カテゴリー: Islamic State
Secretary of state to bereaved father: ‘I’m deeply sorry’Adviser: US will help people leave after deadlineAfghanistan – live coverageThe White House on Sunday reasserted its promise to capture or kill the perpetrators of the deadly attacks on Kabul air…
Listening to Joe Biden’s words as the US left Afghanistan was to hear echoes of George W Bush from 2001. Is this a crisis destined to repeat itself?Many who heard President Biden’s pledge to exact revenge for the killing of 13 US Marines in an Islamic …
US says there were no known civilian casualties but community elder claims women and children among victimsAfghanistan latest news – liveThe US drone strike in Afghanistan targeted a mid-level “planner” from the Islamic State’s local affiliate who was …
Drone strike carried out east of Kabul as Pentagon warns of further ‘specific, credible’ threats against airportThe US has conducted a drone strike against an Islamic State target in Afghanistan on Saturday, as the airlift of those desperate to flee mo…
Biden’s popularity has waned, but polls show most Americans want out of Afghanistan even if terrorist groups reboundJoe Biden’s national security team has warned him that US troops remain under threat of another terrorist attack just 24 hours after the…
The attack on Kabul airport underlines the west’s obligations, which do not end with the occupation For all that it had been warned of, was perhaps even half-expected, Thursday’s terrorist attack on Kabul’s Hamid Karzai airport was a deeply shocking ev…
Joe Biden’s options are limited in short-term as US troops withdraw from Afghanistan in daysAfghanistan: live updatesAmerican spies and special forces will be able to hunt down those behind Thursday’s suicide bombing in Kabul, although the effort may t…
Afghanistan’s new rulers are far better equipped than the US and its allies to take the fight to the Kabul airport bombersAfter the bloodshed at Kabul airport, the grim reality for those who want to prevent Islamic State’s affiliate causing further mur…
Joe Biden left with no good options after deadliest day for US troops in Afghanistan in more than a decadeThe tempting comparison between the withdrawals of US forces from Kabul in 2021 and Saigon in 1975 has offered diminishing returns over the past 1…
A bomb attack by Islamic State on Kabul airport has claimed the lives of more than 60 civilians and 13 US service membersKabul airport attack – Afghanistan live news and updatesAt least 60 civilians and 13 US service members were killed on Thursday whe…
Gen Kenneth F McKenzie confirmed the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) had taken responsibility for the suicide bomb attacks at Kabul’s airport and the US would take action against those behind it.Two suicide bombs exploded near the main entr…
Minister says Isis-K group will want to strike dramatically, with fears assault could come within hoursAfghans trying to flee Kabul for the UK have been told not to head to the airport owing to the threat of a “highly lethal” terrorist attack by Islami…
President defends US exit but makes changes to airlift effort at Kabul airport after criticism over deaths and chaotic scenes Civil war ‘unavoidable’ if Taliban won’t talk – opposition leaderThe evacuation of thousands of Americans and their Afghan all…
Thousands still trying to flee a week after Taliban takeover as president is briefed on operations in Afghanistan‘Trapped in hell’: airport chaos casts doubt on safe evacuationAfter the US advised Americans in Afghanistan to avoid traveling to Kabul ai…
Renewed safe haven means al-Qaida and others will have space, infrastructure, fighters and arms to plot a comebackLydia Khalil is an expert in international terrorism at the Lowy InstituteFollowing the withdrawal of US troops, the Taliban’s swift and s…