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Biden faces Republican probe into US troops’ withdrawal from Afghanistan

18 Feb 2023

US President Joe Biden seems to be the "Man on Fire" as he faces a Republican probe into the hasty withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan in August 2021...

US to move $3.5 billion in Afghan CB assets to Swiss-based trust

14 Sep 2022

The United States on Wednesday announced that it would transfer $3.5 billion in Afghan central bank assets into a new Swiss-based trust fund that will be shielded from the Taliban...

A year in Afghanistan after return of Taliban

16 Aug 2022

It was exactly a year ago that the American forces and the rest of the Nato forces packed their bags and left Kabul in undignified haste, and the Taliban walked...

UK MPs blast ‘systemic failures’ of Afghan withdrawal

24 May 2022

The UK's chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan last year showed "systemic failures of leadership, planning and preparation", according to a scathing inquiry by MPs published on Tuesday. The House of...

The human cost of US freezing Afghan funds

20 Feb 2022

Last week International Rescue Committee chief David Miliband told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour that the US and its European allies have adopted a “catastrophe of choice” policy for Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. The...

India-Pakistan rivalry casts shadow on Afghanistan

15 Nov 2021

Heads of governments of all member-states of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation were present at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s swearing-in on May 2014. He had reportedly invited them...

Hapless Afghans paying the price for US mess

14 Nov 2021

The usual double standards operate when the West deals with migrants seeking to enter Europe and Afghan refugees flowing into Iran. European Union (EU) leaders have pledged solidarity with Poland...

US special envoy for Afghanistan Khalilzad steps down after withdrawal

19 Oct 2021

Gulf Today Report The US special envoy for Afghanistan is stepping down following the chaotic American withdrawal from the country, the State Department said on Monday. Zalmay Khalilzad, the...

US says to hold first talks with Taliban since Afghanistan withdrawal

09 Oct 2021

Gulf Today Report The United States and the Taliban will hold their first in-person talks since the US withdrawal from Afghanistan starting on Saturday about containing extremist groups in...

US President's top defence leaders testify on Afghan withdrawal

29 Sep 2021

Gulf Today Report US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin told Congress on Tuesday that the Afghan army's sudden collapse caught the Pentagon "by surprise," as military leaders confronted a contentious...

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