Read More …
One policeman was killed and more than 21 others, including civilians, were wounded in a car bomb blast in southern Kandahar province on Tuesday afternoon, the Interior Ministry said in a statement. The blast took place about 2pm local time Read More …