Afganistan

Ahmed Massoud sitting beside of a sketch of his father Ahmed Shah Massoud. Photo: Reuters
Panorama

The West have found a new ‘Bin Laden’

Like bin Laden, this young Masoud is being trumped up as a ‘resistance’ hero by the US and its media. He is no longer the terrorist that he was while Ashraf Ghani’s government was in power, with...

A child waits with her family to board a US Air Force Boeing C-17 Globemaster III during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Afghanistan, August 22, 2021. Photo :Reuters
USA

Rescue groups: US tally misses hundreds left in Afghanistan

An anti-Taliban machine-gunner in Panjshir on Thursday. Picture: AFP
Middle East

Taliban sources say last Afghan holdout region falls; resistance denies claim

A member of Taliban forces stands guard as Afghan men take pictures of a vehicle from which rockets were fired, in Kabul, Afghanistan August 30, 2021. REUTER/Stringer
World+Biz

Calculating the costs of the Afghanistan War in lives, dollars and years

Evacuees from Afghanistan board a Boeing 777 bound for the United States from Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy August 28, 2021. U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kaila V. Peters/Handout via REUTERS
Global Economy

Afghanistan central bank board member urges Biden, IMF to release funds

Picture: Collected
Analysis

What leverage do US, allies have over Taliban in Afghanistan?

Afghans line up outside a bank to take out their money after Taliban takeover in Kabul, Afghanistan September 1, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer
South Asia

Chaotic US exit likely to crush Afghan economy - Fitch

A logo is pictured on the World Health Organisation (WHO) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, November 22, 2017. Reuters/Denis Balibouse
South Asia

WHO opens air bridge to Afghanistan with medical supplies

Picture: Reuters
South Asia

Islamic State claims responsibility for rocket attack on Kabul airport

An Afghan man carries a boy on his shoulders upon arrival at a processing center for refugees evacuated from Afghanistan at the Dulles Expo Center near Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Virginia, US, August 24, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
World+Biz

US says 105,000 people evacuated from Afghanistan since mid-Aug

German Chancellor Angela Merkel gestures as she speaks during a CDU/CSU campaign kick off ahead of the federal election at Tempodrom in Berlin, Germany, August 21, 2021. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse
World+Biz

Germany to help Afghans seeking to leave beyond 31 Aug deadline - Merkel