loading… ACCEPTANCE – Movement Taliban has appointed a former United States (US) detainee at Guantanamo Bay, Mullah Abdul Qayyum Zakir, as acting defense minister. Zakir, who was born in 1973, was captured by US forces after their invasion of Afghanistan in 2001. After his release from Guantanamo, Zakir had directed military operations in Helmand Province, … Read more
loading… DUSHANBE – Tajikistan insists it will never recognize an exclusive government Taliban in Afghanistan . The statement was made directly by the President of Tajikistan, Emomali Rakhmon. Rakhmon, speaking after a meeting with Pakistan’s Foreign Minister, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, said Tajikistan will not recognize an Afghan government that is not inclusive and represents all … Read more
loading… ACCEPTANCE – Taliban currently blocking the road to Kabul Airport for all citizens Afghanistan . The Taliban only allows foreigners to pass to the airport. Nato forces have been evacuating foreigners and Afghans who used to assist alliance forces’ operations and who now fear retaliation from the Taliban. The Taliban had previously promised to … Read more
loading… ACCEPTANCE – Former Prime Minister (PM) Afghanistan Gulbuddin Hekmatyar said a future Taliban-led government in Afghanistan would have the support of all ethnic groups. “Such a government can stop further bloodshed in Afghanistan and steer the war-torn country out of the current crisis,” he said in an interview with Pakistan’s state news agency, APP. … Read more
loading… ACCEPTANCE – Taliban claimed Hashmat Ghani, the younger brother of former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, had pledged allegiance to the group. “Hashmat Ghani, brother of former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, swore allegiance to the Islamic Imarah in front of Khalil al-Rahman Haqqani (leader of the Taliban-affiliated Haqqani network),” the statement said. Earlier on Saturday, … Read more
loading… ACCEPTANCE – When tens of thousands of citizens Afghanistan still congregating outside Kabul airport hoping to be flown to another safe country, a disturbing photo emerged. One photo taken by a refugee reveals nearly every seat on his flight abroad is empty. Paul ‘Pen’ Farthing, a former commando of the British Royal Marines who … Read more
loading… ACCEPTANCE – Inhabitant Afghanistan crowding in the capital Kabul in delight Taliban by marching through the streets with the national flag. They celebrated the country’s Independence Day in 1919 from British colonial rule. The Taliban are seeking to replace Afghanistan’s black, red and green national flag with their own white and black flag. Quoted … Read more
loading… ACCEPT – After Taliban Taking control of an airfield in Kandahar, Afghanistan, photos have surfaced on social media showing Taliban fighters posing with military helicopters such as the US-made Black Hawk and Soviet-made Mi-17. After the group took over Mazar-i-Sharif airport this weekend, more photos followed. This time a Taliban member stood beside an … Read more
loading… KANDAHAR – Founder and Political Leader Taliban Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar “returned home” to Afghanistan from Qatar triumphantly on Tuesday (17/8). He is widely regarded as Afghanistan’s next president. Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar flew from Qatar to Kandahar, the spiritual birthplace of the Taliban and the capital of Afghanistan when they ruled from 1996 … Read more
loading… ACCEPT – Head of Central Command United States of America (USA) General Frank McKenzie meets senior Taliban leaders in the Qatari capital, Doha. They reached an agreement that Afghanistan’s evacuation efforts could continue without interruption. General Frank McKenzie’s meeting with the Taliban was reported Associated Press (AP) who quoted a defense official anonymously. The … Read more