WASHINGTON – Faced with accusations of “alarmism” over a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine, Washington is on the defensive over the credibility of its warnings, even as it keeps certain cards close to its chest. “This is not alarmism. This is simply the facts,” US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday in a press … Read more
Pakistan has reiterated that the United States withdrawal from Afghanistan after 20 years of war was a ‘hasty call. In an exclusive interview with Khaleej Times, President Arif Alvi said that peace in Afghanistan would bring prosperity to the region and open a window of business opportunities for the world to connect with Central Asian … Read more
Foreign Office Spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri confirmed that a two-day peace conference on Afghanistan will be held in Islamabad on Saturday. Responding to a host of questions during his weekly news briefing in Islamabad on Thursday, he said delegations from Afghanistan will start arriving in Pakistan from Friday. “Peace in Afghanistan is in Pakistan’s interest … Read more
Taliban said that they have “seized Afghanistan’s largest border crossing with Iran,” as fighting continued between the Taliban and government forces in various parts of Afghanistan. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told international news agency AFP on Friday that “the port of Islam Qala is now under our full control and we will try to resume … Read more
The Taliban launched a major attack on a provincial capital in Afghanistan on Wednesday. The first since the United States military began its final withdrawal of troops from the country. Ferocious fighting exploded in the western city of Qala-i-Naw, the capital of Badghis, with the revolutionaries grabbing police headquarters and offices of the country’s spy … Read more
KABUL: The US military will hand over its main Bagram airbase to Afghan forces in 20 days, according to an official. This vast base was built by the Soviet Union in 1980 and is the largest military facility in Afghanistan used by US and NATO forces, and at the height of the Afghan war, millions … Read more
The United States has deployed B-52 bombers to the Middle East and has prolonged the presence of an aircraft carrier in the region to support the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan. US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin decided to keep the USS Eisenhower in the US Central Command region for a lengthy period, in the wake of President Joe Biden’s decision to … Read more
The German defense minister on Wednesday said they planned to withdraw their forces from Afghanistan by July 4 following United States move to pull out by September 11. “The current thinking… is to shorten the withdrawal period. A withdrawal date of July 4 is being considered,” a ministry spokesman told the international news agency stressing … Read more
