Prominent Afghan academic detained for criticising Taliban policies
Faizullah Jalal, a professor at Kabul University, was arrested in his home by Taliban security service officers.
Tag: Ashraf Ghani
Ousted Afghan President Ashraf Ghani appears in UAE
Mr Ghani left Afghanistan on Sunday evening, with no clear indication on where he was going.
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‘I stand squarely behind my decision’, Biden defends U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan
"Afghanistan political leaders gave up and fled the country; the Afghan military collapsed, sometimes without trying to fight."
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63 killed in Afghanistan wedding explosion
The explosion occurred in a Shiite neighbourhood as people gathered to celebrate a wedding in Kabul.
Taliban urge Afghans to boycott polls, reject peace talks
The Taliban also demanded a complete withdrawal of foreign forces as the only solution to end the 17-year-old war.
Russia postpones peace talks with Taliban
Russia invited 12 countries and the Taliban to Moscow for peace talks in September.
More than 132,000 people displaced due to conflict in Afghanistan – UN
No less than 14.5 per cent of Afghanistan’s approximately 400 districts are fully controlled by the Taliban.
