Headlines- Iran is "desperate" to meet and discuss, according to US President Donald Trump, who also threatens to launch a "very heavy" attack on the purported new Iranian nuclear site.
- Iran's state media claimed on Tuesday that Iran's top joint military command declared that if the US hit Iranian nuclear sites, it would target the interests of the US and its allies.
- US President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that the United States will permit direct flights to Lebanon, more than 40 years after direct flights between the two countries were halted in 1985, during the administration of US President Ronald Reagan, after the hijacking of TWA Flight 847.
- Iranian drone strikes are being intercepted by Kuwait's air defenses, according to the army.
- On Capitol Hill, US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth informed lawmakers that the United States had already spent $37.5 billion on the war in Iran.
Tag: Taliban
Women Leaders in Afghanistan Demand a...
Afghan women’s leaders are urging UN member countries to put more pressure on the Taliban to honor their commitments and enable women and girls to work and study. Girls are still barred from secondary school in Afghanistan
Conversation with a Taliban Footsoldier on...
What do ordinary Taliban members believe about running a country after fighting an insurgency for two decades? This month, VOA’s Ayesha Tanzeem spoke with ordinary Taliban footsoldiers on the streets of Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital
Afghans Fearing Taliban Retaliation Have Few...
Those left behind in Afghanistan face huge challenge to seeking safety outside the country, Amnesty International said on October 20, nearly two months after airlift operations ceased. In an advocacy briefing, the organisation discusses how neighbouring nations have closed their borders to Afghans without travel documents, forcing many to make illegal crossings
Afghan Prosecutors Who Worked at Bagram...
Former Afghan prosecutors say they are now in danger after working at the Bagram prison’s law and justice centre, where thousands of Taliban and other militants were detained
Taliban Bans Afghan Women From Working,...
Afghan businesswomen say the Taliban’s ban on women working outside has driven them to close their businesses
Aid For Displaced People of Afghanistan
International aid organisations are helping millions of Afghans who have been displaced due to the war
World Donors are Looking for Ways...
The European Union offered more than $1 billion in humanitarian aid to Afghanistan and neighbouring countries during an emergency meeting this week, as the United Nations warned that millions of Afghans face starvation
With Public Universities Still Closed, Afghan...
After a month of Taliban rule in Afghanistan, fears of women being barred from higher education and public life are growing. Lawmakers in the United States are urging the Biden administration to maintain pressure on Taliban officials to protect women’s rights
My Early Years My Homeland 20...
Award Winning Documentary Film Makers Phil Grabsky and Shoaib Sharifi’s new documentary, 20 Years in Afghanistan, is their most recent work
Afghan Woman Who Was a War...
Alina Jun Nawabi was born in Afghanistan but spent years in hospitals after being taken to the United States as an injured war victim. She now works for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), where she is assisting additional Afghans to leave the country