The U.S. leader said there were others who would be eligible for movement out of the country as well United States President, Joe Biden has authorised 6,000 troops to be deployed to Afghanistan to assist in evacuating its citizens, allies and Afghan partners out of the country. Speaking to the American public from the White … Read more
Mawlavey Kamil, Taliban Governor, Andar District boasted that the fundamentalist group, which controlled most of Afghanistan in the late 1990s, is stronger. The Taliban has vowed to enforce Islamic law worldwide after overrunning civil authority in Afghanistan. Muhammed Afri Mustafa, one of the Taliban commanders, made the announcement in an interview with CNN. Mustafa spoke … Read more
…Nigeria must learn that religious fundamentalism is dangerous and culminates in terrorism. A former presidential candidate of the Young Progressive Party (YPP), Kingsley Moghalu has cautioned the Nigerian government against recognizing the Taliban usurpers in Afghanistan. Moghalu said the Buhari-led government should learn from Afghanistan and stop “cuddling” repentant Boko Haram, ISWAP members. In a … Read more
Dramatic footage posted on social media shows hundreds of men running alongside a U.S. Air Force plane as it rolls down the runway, with some clinging to the side of it. Hundreds of Afghans tried to flee the now Taliban-controlled state as the mob U.S plane as it prepared to take off from Kabul airport. … Read more
Buhari then called on the United States for assistance, saying while “the U.S. and its western allies cannot be expected to underpin the security of others everywhere and indefinitely. President Muhammadu Buhari has again solicited for support from the United States and Other countries in the fight against insurgency within the country’s borders. In an … Read more
More than 4,500 “men, women and children in need of shelter, food, sanitation and drinking water,” said Dujarric. At least 390,000 Afghans have been displaced in Afghanistan in 2021, CNN said on Sunday. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ spokesman, Stephane Dujarric, said there has been a “huge spike” in displacements since May with about 5,800 Internally-Displaced … Read more
Fani-Kayode then called on the FG to learn from what happened in Afghanistan. He advised that Nigeria cannot defeat the over-a-decade book haram terrorists by force alone, adding that the government must also win the hearts and minds of the people. The former Nigeria Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has reacted to the recent takeover of … Read more
Ashraf Ghani later revealed in a Facebook post that he fled to avoid bloodshed. Afghanistan’s Taliban entered the capital Kabul on Sunday and Western-backed President Ashraf Ghani left the country, with the insurgents saying they were seeking complete power. Two officials from the militant Islamist group told Reuters there would be no transitional government following … Read more
Officials on Thursday confirmed that one local journalist Ilyas Dayee was killed by a bomb explosion in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province. Dayee was killed after a small bomb attached to his vehicle went off in the provincial capital Lashkargah city, the provincial governor’s spokesman and a local politician told dpa. His brother and two civilians … Read more
At least 46 people have been killed and hundreds of houses destroyed by flash floods as torrential rains engulfs a city north of the Afghan capital, on Wednesday. A rescue operation was underway to free people trapped in the rubble of collapsed buildings in Charikar, capital of Parwan province, which was hit by heavy rain … Read more
A prominent women’s rights campaigner and member of the Afghan negotiating team that will hold talks with the Taliban, Fawzia Koofi, has been wounded in a gun attack near Kabul, officials said Saturday. Gunmen opened fire on Koofi and her sister on Friday when they were returning from a meeting to offer condolences in the … Read more
A bomb blast has killed 4 persons, including a mullah, in a Kabul mosque in Afghanistan. The bomb exploded before the start of Friday prayers. A spokesperson for the Ministry of Interior Affairs, Tariq Arian, said eight more persons were wounded in the blast, No group immediately took responsibility for the incident. The Ministry said … Read more
Six people (Two policemen, four others) have been reportedly killed in Afghanistan after a deadly clash at public food donation in central Ghor province, AFP reports. Hundreds of people had gathered outside the governor’s office in the provincial capital Firozkoh, where a Qatari group was distributing aid. It was not immediately clear why the gathering … Read more
In a move to launch direct talks with the armed group to end the 18-year war in Afghanistan. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has signed a decree to release 1,500 Taliban prisoners According to a copy of the two-page decree seen by Reuters news agency late on Tuesday night, all released Taliban prisoners will have to … Read more
Hours after the World was still trying to adjust to the news of the helicopter crash which killed American basketball star, Kobe Bryant, another plane has crashed. The plane, operated by Afghanistan’s state-owned airline Ariana which had 83 passengers on board, crashed on Monday morning in the country’s central Ghazni province. The number of casualties … Read more
Afghanistan branch ISIS terrorist group has been defeated in one of the eastern provinces where it initially sought to establish a stronghold. A top Security official made this known to our correspondent in Jalalabad. In the years since, they have claimed responsibility for a string of horrific bombings across Afghanistan, including at a wedding hall … Read more