Kyrgyzstan has said that its death toll in clashes with Tajikistan at the disputed border has risen to 13, the country’s Health Ministry said in a statement on Friday. According to the statement, 13 Kyrgyz citizens – including a 12-year-old girl – were killed and 134 others injured in the clashes. “All the victims are provided with all the necessary […]

Terrorist group Al-Qaeda has vowed that it will continue the war against the US on all other fronts “unless they are expelled from the rest of the Islamic world”, CNN reported on Friday. In an exclusive interview with CNN conducted through intermediaries, two Al-Qaeda operatives told CNN that “war against the US will be continuing on all other fronts unless […]

In his first formal speech to lawmakers since becoming president nearly 100 days ago, US President Joe Biden devoted a sizable amount of time, of the national address, to his recent decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan and said the war was never meant to have been a “multi-generational undertaking of nation-building”. “We went to Afghanistan to get the terrorists […]

Members of the extended ‘Troika’ on the Peaceful Settlement in Afghanistan – Russia, US, China and Pakistan – will meet on Friday to hammer out a single position on advancing the Afghan peace talks, Russian Special Presidential Representative for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov said on Wednesday night. Speaking to Russia’s TASS media outlet, Kabulov said: “I confirm that a meeting of […]

Pentagon spokesman John F. Kirby said this week the US mission in Afghanistan, known as Resolute Support Mission (RS), effectively ends on May 1 when the United States and NATO formally enter the “mission to draw down”. Kirby said the mission shifts on Saturday – May 1 – to become one of a drawdown. Addressing a press conference on Tuesday, […]