China shows Afghanistan ambitions at multinational meetings... KESQ | 2022-03-30 12:53 UTC BEIJING (AP) — China's ambitions to have a major hand in Afghanistan under the Taliban while boosting its own stature are on display at multinational meetings hosted by Beijing. The talks offer a rare opportunity for Russia and the U.S. to come
US expects to admit more than 50,000 evacuated Afghans... KEYT | 2021-09-03 18:24 UTC By BEN FOX and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The secretary of homeland security says tens of thousands of Afghans have been admitted into the United States since the fall of Kabul and more are expected as part of an "unprec
Taliban gave US chance to secure Kabul: report... As Taliban fighters retook the Afghan capital of Kabul in a lightning offensive earlier this month, insurgents offered to allow the US to hold the city — and senior leaders turned it down, according to a new report. On Aug. 15, Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani fled the country as Taliban forces
Taliban proclaim 'full independence' after US troops leave... KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Taliban fighters watched the last U.S. planes disappear into the sky around midnight Monday and then fired their guns into the air, celebrating victory after a 20-year insurgency in Afghanistan that drove the world's mo
Where the Taliban will move after Afghanistan ... After the takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban, it is worth looking at the political map of the region. Afghanistan's neighbors: India, Iran, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.
The Taliban leadership rejects the possibility of an invasion of the countries of Central Asia. However,