Headlines
  • Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps navy issues a warning that the Strait of Hormuz is "closed," citing five tankers that have been hit since Friday.
  • Four drones were intercepted and destroyed over the provinces of Riyadh, Eastern, and Southern, according to the coalition led by Saudi Arabia.
  • The Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen claims to have intercepted three drones in the southern and Riyadh regions, two cruise missiles over the Red Sea, and a ballistic missile headed for the Saudi city of Yanbu. In the
  • Police and pritesters clashed during Saturday's large-scale protests across France over social injustice, exorbitant prices, and the condition of the educational system.
  • Just two days before the new sanctions and tariffs on Russia mandated by the law named for the late Senator Lindsey Graham were scheduled to go into effect, President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday waiving them.
  • On Saturday afternoon, a car drove through a soccer match in Wichita, Kansas, killing a child and an adult and injuring numerous others.

Tag: Taliban

September 2, 2021

Afghan Journalists Fear For Their Lives...

Hundreds of journalists, many of them women, are seeking refuge in Afghanistan now since US soldiers have left and Kabul is under Taliban authority

Many Afghans Fleeing to Istanbul in...

Those who fought alongside NATO forces are among the growing number of Afghans landing in Turkey after fleeing the Taliban

September 1, 2021

Focus on Afghanistan

On board a US military plane, more than 100 Afghans who fled the Taliban’s takeover of their country arrived in Kosovo’s capital. The Afghans, which included many children, arrived in Kosovo on August 29 ..The Taliban had been gathering a valuable resource—money—for a long time before retaking control in Afghanistan

A Family of Afghan Refugees Finds...

Over 120,000 people were evacuated out of Afghanistan in the last month when the United States withdrew its forces and the Taliban seized power. One family has relocated to Houston, Texas, and is settling in

Turkey’s Deportation Centers Overflowing With Afghan...

As Afghan refugees continue to cross the border from Iran by night, hoping to evade authorities and resettle, deportation camps in Turkey are at capacity. Officials tell VOA they are not sending people back to Afghanistan, but they also have no intentions to release detainees

August 31, 2021

Afghan Refugee Misses Her Homeland and...

Najia Hashimzada fought for women’s rights in Afghanistan with various US organisations before filing for a Special Immigrant Visa. She claims to have fled Afghanistan because she was on the Taliban’s wanted list

China Launches Attack on United States...

The Chinese government has drawn comparisons between Afghanistan and Taiwan, implying that the United States is a weak and untrustworthy ally

August 30, 2021

Demonstrations in Support of Those Trapped...

Over the weekend, protests took place across the United States to raise awareness about the plight of those still detained in Afghanistan

Tajik Militia Group Offers to Fight...

Hundreds of Tajiks from the southern town of Kulob have taken a keen interest in joining anti-Taliban forces in Afghanistan. The Afghan fighters are stationed in Panjshir Valley, a primarily ethnic-Tajik region that has previously resisted Taliban invasions

In a Rush to Flee Afghanistan,a...

When Kabul fell under Taliban rule, Afghan American Haseeb Kamal had only been married for a day. His harrowing departure from Afghanistan meant leaving behind his new wife and the majority of his family

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