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Monday, 23 December

21:03
A women's rights activist murdered in Afghanistan
In Afghanistan, women's rights activist Frozan Safi has been shot and killed in northern Afghanistan, in what appears to be the first known death of a women’s rights defender since the Taliban swept to power almost three months ago.

11:29
The US expressed its concerns about the structure of the Taliban interim government
On September 8, 2021, during a joint press availability with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, the U.S.

20:25
In Afghanistan, the Taliban have returned their long-standing order: a curtain divides male, female students in the universities
Students across Afghanistan have started returning to university for the first time since the Taliban stormed to power, and in some cases females have been separated from their male peers by curtains or boards down the middle of the classroom, Reuters reports.

19:44
The Taliban announced the new government in Afghanistan
The radical Islamist movement Taliban, which seized power in Afghanistan, said the new caretaker government will be led by Mohammad Hasan Akhund, AlJazeera reports.

11:35
Taliban battle for the Panjshir Province: Hundreds Killed and Captured
Heavy fighting was reported Sunday in parts of northern Afghanistan's Panjshir Valley, where rebel fighters from the National Resistance Front (NRF) have been battling a Taliban offensive.

20:41
The US will provide over $2,000 for each refugee from Afghanistan
The Biden administration and more than 200 private agencies are rushing to establish a system for the resettlement of tens of thousands of Afghans, many of whom fled their country with little more than the clothes they were wearing, Bloomberg reports.

21:53
The US has started the process of withdrawing the troops from Kabul airport
The US military has “begun retrograding” from the Hamid Karzai International airport. This was stated by Pentagon spokesman John Kirby, CNN reports.

20:53
‘Another terror attack in Kabul is likely,’ national security warns Biden
After a suicide bomber killed at least 113 people in a terrorist attack outside Kabul's airport, President Joe Biden was warned that another terror attack in the city is “likely" before the evacuation mission concludes, CNBC reports.

20:31
President Biden vows retaliation for the Kabul attack that killed 13 US service members
Thirteen U.S. service members were killed and over a dozen others injured in a terrorist attack outside the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, on Thursday, marking a series of deaths in the massive U.S.

22:45
Secret Kabul talks between CIA and the Taliban: details
The head of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) secretly met the leader of the Taliban in Kabul on Monday, BBC reports.

21:11
G7 urged the Taliban and called on to allow departures after August 31
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday the G7 had agreed a plan to deal with the Taliban, with the No.

09:58
In Kabul, the Taliban seized American weapons and equipment
In brokering the surrender of entire Afghan army divisions over the past week, the Taliban took control of billions worth of American-made weapons and equipment, including small arms, Humvees, pickup trucks, aircraft and drones.This was reported by the Al-Arabiya TV channel with reference to their sources.

20:33
​At least three Afghans were killed in anti-Taliban protests
At least three people were killed and more than a dozen were injured during the protests against the Taliban in Afghanistan, Reuters reports.

16:24
Civil war is brewing: the son of an anti-Taliban fighter called on Afghans to fight back
A group of Afghan leaders is trying to rally a force to resist the Taliban from the same strategic valley that two decades ago held out against the militants.

06:58
Biden and Johnson have agreed on the meeting on the latest developments in Afghanistan
President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson have agreed to hold an online meeting of G7 leaders due to the conflict in Afghanistan.

18:26
The Taliban is not Vietcong: Afghan Vice President made a statement and addressed the nation
Vice President of Afghanistan Amrullah Saleh noted on Tuesday that he was considered the acting head of state under the constitution, considering the fact that President Ashraf Ghani fled the country.

12:31
President Biden delivered an address following the Taliban's Afghanistan takeover
President Joe Biden and other top U.S. officials were stunned on Sunday by the speed and force of the Taliban’s nearly complete takeover of Afghanistan, with the planned withdrawal of American troops turning into an urgent mission to secure a safe evacuation.

00:01
'I stand squarely behind my decision': Biden spoke on the unfolding situation in Afghanistan
U.S. President Joe Biden addressed the nation on Monday, August 16, regarding the developments in Afghanistan that have taken place in the last week and the steps that the U.S.

15:20
Who are the Taliban and how did they take control of Afghanistan so swiftly?
The Taliban movement was formed in 1994 in northern Pakistan after the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan.

09:55
“Instability will spill over to Europe”: the world's response to the events in Afghanistan
More than 60 countries have reacted to the Taliban's seizure of Kabul and most of Afghanistan, and called for the evacuation of their citizens.