Afghanistan
‘Greatest embarrassment in US history’: Trump slams Biden for not 'well enough' handling of Afghanistan situation
Talking to Sean Hannity of Fox News, Trump said that withdrawing troops from Afghanistan is a great thing, however, the execution is not being handled well enough. He further said that if it were up to him, he would’ve gotten Americans and equipment out of the country before military personnel.
Social media platforms in a limbo as Taliban takes over Afghanistan
The Taliban is officially banned from all Facebook apps, including WhatsApp. Facebook has designated the Taliban as a dangerous organisation. Twitter does not have a blanket policy on Taliban activity. The micro-blogging platform told The Verge that it takes action against accounts violating existing rules against violent content or platform manipulation.
Amrullah Saleh emerges to declare himself Afghan 'legitimate caretaker President'
Earlier, there were reports that Saleh had also fled with Ghani. "Clarity: As per d constitution of Afg, in absence, escape, resignation or death of the President the FVP becomes the caretaker President. I am currently inside my country & am the legitimate care taker President. Am reaching out to all leaders to secure their support & consensus," Saleh said in a tweet.
Watch | Desperate Afghan civilians cling to American aircraft wing; human remains found in landing gear, says US Air Force
Photographs showing stranded citizens packed up on the floor of the aeroplane, flying to Qatar, have been going viral on social media. Women with newborns and toddlers can be seen bottle feeding them on the C-17 cargo aircraft. There were around 640 people inside the plane, while many were hanging on to the side of the plane, a US official told Reuters.
Lessons need to be learned from Afghanistan: NATO chief
"The big question we have to ask and understand in a clear-eyed way is: why didn't the forces we trained, and equipped, and supported over so many years, why were they not able to stand up against the Taliban in a stronger and better way than they did?" Stoltenberg said at a press conference after a special meeting of NATO ambassadors to discuss the situation in Afghanistan.
We will have to talk with Taliban: EU foreign policy chief
"The Taliban have won the war, so we will have to talk with them," Borrell said after an emergency video conference of EU foreign ministers on Tuesday afternoon, adding that this does not mean moving quickly to officially recognize the Taliban's government, "I just said that we have to talk with them about everything, even to try to protect women and girls. Even for that, you have to get in touch with them," Borrell said.
Taliban ready to provide safe passage of civilians to airport: US
"The Taliban have informed us that they are prepared to provide the safe passage of civilians to the airport. And we intend to hold them to that commitment," Sullivan told reporters in a White House briefing on Tuesday, Xinhua news agency reported. He said the US believes the evacuation underway in Kabul could last until the end of this month. "We're talking to them (the Taliban) about what the exact timetable is for how this will all play out."
Johnson, Biden vow to work together on Afghan situation
The two leaders welcomed their countries' cooperation in recent days to help evacuate their nationals, current and former staff, and others from Afghanistan, the statement said, Xinhua news agency reported. "They resolved to continue working closely together on this in the days and weeks ahead to allow as many people as possible to leave the country," it added.
No plans to recognise Taliban as Afghan legitimate govt: Trudeau
"Canada has no plans to recognise the Taliban as the government of Afghanistan. When they were in government 20 years ago, Canada did not recognise them," said Trudeau, Xinhua reported. "Our focus right now is on getting people out of Afghanistan and the Taliban need to ensure free access to people to get to the airport," he said on Tuesday.
We don't want internal or external enemies: Taliban
"We want to do away with the factors for conflict. Therefore, the Islamic Emirate does not have any kind of hostility or animosity towards anybody," Mujahid said in his first press conference since the Taliban overthrew the Afghanistan government on Sunday. He added that all animosity "has come to an end". "We would like to live peacefully. We do not want any internal or external enemies," he said, Geo News reported.
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