Afghanistan
China is our main partner, we care very much about Silk Road: Taliban
Mujahid told the La Repubblica newspaper that the Taliban "care a lot about the ‘One Belt, One Road' project. We own rich copper mines, which, thanks to the Chinese, will be modernized. Finally, China represents our ticket to the markets around the world".
Taliban claim advances in Panjshir
Inamullah Samangani, a member of the Taliban's cultural commission, said that 34 members of the opposition forces were killed in the ongoing clashes, Tolo News reported. The Taliban shared a video online saying their forces had advanced in Shutul district. "A heavy toll has been inflicted on the opposite side in last night's operations as well as in this morning's clashes in Shutul district of Panjshir," Samangani said.
We have the right to raise our voice for Muslims in Kashmir: Taliban
In a Zoom interview with BBC Urdu, Shaheen also said that the Taliban do not have a policy to raise arms against any country. "We have this right, being Muslims, to raise our voice for Muslims in Kashmir, or any other country," he said, as per Geo News. According to Shaheen: "We will raise our voice and say that Muslims are your own people, your own citizens. They are entitled to equal rights under your laws."
China, Pak worry about protecting CPEC after Taliban's resurgence in Afghanistan
As the Taliban freed all the all 4000 Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) fighters, responsible for several killings of civilians and security forces since 2007, besides the ghastly attack at Peshawar Army Public School that left over 130 school children and staff members dead, concerns for Islamabad have risen.
Russia calls 20 years of US presence in Afghanistan 'catastrophe'
The problems of terrorism, drug trafficking and low living standards were not resolved but even exacerbated, Zakharova said during her weekly briefing, Xinhua news agency reported. "The final chord of the international coalition's military presence was the death of civilians as a result of an American drone strike," she said, adding that Russia strongly condemns such "indiscriminate use of force".
Deadly stampede at Spin Boldak border as Afghans flee
Safi Ullah, a 64-year-old man from Afghanistan, died in the incident on Wednesday, his son Shahid Ullah confirmed to CNN. "Me and my father were trying to cross the border with the rest of our family. I lost my father in the stampede, later we found him dead," Ullah said. In a distressing video showing the desperation at the Spin Boldak-Chaman land border crossing on the day of the stampede" CNN said.
US exploring land routes to evacuate Afghans
US Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland said President Joe Biden's administration is engaged in "ongoing intensive diplomatic work" to help American citizens and Afghan allies wishing to leave Afghanistan following the Taliban's takeover of the country, Al Jazeera reported. Nuland welcomed efforts by Qatar and Turkey to reopen the airport in Kabul in coordination with the Taliban.
How a South African pilot and a 41-yr-old Boeing 727 saved 600 Afghans in Kabul
"We received a desperate call from the US State Department's officials in Kabul after the suicide bombing attack on August 26 (which killed 170 Afghans and 13 US soldiers) asking whether we would be willing to assist with mercy flights," Captain Niel Steyl told the Mail & Guardian from Kulob in Tajikistan, which borders Afghanistan.
Food stocks in Afghanistan could run out as soon as this month
Ramiz Alakbarov, Deputy Special Representative and Humanitarian Coordinator in Afghanistan reported that more than half of all under-fives are suffering from extreme malnutrition, and more than one-third of citizens are not getting enough to eat. In recent days, the UN has flown medical supplies into the Mazar-i-Sharif airport in northern Afghanistan, while some 600 metric tonnes of food were delivered by trucks coming over the border from Pakistan.
Taliban accuse the US of intentionally destroying equipment at the airport
Anas Haqqani, a key Taliban member, visited the Kabul airport a day after the last American soldier left Afghanistan, and said the US had deliberately destroyed military equipment including helicopters, military vehicles, and facilities, Ariana News reported.
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