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    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 and used to help stabilise Afghanistan’s collapsed economy. The Afghan Fund, managed by a board of trustees, could pay for critical imports like electricity,

    UK MPs blast ‘systemic failures’ of Afghan withdrawal

    24 May 2022

    The House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee probe revealed a "fundamental lack of planning, grip or leadership at a time of national emergency" before and during the Taliban takeover of Kabul in August 2021.

    Biden faces Republican probe into US troops’ withdrawal from Afghanistan

    18 Feb 2023

    "The Biden administration was tragically unprepared for the Afghanistan withdrawal and their decisions in the region directly resulted in a national security and humanitarian catastrophe," committee Chairman James Comer said in a statement.

    US President's top defence leaders testify on Afghan withdrawal

    29 Sep 2021

    Generals and Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin were grilled for nearly six hours by members of the Senate Armed Services Committee about the US withdrawal from Afghanistan and the chaotic evacuation from Kabul airport.

    US special envoy for Afghanistan Khalilzad steps down after withdrawal

    19 Oct 2021

    In a letter to Blinken, Khalilzad defended his record but acknowledged that he came up short and said he wanted to step aside during the "new phase of our Afghanistan policy."

    US says to hold first talks with Taliban since Afghanistan withdrawal

    09 Oct 2021

    The US-Taliban agreement of 2020, which was negotiated by the Trump administration, demanded the Taliban break ties with terrorist groups and guarantee Afghanistan would not again harbor terrorists who could attack the United States and its allies.

    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.

    Time to cooperate

    21 Aug 2021

    There is widespread criticism of President Biden on the hasty departure from Afghanistan. However, there is no point in crying over spilt milk. Now, the priority should be to “damage control” and preserve the lives and livelihoods of the common citizens of Afghanistan, who cannot exit the country. The world must unite to ensure the safety of the Afghans.

    Afghan humiliation sullies Washington’s image overseas

    20 Aug 2021

    As US President Joe Biden defended his actions in Afghanistan, Russian and Chinese state media were using chaotic scenes in Kabul to argue that the United States would one day similarly abandon its allies in Ukraine and Taiwan. The Biden administration

    Pakistan’s nuanced stance on Taliban

    19 Aug 2021

    Pakistan has adopted a nuanced stance over the recognition of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. On Tuesday, Pakistan Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry has said there would be a regional consensus over the recognition of the Taliban.

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