Headlines- Spain defeats Argentina in the final to win their second World Cup.
- Bahrain's interior ministry reported that its air raid sirens had sounded overnight on Sunday and Monday.
- During what U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) called "a controlled detonation of unexploded ordnance from a downed Iranian one-way attack drone" in northern Iraq on Saturday, one American service member was killed and another was injured.
- Three missiles launched from Iran struck various parts of Jordan, according to a statement posted by the army online on Sunday.
- On Sunday, the International Atomic Energy Agency said that it was "looking into reports of an overnight attack on the construction site of a planned nuclear power plant in Darkhovin, Iran," following allegations of a U.S. strike on the facility made by Iran's Atomic Energy Organization.
- Early on Sunday morning, a shooting in Tucson, Arizona, left nine people injured, the alleged gunman was shot by police and sent to a nearby hospital with life-threatening fatal injuries.
Tag: Afghan Violence
The Inside Story: The United States’...
President Joe Biden announced the withdrawal of all 2,500 US troops from the nation on May 1 and ending on Sept. 11, the war’s 20th anniversary.Biden stated that he would not hand over the nation’s longest conflict to another president. He stated that he inherited the year-end drawdown date and that he intended to retain the US-Taliban deal that was formed during the previous Trump administration.An Inside story the consequences and effects of US Military withdrawal from Afghanistan
Civilian Deaths in Afghanistan Are on...
According to a new UN study released this week, Afghan civilian casualties increased dramatically in the first half of 2021, with about 1,700 people dead and 3,500 injured
Future of Afghan Women
The latest round of Taliban-Afghan government peace talks in Qatar ended on July 19 with little apparent progress. Many Afghans are concerned about the group’s failure to accept women’s rights in the past
Press Freedom and Taliban
As Afghanistan’s Security Situation Worsens, So Does The Situation For All Of The Country’s Other Gains During The Last Two Decades. One Of Them Is A Free Press. Afghanistan Has Grown From Having No Independent Media To Having 170 Radio Stations
Afghan Refugees in Pakistan
Afghanistan’s Security Situation Is Deteriorating, And Some Predict A Civil War. A Similar Violence In The 1990s Prompted Millions Of Afghans To Migrate To Neighbouring Nations, Especially Pakistan, Which Has Long Welcomed Three Million Afghan Refugees
Civil Society Leaders: Violence Increases,a UN...
“We ask for a United Nations mission to ascertain the truth about the recent attacks on civilians”. With foreign troops on the path of withdrawal, the Taliban on the offensive, a weak government, growing violence and “very worrying future scenarios”, in an interview with Agenzia Fides Shaharzad Akbar, at the head of the “Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission” (AIHRC), calls for a greater commitment from the international community”
In Afghanistan’s Balkh District, the Taliban...
Residents In Northern Afghanistan’s Balkh Province, Which Borders Uzbekistan, Told VOA That The Taliban Have Put Tough New Restrictions On Locals Since Seizing Power. Journalist Gul Rahim Niazman Is Reporting From The Province’s Balkh District
Afghan Adviser Visits Moscow to Talk...
Afghanistan’s National Security Adviser, Hamdullah Mohib, Met With His Russian Counterpart, Nikolai Patrushev, In Moscow On Friday To Discuss Bilateral Security Cooperation
As Fighting in Afghanistan Nears Tajikistan’s...
Tajikistan Is Facing The Effects Of The Violence In Afghanistan, Which Is Being Led By The Taliban. As Fighting Raged Close, Residents Of A Border Town Said Injured Afghan Soldiers Fled Into Tajikistan For Safety
Situation in Afghanistan Worries UN
Since the beginning of May, more than 50 of Afghanistan’s 370 districts have fallen to the Taliban, most of which surround provincial capitals, according to Deborah Lyons, the UN’s top diplomat in Afghanistan