The US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan discussed today in an interview with CBS “Face the Nation” the evolving relationship between Washington and the Afghan Taliban. Three things emerge. First, Sullivan disclosed that “over-the-horizon strikes” against the ISIS-K from outside Afghanistan will continue but he ruled out any return to combat missions. Second, Sullivan claimed that after the complete withdrawal […]

As a tsunami of crocodile tears engulfs Western politicians, history is suppressed. More than a generation ago, Afghanistan won its freedom, which the United States, Britain and their “allies” destroyed. In 1978, a liberation movement led by the People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) overthrew the dictatorship of Mohammad Dawd, the cousin of King Zahir Shar. It was an immensely […]

Americans have been shocked by videos of thousands of Afghans risking their lives to flee the Taliban’s return to power in their country – and then by an Islamic State suicide bombing and ensuing massacre by U.S. forces that together killed at least 170 people, including 13 U.S. troops. Even as UN agencies warn of an impending humanitarian crisis in […]

The United States and India have agreed to continue to work closely on the latest developments in Afghanistan, says the State Department. The agreement came during a phone call between US Secretary of State Antony J Blinken and Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday. In a statement, the State Department said the two sides discussed a broad range […]

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) says it has received evacuation applications from over 2,000 Afghan journalists. The largest global body of journalists, IFJ said it had approached the Taliban to arrange safe passage for Afghan media workers from the Kabul airport. AFJ Deputy Secretary-General Jeremy Dear told a Pakistani newspaper they had already received the applications from Afghan media […]

Almost two weeks after the take over of Kabul, the Taliban says that efforts are still underway to form an inclusive political system in Afghanistan. Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, a leading member of the Taliban negotiation team, says that leaders of Taliban and Afghan politicians are trying to form a system in which all ethnic groups are represented. “All people […]

The Taliban’s supreme leader Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada is in Afghanistan and currently holding meetings with other Taliban leaders, sources told Ariana News on Sunday. According to the sources, Akhundzada has been in southern Kandahar for the last four days. Sources said the Taliban’s leader is holding meetings with other Taliban leaders about the situation in Afghanistan and the formation of […]

A band of veteran Afghan leaders, including two regional strongmen, are angling for talks with the Taliban and plan to meet within weeks to form a new front for holding negotiations on the country’s next government, a member of a group said. Khalid Noor, son of Atta Mohammad Noor, the once-powerful governor of northern Afghanistan’s Balkh province, said the group […]

Iran is engaging Taliban leaders following their takeover in Afghanistan, hoping for stability and an end to the flow of Afghan refugees into Iran. Tehran is heralding a U.S. humiliation and the U.S. military withdrawal, which has led to the removal of American forces from near its eastern border. Iran is likely to try to develop leverage against the Taliban […]

Multiple suicide attacks claimed by IS-K rocked Kabul yesterday, injuring 140 people and killing another 60, including 11 U.S. Marines and one U.S. Navy medic, with these numbers likely to increase. A senior U.S. official had warned on Wednesday night of a “specific” and “credible” threat by IS-K against the Kabul airport, though it’s unclear what preventive measures were taken. […]