カテゴリー: Ashraf Ghani
Despite their promises of peace and stability, the country is on its knees, and its people are desperateMaryam* is near the top of her sixth grade class in Kabul, which under Taliban rule means that her education should be ending in a few months.But th…
Report by special inspector general blames Trump and Biden administrations, as well as the Afghan government of Ashraf GhaniAfghan armed forces collapsed last year because they had been made dependent on US support that was abruptly withdrawn in the fa…
The former Afghan president Ashraf Ghani gave his first interview since fleeing Kabul when it fell to the Taliban in August. Ghani told the BBC he was pressured into fleeing Kabul by helicopter by his ‘terrified’ national security adviser and the comma…
In first interview since fleeing Kabul in August, former president says US ‘erased’ Afghans in years of peace talks with militantsThe former Afghan president Ashraf Ghani has broken his silence with his first interview since fleeing Kabul four months a…
The chaos that followed the president’s exit has created its own suffering – and may leave a much longer legacy of painBy the middle of last week, Kabul’s capitulation to the Taliban was perhaps inevitable – but the horror and chaos of the last few day…
A reckless western withdrawal timetable has let a people downEarlier this year, a bipartisan panel appointed by the US Congress advised against the “precipitous withdrawal” of American troops from Afghanistan. The panel warned of grave consequences if …
The 72-year-old, an anthropologist, had an uneasy relationship with the west and faced criticism over slow progress on peace talksAfghan president Ashraf Ghani left the presidential palace in Kabul to the insurgent Taliban fighters who had toppled his…
President Ashraf Ghani flees Afghanistan as Taliban sweep into city to seize control of countryTaliban enters Kabul – live updatesThe 20-year western mission to Afghanistan collapsed in a single dramatic day as Taliban gunmen poured into the capital, K…
Analysis: The speed of the fall of the country to the Taliban leaves many questions unansweredTaliban enter Kabul – live updatesThis is what defeat looks like. Embassy burn bins blazing through day and night. The president fleeing. Helicopters and armo…
Mazar-i-Sharif was a government stronghold and its loss leaves only Kabul and another city unconqueredThe Taliban captured Mazar-i-Sharif, the country’s fourth-largest city and the government’s last major stronghold in the north on Saturday, as they ti…
Ashraf Ghani says focus is on preventing ‘further instability, violence and displacement’Afghanistan’s president, Ashraf Ghani, held urgent talks with local leaders and international partners on Saturday as Taliban rebels pushed closer to Kabul, captur…
Delegation from militants meets Chinese foreign minister as Beijing seeks to extend influence in AfghanistanThe US secretary of state Antony Blinken has said that Beijing’s interest in Afghanistan could be a “positive thing”, after China gave a warm an…
Others injured as thousands amass at Jalalabad grounds to apply for visas for PakistanAt least 11 women died in a crush at a football stadium in Afghanistan on Wednesday as thousands of people amassed to get visas to leave the country, officials said.A…
Militants to halt fighting over Muslim holiday following deal to release 5000 combatantsAfghanistan’s stuttering peace process has received fresh impetus with the announcement of an Eid ceasefire, and a government pledge to complete the release of 5,00…
Taliban admits killing nine militiamen but denies targeting 14 worshippersAt least 14 people have been killed in attacks on a mosque in northern Afghanistan and on worshippers returning from prayers in the east, as the US peace envoy arrived in Kabul t…