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In a first, India’s point person for Afghanistan meets Taliban defence minister
1 month, 2 weeks ago

In a first, India’s point person for Afghanistan meets Taliban defence minister

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: The Indian foreign ministry’s pointperson for Afghanistan met the Taliban’s acting defence minister Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob for the first time on Wednesday and discussed ways to expand relations between the two sides. JP Singh, who has largely spearheaded the Indian side’s engagement with the Taliban, was on an unannounced visit to the Afghan capital. Singh, who is also …

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Families of 13 U.S. troops killed during disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal awarded Congressional Gold Medals
3 months, 1 week ago

Families of 13 U.S. troops killed during disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal awarded Congressional Gold Medals

Daily Mail  

Speaker Mike Johnson awarded the families of the 13 U.S. service members who were killed during the 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal with Congressional Gold Medals on Tuesday. Images of the 13 American service members who died in the suicide bombing at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Afghanistan sit on display ahead of a Gold Medal Ceremony in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda …

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Former Afghan president Hamid Karzai calls on Taliban to provide education to girls and women
4 months ago

Former Afghan president Hamid Karzai calls on Taliban to provide education to girls and women

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Former Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai …

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Today in History: December 7, Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
2 years ago

Today in History: December 7, Japan attacks Pearl Harbor

Associated Press  

Today in history: On Dec. 7, 1941, the Empire of Japan launched an air raid on the U.S. Navy base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, killing more than 2,300 Americans. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print In 1972, America’s last crewed moon mission to date was launched as Apollo 17 blasted off from …

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Did Republican Senate candidate order 'unnecessary' airstrike that killed three Americans in 2001?
2 years, 2 months ago

Did Republican Senate candidate order 'unnecessary' airstrike that killed three Americans in 2001?

Daily Mail  

And a former officer said Bolduc was desperate to be able to say he joined in the fighting before the Taliban surrendered in their area Don Bolduc's campaign for the Senate has made much of the way he led 'horse soldiers' in Afghanistan fighting terrorists in the immediate aftermath, for which he won a Purple Heart after a 2000lb bomb …

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A year later, communities find ways to honor 13 service members killed in Kabul airport bombing
2 years, 3 months ago

A year later, communities find ways to honor 13 service members killed in Kabul airport bombing

LA Times  

Most of them were based at Camp Pendleton, but they came from all over America, from small towns and suburbs. The 13 U.S. service members killed in the Kabul airport bombing are being remembered with memorials of various kinds — charity foundations, renamed streets, a mural — in places like Rancho Cucamonga; Berlin Heights, Ohio; and Lawrence, Mass. Johanny Rosario …

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Inside Operation Pineapple Express - the bid by US Special Forces to save Afghans from Kabul
2 years, 4 months ago

Inside Operation Pineapple Express - the bid by US Special Forces to save Afghans from Kabul

Daily Mail  

The tireless effort by veterans to get Afghans out of Kabul as Western troops left and the Taliban continued their rampage has been documented in a harrowing new book by a former Green Beret who frantically tried to help his comrades escape - while US officials stood by. In an excerpt from his book Operation Pineapple Express, exclusively obtained by …

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Anand K. Sahay | India’s return to a key role in Kabul: Ticklish issue emerges
2 years, 6 months ago

Anand K. Sahay | India’s return to a key role in Kabul: Ticklish issue emerges

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi is in an unenviable position in Afghanistan although that country has strategic significance for it. Subsequently, in a May 27 interview to an Indian television channel, the influential young Taliban leader Anas Haqqani, brother of Afghanistan’s powerful acting interior minister Sirajuddin Haqqani, who is deemed to be the de facto deputy head of state, disclosed that the Taliban …

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Anand K. Sahay | Is India doing a rethink on role in Afghanistan?
2 years, 7 months ago

Anand K. Sahay | Is India doing a rethink on role in Afghanistan?

Deccan Chronicle  

Since India evacuated its mission in Afghanistan once the Taliban retook Kabul in August 2021, practically under American aegis, after what came to be called the Taliban’s Doha “negotiations” with the United States, New Delhi is evidently doing a rethink. When the nearly 200-strong Indian mission in Kabul was being evacuated in a hurry following the re-capture of Afghanistan by …

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Hell at Abbey Gate: Chaos, confusion and death in the final days of the War in Afghanistan
2 years, 8 months ago

Hell at Abbey Gate: Chaos, confusion and death in the final days of the War in Afghanistan

Raw Story  

On the afternoon of Aug. 26, 17-year-old Shabir Ahmad Mohammadi huddled with his family by a mosque near the Kabul airport. Urban said the U.S. didn’t disclose the specific timing of its departure for safety reasons, but it “took great pains to ensure” that the Afghan military knew it was going to leave. One senior State Department official, speaking anonymously, …

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Ukraine should learn Afghanistan lessons, should not get involved in big power games, says Hamid Karzai
2 years, 9 months ago

Ukraine should learn Afghanistan lessons, should not get involved in big power games, says Hamid Karzai

The Hindu  

India should reopen its embassy in Kabul, and reengage with Afghanistan and its “de facto government”, says former President Hamid Karzai, one of the few Afghan leaders who chose to stay back despite the Taliban takeover of the country. Mr. Karzai tells The Hindu that Ukraine must learn from Afghanistan’s lessons, and not allow big powers to play a proxy …

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Ex-Afghan president: Biden order on frozen funds an atrocity
2 years, 10 months ago

Ex-Afghan president: Biden order on frozen funds an atrocity

Associated Press  

KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan’s former president on Sunday called a White House order to unfreeze $3.5 billion in Afghan assets held in the U.S. for families of 9/11 victims an atrocity against the Afghan people. Former President Hamid Karzai at a packed news conference sought the help of Americans, particularly the families of the thousands killed in the 9/11 terrorist …

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Can The Taliban Handle the Islamic State?
2 years, 11 months ago

Can The Taliban Handle the Islamic State?

The Diplomat  

Speaking at an Organization of Islamic Cooperation summit in mid-December, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan caused quite a stir. Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who remained in Afghanistan even as the Western-backed government of his successor Ashraf Ghani collapsed, fired back on Twitter, characterizing Khan’s remarks as “an attempt to sow discord among Afghans, and an insult to the Afghan …

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Former Afghan President Karzai asks Pak PM Imran Khan to 'stop speaking on behalf of Afghans'
3 years ago

Former Afghan President Karzai asks Pak PM Imran Khan to 'stop speaking on behalf of Afghans'

India Today  

Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai asked Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan to refrain from propaganda and to stop speaking on behalf of the Afghans. In a series of tweets, the former president of the war-torn country said, "Pakistan's threat from Afghanistan is a clear propaganda infact, the issue is quite the opposite and the ISIS threat is directed from Pakistan …

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The AP Interview: Karzai ‘invited’ Taliban to stop chaos
3 years ago

The AP Interview: Karzai ‘invited’ Taliban to stop chaos

Associated Press  

KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban didn’t take the Afghan capital — they were invited, says the man who issued the invitation. In an Associated Press interview, former Afghan President Hamid Karzai offered some of the first insights into the secret and sudden departure of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani — and how he came to invite the Taliban into the city …

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Karzai 'invited' Taliban to stop chaos
3 years ago

Karzai 'invited' Taliban to stop chaos

India Today  

The Taliban didn’t take the Afghan capital — they were invited, says the man who issued the invitation. In an Associated Press interview, former Afghan President Hamid Karzai offered some of the first insights into the secret and sudden departure of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani — and how he came to invite the Taliban into the city “to protect the …

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Qatar's high-level delegation meets Taliban leader Akhund, former Afghan president Karzai in Kabul
3 years, 3 months ago

Qatar's high-level delegation meets Taliban leader Akhund, former Afghan president Karzai in Kabul

India Today  

The Middle Eastern State of Qatar, which has played an outsized role in Afghanistan since the Taliban's sweep to power on August 15, sent a delegation to Kabul on Sunday. Mullah Mohammad Hasan Akhund, Prime Minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan met Sheikh Mohammad bin Abdur Rahman Al-thani, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of the State of Qatar …

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From Taliban-led military rule to West-backed democracy, Pashtuns have always dominated Afghanistan's politics
3 years, 3 months ago

From Taliban-led military rule to West-backed democracy, Pashtuns have always dominated Afghanistan's politics

Firstpost  

Many of the new acting ministers as well as former presidents and leaders, including Hamid Karzai and Ashraf Ghani, belong to the dominant ethnic tribe of the nation On Tuesday, the Taliban appointed Mohammad Hasan Akhund, a close aide to the group’s late founder Mullah Omar, as head of Afghanistan’s new caretaker government, weeks after it took control of the …

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Do not surrender the peace in Afghanistan
3 years, 3 months ago

Do not surrender the peace in Afghanistan

The Hindu  

The fall of Panjshir in Afghanistan has highlighted the seamy side of an unspoken international consensus since August 12, that the Afghan war has ended and the task now is to see what sort of government the Taliban form. Mr. Massoud and Mr. Saleh were in negotiations with the Taliban for an inclusive government, but the Taliban used the talks …

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Mullah Hassan to head proposed Taliban govt in Afghanistan with Baradar as his deputy: Report
3 years, 3 months ago

Mullah Hassan to head proposed Taliban govt in Afghanistan with Baradar as his deputy: Report

India Today  

Mullah Mohammad Hasan Akhund, the chief of the Taliban's powerful decision-making body 'Rehbari Shura', has been named as Afghanistan's new head of state by the insurgent group's top leader Mullah Hebatullah Akhundzada, according to a Pakistani media report. Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, Chairman of Taliban's Political Office in Doha, and Mullah Abdus Salam will work as deputies of Mullah Hasan …

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I Am In Panjshir, Defending Its Dignity: Amrullah Saleh Refutes Claims Of Taliban Seizing Power
3 years, 3 months ago

I Am In Panjshir, Defending Its Dignity: Amrullah Saleh Refutes Claims Of Taliban Seizing Power

ABP News  

New Delhi: With Taliban leaders claiming control over Panjshir valley, the last province of Afghanistan holding out against it, former vice president Amrullah Saleh in a recorded video refuted the reports of him fleeing the valley and said that his side had not given up. The leader of the resistance forces claimed that the Taliban have cut phone lines and …

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Photos: Tanks, helicopters, artillery: See what the U.S. left behind in Afghanistan
3 years, 3 months ago

Photos: Tanks, helicopters, artillery: See what the U.S. left behind in Afghanistan

LA Times  

When Taliban fighters rode triumphantly into Kabul airport early Tuesday, they did so on U.S. pickup trucks, wearing American-made uniforms and brandishing American M4 and M16 rifles. A Taliban fighter raises the Taliban banner at Hamid Karzai International Airport after the U.S. withdrawal on Aug. 31. Taliban fighters stand ready as the militant group secures Hamid Karzai International Airport in …

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Biden, Ghani did not foresee Taliban takeover in their last call
3 years, 3 months ago

Biden, Ghani did not foresee Taliban takeover in their last call

Al Jazeera  

Before Afghan government collapsed on August 15, the US president pressed his Afghan counterpart to ‘change perception’. In the last call between US President Joe Biden and his Afghanistan counterpart before the Taliban seized control of the country, the leaders discussed military aid, political strategy and messaging tactics, but neither Biden nor Ashraf Ghani appeared aware of or prepared for …

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Qatar jet carrying technical team lands in Kabul: Live
3 years, 3 months ago

Qatar jet carrying technical team lands in Kabul: Live

Al Jazeera  

Group arrives in Afghanistan to discuss restarting Kabul airport operations after it was damaged in recent evacuations. 1 Sep 2021 - 14:05 GMT UK’s Raab says intelligence was Kabul would not fall this year The United Kingdom’s Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said the intelligence assessment was that it was unlikely Kabul would fall this year as he defended his country’s …

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