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    Taliban slam Afghan president’s proposal for new election

    24 Mar 2021

    The move is likely an attempt to undercut a US proposal — supported by Russia — for the formation of an interim government involving the Taliban to rule the country once the last US troops withdraw.

    Biden meets Afghan leaders as US troops leave, fighting rages

    25 Jun 2021

    Biden's embrace, however, comes only months after US officials were pressuring Ghani to step aside for a transitional government under a draft political accord that they floated in a failed gambit to break a stalemate in peace talks.

    Afghan journalist shot dead in car ambush

    02 Jan 2021

    Targeted killings of journalists, government officials and rights activists, have increased rapidly in recent months as violence surges in Afghanistan despite peace talks between the government and the Taliban.

    US should have pushed ex-Afghan president Ghani harder: Khalilzad

    25 Oct 2021

    The agreement signed on February 29, 2020 between Washington and the Taliban — which excluded Ghani's government in Kabul — paved the way for the US to end its longest war.

    Taliban say Afghan president Ghani’s time has run out

    03 Aug 2021

    Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid accused Ghani of lying and spreading false information as reacting to Ghani's remark on Monday that the ongoing war is an external intrigue imposed on the people of Afghanistan.

    VIDEO: Afghan Taliban declare ‘war is over’ as president, diplomats flee Kabul

    16 Aug 2021

    "Today is a great day for the Afghan people and the mujahideen. They have witnessed the fruits of their efforts and their sacrifices for 20 years," Mohammad Naeem, the spokesman for the Taliban's political office, told the media.

    VIDEO: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled with cars and helicopter full of cash

    16 Aug 2021

    The Russian Information Agency quoted the Russian embassy in Kabul as saying that Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled the country with four cars and a helicopter loaded with money and had to leave some money because there was no room for it.

    VIDEO: Ghani releases video from UAE, says 'in talks to return' home

    19 Aug 2021

    The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation can confirm that the UAE has welcomed Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani and his family into the country on humanitarian grounds.

    VIDEO: Ashraf Ghani’s brother ‘Hashmat pledges support to Taliban’

    21 Aug 2021

    The text of his speech on the video read: “Hashmat Ghani announced his alliance and support for the Taliban after meeting with Khalil al-Rahman Haqqani."

    Taliban capture ninth provincial capital in Afghanistan

    11 Aug 2021

    A provincial council member from Badakhshan told the local media reporters that after the Taliban capture of Faizabad — the capital of the northeastern province of Badakhshan — after a long battle, government forces retreated to a neighbouring district, Jawad Mujadidi.

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