Taliban spokesman says Afghan war is over, militants convinced ‘foreign forces won’t repeat failed experience in Afghanistan’ With Taliban militants roaming Kabul’s presidential palace with impunity, the group has declared victory in its two-decade fight against the US and Afghanistan’s western-backed government.
Your Monday Briefing The Taliban take Afghanistan.Taliban fighters on a Humvee near the Company roundabout in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Canada’s Trudeau calls snap election for September, seeking majority control of Parliament to push through Liberal Party bills Canadian PM Justin Trudeau has set the stage for an early national election on September 20, giving his Liberal Party a chance to seize control of Parliament and prevent conservatives from blocking its legislative agenda.
Israeli PM stirs online outrage after saying elderly are in ‘MORTAL DANGER’ if they don’t get THIRD Covid-19 vaccine shot Online critics blasted Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett for bringing Covid-19 fearmongering to new heights, after he warned that even fully vaccinated senior citizens are in “mortal danger” if they don’t get a booster jab.
Algeria detains 36 in mob killing of man amid wildfires Algerian authorities say they have detained 36 people in the mob killing and burning of a man in a town in the country’s Kabyle region that the crowd wrongly suspected of starting dozens of wildfires
Live Updates: Pentagon sending another 1,000 troops to Afghanistan as Taliban takes control Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled Kabul as the U.S. evacuated Americans from the country.
Taliban spokesman tells AP the militants are holding talks aimed at forming an 'open, inclusive Islamic government' Taliban spokesman tells AP the militants are holding talks aimed at forming an 'open, inclusive Islamic government'
Afghans Working for U.S. Government Radio Fear Taliban Backlash The Afghans working for the U.S. government broadcasters in Kabul have long been targets of the insurgents, who killed a journalist in November.Lights in the windows of the United States embassy in Kabul on Sunday night.
Intelligence Reports From Afghanistan Missed One Key Element: Speed U.S. officials are conflicted over whether intelligence failures may have contributed to the swift Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.
U.N. Security Council to Hold Emergency Meeting on Afghanistan It remains unclear how the Taliban would be regarded by the United Nations should the movement declare itself the legitimate power in Afghanistan.Taliban members at the entrance to the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul on Sunday.
Afghanistan president fled nation to 'prevent flood of bloodshed' as Taliban seize Kabul Ashraf Ghani's departure has left the hardline Islamists close to a return to power 20 years after they were chased out by the US
Afghans working for U.S. government broadcasters fear Taliban backlash. The Afghans working for the U.S. government broadcasters in Kabul have long been targets of the insurgents, who killed a journalist in November.
Afghan president was isolated before slipping into exile President Ashraf Ghani has quietly slipped out of Afghanistan, a lonely figure after seven years as president
Brit student 'stuck in Afghanistan' in plan to visit all the 'worst places in world' Miles Routledge, a 21-year-old Loughborough University student, claims he is in a United Nations safe house after travelling to Afghanistan for a holiday just days before the Taliban takeover
Death toll from Haiti quake hits 724 as tropical storm looms The death toll from a devastating earthquake in Haiti rose to 724 on Sunday as rescue workers scrambled to find survivors buried under buildings a day after the 7.2 magnitude quake and as a tropical storm bore down on the Caribbean nation.
Florida School Board Defies Gov. DeSantis's Masking Ban After Broward County officials voted to impose a mask mandate, Gov. Ron DeSantis threatened to revoke their pay.Dr. Rosalind Osgood on “Face the Nation” on CBS on Sunday, August 15, 2021.
Roger Federer will be out 'for many months' as he prepares for further knee surgery Tennis great Roger Federer says he will be sidelined for "many months" as he prepares to have further knee surgery.
Al-Jazeera airs footage of Taliban fighters in Afghan presidential palace Al-Jazeera airs footage of Taliban fighters in Afghan presidential palace
Afghanistan’s Ghani claims he resigned to prevent Taliban slaughter in Kabul as BLASTS reported at palace ＆ abandoned US embassy Multiple explosions have been reported in Kabul’s key locations, including the presidential palace and US embassy. President Ashraf Ghani, who fled the country, has broken his silence, stating that he’d quit to prevent bloodshed.
Will Taliban take country back to past, asks John Simpson What sort of nation will Afghanistan be after 2021, asks the BBC's world affairs editor John Simpson.
US military officials: Kabul airport now closed to commercial flights as military evacuations continue US military officials: Kabul airport now closed to commercial flights as military evacuations continue