HARB-MAIDON TRAINING GROUND, Tajikistan—Soldiers from Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan used new Russian firearms, flamethrowers, and surface-to-air missile launchers in military drills which concluded on Tuesday just 20 km (12 miles) from the Tajikistan-Afghanistan border. Moscow and its Central Asian ex-Soviet allies have held two separate sets of military exercises close to Afghanistan this month as…
Afghan Forces Battling to Retake Kunduz as Taliban Advance in North
KABUL—Afghan commandos launched a counter-attack on Monday to try to beat back Taliban fighters who overran the northern city of Kunduz a day earlier, with residents fleeing the conflict describing the almost constant sound of gunfire and explosions. Kunduz was one of at least three provincial capitals seized by the insurgents in the north over…
Blast in Afghan Capital as Taliban Claim Attack on Minister’s Compound
KABUL—A blast near the office of Afghanistan’s main security agency wounded three people on Wednesday hours after a bomb and gun attack on a minister’s compound brought surging Taliban violence to the capital. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the late Tuesday car bomb and gun attack on the home of acting Defence Minister Bismillah Mohammadi….
US Expands Afghan Refugee Program, Citing Taliban Violence
The Biden administration on Monday intensified its efforts to evacuate at-risk Afghan citizens from Afghanistan, citing increased levels of Taliban violence. The State Department said Monday that it is expanding the scope of of Afghans eligible for refugee status in the United States “to many thousands of Afghans and their immediate family members who may…
Top US Diplomat Talks Relocation of Afghan Allies in Kuwait
July 29, 2021
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—The United States is negotiating with Kuwait and other countries whether they can host Afghans who supported the American war effort and could face Taliban revenge attacks if they stay in Afghanistan, America’s top diplomat said Thursday. During a visit to tiny, oil-rich Kuwait, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken did not…
Afghan Villagers Search for Survivors as Flash Flood Kills at Least 40
KABUL—Afghan villagers searched desperately for survivors after a flash flood swept down a narrow valley in a Taliban-controlled area, killing at least 40 people and destroying dozens of houses in the early hours of Thursday morning, officials said. Getting reliable information was difficult, according to Afghan officials, as Kamdesh district in the mountainous eastern province…
Turkey Detains 200 Afghan Migrants En Route to Italy: Coastguard
ISTANBUL—Turkish authorities have intercepted a boat carrying more than 200 Afghan migrants in the Aegean sea heading for Europe, Turkey’s coastguard and the International Organization for Migration said on Wednesday. The interception near Turkey’s western shores came as hundreds of Afghans cross into eastern Turkey from Iran, after a rise in violence in their own…
US, India Agree to Expand Multilateral Security Partnership
July 28, 2021
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NEW DELHI—The top diplomats of India and the United States pledged Wednesday to expand their multilateral security partnership, underscoring the deepening of ties between two countries concerned over the Chinese regime’s growing aggressiveness in the region. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar met in New Delhi and sought to…
Pakistan Reopens Afghanistan Border Crossing Held by Taliban
QUETTA/ISLAMABAD, Pakistan—Pakistan on Monday reopened a major southwestern border crossing with Afghanistan that is currently under Taliban control on the Afghan side, Pakistani customs officials said, allowing over 100 trucks carrying goods to cross into Afghanistan. The Chaman-Spin Boldak crossing, a key port for landlocked Afghanistan, had been closed by Pakistan for commercial traffic since…
ISIS Claims Responsibility for Rockets Hit Near Afghan Presidential Palace
KABUL, Afghanistan—At least three rockets hit near the presidential palace on Tuesday shortly before Afghan President Ashraf Ghani was to give an address to mark the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha. There were no injuries and the rockets landed outside the heavily fortified palace grounds, said Mirwais Stanikzai, spokesman for the interior minister. The ISIS…
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