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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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US Secretary of State Blinken mistakens Ghani as Hamid Karzai in interview slip-up | Watch
3 years, 4 months ago

US Secretary of State Blinken mistakens Ghani as Hamid Karzai in interview slip-up | Watch

India Today  

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in a TV interview, mistakenly referred to ousted Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani as Hamid Karzai, who led Afghanistan’s first government after the Taliban were overthrown in 2001 and was president until 2014. While speaking on the evacuations in Afghanistan, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in a slip-up, said Hamid Karzai fled the country …

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From spy to political leader: Amrullah Saleh, the braveheart of Panjshir
3 years, 4 months ago

From spy to political leader: Amrullah Saleh, the braveheart of Panjshir

India Today  

Amrullah Saleh, the first Vice President of Afghanistan, has staked claim to the highest office after Ashraf Ghani fled the country. Panjshir Resistance, also known as the ‘Second Resistance’ of the ‘National Resistance Front of Afghanistan’ is a coming together of former Northern Alliance members and other anti-Taliban leaders, to fight the onslaught of the Taliban, under the leadership of …

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Taliban militants violently disperse rare Afghan protest
3 years, 4 months ago

Taliban militants violently disperse rare Afghan protest

Associated Press  

KABUL, Afghanistan — Taliban militants attacked protesters Wednesday in Afghanistan who dared to take down their banner and replace it with the country’s flag, killing at least one person and fueling fears about how the insurgents would govern this fractious nation. Under Taliban control, Afghanistan will without doubt become ground zero of radical Islamist terrorism; plots against democracies will be …

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Taliban co-founder Abdul Ghani Baradar will be one of two deputies to Interim PM. Who is he?
3 years, 4 months ago

Taliban co-founder Abdul Ghani Baradar will be one of two deputies to Interim PM. Who is he?

India TV News  

The Taliban's top political leader, who made a triumphal return to Afghanistan this week, battled the U.S. and its allies for decades but then signed a landmark peace agreement with the Trump administration. Taliban co-founder Abdul Ghani Baradar will be the deputy leader for Mullah Abdul Hassan Akhunzada, who will lead the new interim government. Baradar's biography charts the arc …

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Afghanistan's former President Hamid Karzai meets senior Taliban faction leader
3 years, 4 months ago

Afghanistan's former President Hamid Karzai meets senior Taliban faction leader

India TV News  

Afghanistan's former president has met with a senior leader of a powerful Taliban faction who was once jailed and whose group has been listed by the U.S. as a terrorist network. Former President Hamid Karzai and Abdullah Abdullah, a senior official in the ousted government met with Anas Haqqani as part of preliminary meetings that a spokesman for Karzai said …

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Ghani defends departure amid anti-Taliban protests in Jalalabad
3 years, 4 months ago

Ghani defends departure amid anti-Taliban protests in Jalalabad

Al Jazeera  

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani says he did not run away and denies taking large sums of money in his first comments since leaving Afghanistan – updates as they happened. 18 Aug 2021 - 19:35 GMT President Ghani ‘no longer a figure’ in Afghanistan A top US diplomat has dismissed the significance of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani emerging in the United …

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Taliban will kill us, women won't have rights: Woman upon arrival in Delhi from Kabul
3 years, 4 months ago

Taliban will kill us, women won't have rights: Woman upon arrival in Delhi from Kabul

India Today  

The Taliban are going to kill our friends, said a woman who arrived in Delhi on a flight from Kabul on Sunday. Speaking to media outlets at Delhi's IGI airport on Sunday, the woman who arrived from Kabul broke down and said, "I cannot believe that the world abandoned Afghanistan." READ: Taliban take control of Afghan presidential palace; 40 injured …

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Taliban declare 'war is over' as Ashraf Ghani flees to 'avoid bloodshed': Top developments
3 years, 4 months ago

Taliban declare 'war is over' as Ashraf Ghani flees to 'avoid bloodshed': Top developments

India Today  

The Taliban declared the war in Afghanistan was over after the outfit took control of the presidential palace in Kabul. Prime Minister Boris Johnson also called a meeting of his Cabinet's emergency committee as the Taliban advanced into Kabul, the Afghan capital," officials said on Sunday. But he is playing down America’s hasty exit, saying “this is manifestly not Saigon.” …

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Ashraf Ghani: The Afghan president who failed to make peace with Taliban
3 years, 4 months ago

Ashraf Ghani: The Afghan president who failed to make peace with Taliban

India Today  

Ashraf Ghani, who left Afghanistan on Sunday following the Taliban's rapid advance through the country and into Kabul, was twice elected Afghan president, as well as being one of the country's best-known academics. First elected president in 2014, Ashraf Ghani took over from Hamid Karzai, who led Afghanistan after the US-led invasion in 2001, and oversaw the conclusion of the …

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