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August 29, 2021
Afghans Evacuated From Kabul In U.S. Airlift Arrive In Kosovo

A planeload of Afghan citizens landed in Kosovo on August 29 after fleeing their country following the takeover by the Taliban.

August 29, 2021
U.S. Strike Targets Militants In Kabul

The United States have carried out a strike on militants in Kabul, U.S. officials say.
August 29, 2021
Sullivan: U.S. Expects 'Safe Passage' For Americans, Afghans From Afghanistan

White House national-security adviser Jake Sullivan has said that the U.S. administration expects the Taliban to continue allowing safe passage for Americans and others to leave Afghanistan after the U.S. military withdrawal is completed next week.
August 29, 2021
Biden, First Lady Pay Respects To U.S. Troops Killed By Suicide Bomber At Kabul Airport

U.S. President Joe Biden is heading to a military base in Delaware on August 29 to honor members of the 13 U.S. troops recently killed in a suicide bomb attack during the evacuation of civilians from Kabul airport.
August 29, 2021
Afghan Musicians Fear Being Silenced By The Taliban

Thousands of Afghan musicians, singers, and music teachers fear again being silenced as the country's hard-line Taliban rulers say they will not allow anything that violates Islamic Shari’a law.
August 29, 2021
U.S. Drone Strike Hits Vehicle Heading To Kabul Airport

The United States has carried out a drone strike in Kabul on a vehicle carrying Islamic State militants, military officials said on August 29.
August 29, 2021
Taliban Accused Of Slaying Afghan Folk Singer

The family of an Afghan folk singer and musician says he has been shot dead by a Taliban fighter in a mountain province north of Kabul.
August 29, 2021
Afghan Paralympians' Arrival In Tokyo Sends Out 'Message Of Hope'

A spokesman for the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has said that the arrival of two Afghan athletes in Tokyo following their evacuation from Taliban-controlled Afghanistan sends out "a very strong message of hope."
August 29, 2021
U.S. Winds Down Afghanistan Evacuations As Latest Violence Underscores Dangers Of Mission

The United States is winding down its airlift of thousands of Afghans and foreign nationals as top U.S. officials pledge to continue working to evacuate all citizens who want to leave despite the danger of the mission.
August 28, 2021
German FM Promises Aid To Afghanistan's Neighbors At Start Of Trip To Region

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas embarks on a four-day trip on August 29 to Central Asia and the Middle East, with the situation in Afghanistan and further evacuations of at-risk Afghans on the agenda.
August 28, 2021
Two Afghan Athletes Arrive In Tokyo To Compete In Paralympics

Afghanistan's two Paralympic athletes have arrived in the athletes' village in Tokyo and will compete next week in their events, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) said on August 28.
August 28, 2021
Afghans March Against Closed Banks As Prices Spiral

Afghans took to the street in the capital on August 28 to protest banks that have largely been shuttered in Kabul since the Taliban takeover. (Reuters)

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Sunday 29 August 2021

Afghans Evacuated From Kabul In U.S. Airlift Arrive In Kosovo

U.S. Strike Targets Militants In Kabul

Sullivan: U.S. Expects 'Safe Passage' For Americans, Afghans From Afghanistan

Biden, First Lady Pay Respects To U.S. Troops Killed By Suicide Bomber At Kabul Airport

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Taliban Accused Of Slaying Afghan Folk Singer

Afghan Paralympians' Arrival In Tokyo Sends Out 'Message Of Hope'

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German FM Promises Aid To Afghanistan's Neighbors At Start Of Trip To Region

Two Afghan Athletes Arrive In Tokyo To Compete In Paralympics

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IMF Approves Latest Tranches Of Loan Program For Pakistan

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Afghanistan

Sunday 29 August 2021

Afghans Evacuated From Kabul In U.S. Airlift Arrive In Kosovo

U.S. Strike Targets Militants In Kabul

Sullivan: U.S. Expects 'Safe Passage' For Americans, Afghans From Afghanistan

Biden, First Lady Pay Respects To U.S. Troops Killed By Suicide Bomber At Kabul Airport

Afghan Musicians Fear Being Silenced By The Taliban

U.S. Drone Strike Hits Vehicle Heading To Kabul Airport

Taliban Accused Of Slaying Afghan Folk Singer

Afghan Paralympians' Arrival In Tokyo Sends Out 'Message Of Hope'

U.S. Winds Down Afghanistan Evacuations As Latest Violence Underscores Dangers Of Mission

German FM Promises Aid To Afghanistan's Neighbors At Start Of Trip To Region

Two Afghan Athletes Arrive In Tokyo To Compete In Paralympics

Afghans March Against Closed Banks As Prices Spiral

Top Trending

Returning Pakistani Taliban Employs Extortion As Control Grows

'Better To Die': Afghan Woman Accuses Taliban Official Of Rape, Forced Marriage

Amnesty Confirms Fresh Videos Show Taliban Executing Resistance Fighters

'No One To Protect Us': Afghan Journalists Who Fled To Pakistan Say Western Nations Have Abandoned Them

IMF Approves Latest Tranches Of Loan Program For Pakistan

Fleeing Afghans Who Reach Turkey Get No Respite From Violence, Persecution

Under The Taliban, Public Employees Must Pass Test Of Faith

Women's Rights: A Year After The Taliban Takeover

'We Are Left With Nothing': Deadly Floods Aggravate Afghanistan's Economic, Humanitarian Crisis

UN Envoy Angelina Jolie Visits Pakistan's Flood-Ravaged Areas

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Eight Pakistani Soldiers Injured In Suicide Attack In North Waziristan

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Taliban Harassment Of Couples A Blow To Afghan Restaurants

Gandhara Briefing: TTP Extortion, Afghan Journalists In Pakistan, Defiant Afghans

At Least Seven Killed, 41 Wounded In Kabul Mosque Blast

Latest Killings In Northwestern Pakistan Claim Lives Of Tribal Elder, Youth

Flooding In Pakistan Claims More Lives Amid Growing Threat Of Waterborne Illness

Returning Pakistani Taliban Employs Extortion As Control Grows