Thursday, 13May 2021 (YJC)_ Former senior U.S. officials have urged the U.S. administration to do more to provide visas to Afghans who worked for the United States in Afghanistan.
Wednesday, 05 May 2021_New figures from the International Organization for Migration show a sharp increase in internal displacement in Afghanistan in 2020. The IOM says that’s a turn for the worst after the drop in the number of displacements the previous year. The number of internally-displaced people in Afghanistan rose 16 percent to 5 million last year.
Monday, 03 May 2021_As the United States officially begins pulling out its troops from war-torn Afghanistan in what President Joe Biden has claimed ending “the forever war”, Secretary of State Antony Blinken says there will still be US presence in Afghanistan even after the American troop pullout is completed.
Sunday, 02 May 2021 (YJC)_US general said amid the withdrawal of American troops accelerates in the coming weeks, Afghan government forces will face an uncertain future against Taliban.
Monday, 26 April 2021_US President Joe Biden’s decision to fully withdraw American troops from Afghanistan raises questions about the fate of the remaining prisoners at Guantanamo Bay as well as the future of the detention center, according to experts.
Saturday, 24 April 2021_The US military is sending a number of long-range B-52 bombers and additional troops to Afghanistan and boosting its presence in the Middle East region, the Pentagon has announced.
Wednesday, 21 April 2021_Turkey said Tuesday an international peace conference on Afghanistan scheduled for April 24 in Istanbul has been postponed until mid-May.
Wednesday, 14 April 2021_A US official says the country will remove all troops from Afghanistan before this year's 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, ending America's longest war around five months later than planned.
Monday, 29 March 2021_Iran’s aim is to help peace take hold in Afghanistan and to end hostilities in the war-torn country, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said ahead of the 9th ministerial meeting of the “Heart of Asia” conference in Tajikistan.
Friday, 26 March 2021_US President Joe Biden held his first formal press conference in the White House on Thursday, addressing a number of issues ranging from China’s trade practices to North Korea’s ballistic missile tests to withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan among other things.
Thursday, 25 March 2021_Unlike previous years, the Afghan government has paid more attention to this year’s Nowruz by launching several different programs in historic and public sites.