Category: South East Asia

Stoltenberg says NATO facing a difficult choice over Afghanistan

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and the Belgian Defence Minister Ludivine Dedonder met at NATO headquarters Thursday to discuss a number of issues including the future of NATO’s presence in Afghanistan.

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NDS convoy targeted in Jalalabad explosion close to airport

At least two security forces members were wounded in an explosion in Jalalabad city of Nangarhar province on Thursday afternoon, local officials said.

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Five killed in attack on UN convoy outside Kabul

UNAMA confirmed Thursday night that a UN convoy came under attack in the Surobi District of Kabul earlier in the day.

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Four Security Force Members Killed in Herat Roadside Bomb Blast

The incident happened on Herat-Islam Qala highway in Herat province on Tuesday morning, local officials said.

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200 Afghans Sent Back from Turkey Daily: MoRR

Of that figure, 200,000 Afghans live in Turkey, 474,000 in the US, 709,000 in European countries. The Afghan Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation on Tuesday said that up to 200 Afghan refugees are being sent back to Afghanistan from Turkey on daily basis.

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Four Govt Employees Killed in Kabul

The incident happened at around 09:20 am local time in Bagh-e-Daud area in Kabul’s PD5. Four employees of the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) were killed in an attack by unidentified gunmen in Kabul on Tuesday, police confirmed in a statement.

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Increased Afghan Insecurity Will Have Global Impact: Ghani

This comes as 20 days have passed since the talks between the delegation representing the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the Taliban have stopped. President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday said that if the current opportunity for peace in Afghanistan turns out to be lost, and Afghanistan plunges toward an uncertain future, the consequences of such a scenario will cause severe […]

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Open Letter to the Afghan Taliban

By Barnett R. Rubin, director of the Afghan Regional Program at NYU and former adviser to the US special representative for Afghanistan. A lot has changed in the three years that have passed since you published an Open Letter to the American People (on February 14, 2018) and I responded with my own to you (in the New Yorker, February […]

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Army Commander Killed in Clashes with Taliban in Uruzgan

The clashes took place in the city of Tarin Kot, capital of the province, a source said.

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Graham says he is very pleased with what the Biden administration is proposing for Afghanistan. Republican US Senator Lindsey Graham in an interview with CBS has said that the American troops will not leave Afghanistan in May, supporting the Biden administration’s stance on Afghanistan and its bid to review the US-Taliban agreement.

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