日: 2021-08-23

AfghanistanBiden administrationIslamic StateJoe BidenSouth and Central AsiaTalibanUS foreign policyUS militaryUS national securityUS newsUS politicsWorld news

Biden: Afghanistan evacuations would always have been ‘hard and painful’

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…

Read More
AfghanistanBoris JohnsonDefence policyDominic RaabG7Immigration and asylumJoe BidenSouth and Central AsiaTalibanUK newsUS newsWorld news

Johnson to urge Biden to keep US troops at Kabul airport after 31 August

PM’s request to be made at G7 summit as Taliban increases grip on access to flightsBoris Johnson will lobby Joe Biden at the G7 leaders’ summit, No 10 has said, pleading with him to keep US troops at Kabul airport beyond the end of August, after a week…

Read More
AfghanistanBasketballDisability and sportEuropeLife and styleSouth and Central AsiaSpainSportTalibanWomenWorld news

‘We lost everything’: Afghan wheelchair basketball team captain speaks out

Nilofar Bayat begins rebuilding her life in Spain after days of fear for her life under Taliban ruleWhen the Taliban entered Kabul, Nilofar Bayat, the captain of Afghanistan’s female national wheelchair basketball team, knew she had to get out.“There w…

Read More
PAGE TOP