Afghanistan
The Taliban are lying, France’s foreign minister says
PARIS (Reuters) - The Taliban are lying and France will not have any relationship with its newly-formed government, Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said late on Saturday before heading for…
Kabul Fiasco Adds Poignancy to 9/11 Anniversary
"Two steel birds will fall from the sky on the Metropolis / The sky will burn at forty-five degrees latitude / Fire approaches the great new city / Immediately a…
By TP Sreenivasan
Afghan economic meltdown would be ‘gift for terrorists,’ says U.N. chief
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed on Friday for an injection of cash into Afghanistan to avoid an economic meltdown that would spark a…
No Afghan refugee exodus yet but ‘massive displacement’ possible -U.N. refugee agency
By Dominic Evans GAZIANTEP, Turkey (Reuters) - The Taliban victory in Afghanistan has not led to a dramatic refugee exodus but the country urgently needs humanitarian aid to prevent economic…
White House says 19 Americans left Afghanistan on Qatar Airways Friday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nineteen Americans were on a Qatar Airways flight out of Kabul on Friday, the White House said, while an additional two U.S. citizens and 11 permanent residents…
Qatar Airways plane returns from Kabul, al-Jazeera reports
DUBAI (Reuters) -A Qatar Airways plane returned to Doha from Kabul on Friday, carrying 156 passengers, Qatar-based al-Jazeera TV channel said. Qatar Airways flew on Thursday the first international charter…
Brokering exit from Afghanistan, U.S. envoy Khalilzad became face of diplomatic debacle
By Idrees Ali, Humeyra Pamuk and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a luxury hotel along Doha's coastline last year, Zalmay Khalilzad smiled as he shook hands with the Taliban's…
U.N. says Afghan staff increasingly harassed, intimidated since Taliban takeover
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Afghan staff of the United Nations are being increasingly subjected to harassment and intimidation since the Taliban came to power last month, the…
U.N. warns Afghanistan needs money to prevent total breakdown
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -The United Nations warned on Thursday that the freezing of billions of dollars in Afghan assets to keep them out of Taliban hands would…
U.S. citizens safely in Qatar after Afghanistan charter flight -White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A charter flight carrying U.S. citizens and other lawful permanent residents has safely landed in Qatar after leaving Afghanistan with the Taliban's cooperation, the White House's National…
Pakistan, Qatar call for unconditional humanitarian aid to Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Pakistan and Qatar on Thursday called on the international community not to make humanitarian aid to Afghanistan conditional on political developments under the new Taliban government. “To save…
Lithuania expels Afghanistan migrants despite European Court stand
By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) - Lithuania on Thursday sent five Afghan migrants back to Belarus shortly after they had crossed the border despite the European Court of Human Rights…
