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World Newspapers: Biden to expand safe zone around airport in Kabul

Monday, 23 August 2021 21:49
US President Biden said Sunday that the US military is “executing a plan” to move stranded American citizens to the Kabul airport in greater numbers, including through an expansion of a safe zone around the facility and by creating conduits for people to access the compound “safely and effectively.” 205/214

World Newspapers: Pentagon hints at more rescues amid new threat

Sunday, 22 August 2021 22:16
The Pentagon on Saturday strongly hinted that US troops may stage further operations outside the Kabul airport to help evacuate stranded American citizens and Afghans who aided the Americans, as the threat of violence in the capital grows amid the return of the Taliban’s top political leader and increased concern about potential attacks by the ISIS. 205/214

Afghans still going to Kabul Airport to leave country

Sunday, 22 August 2021 10:26
Kabul (IP) – Some Afghan people are still going to Kabul Airport to leave the country.

World Newspapers: Despair in Kabul undercuts Biden on rescue effort

Saturday, 21 August 2021 21:05
The desperate scenes at the Kabul airport reverberated worldwide on Friday, forcing President Biden to defend his handling of the chaotic evacuation and fueling recrimination from American allies struggling to get their own citizens out of Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. 207/203

World Newspapers: Chaos at airport plagues evacuation effort

Friday, 20 August 2021 20:58
Afghanistan’s economy faces calamity in the aftermath of the Taliban capture of Kabul, with the United States freezing the country’s financial reserves, residents unable to withdraw their money from bank accounts, and billions of dollars of international aid put on hold. 207/203

World Newspapers: Facing Afghan chaos, Biden defends exit

Tuesday, 17 August 2021 20:24
The U.S. President offered a defiant defense on Monday of his decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan, blaming the swift collapse of the Afghan government and chaotic scenes at the Kabul airport on the refusal of the country’s military to stand and fight in the face of the Taliban advance. 207/203

Iranian embassy, consulate-general open in Afghanistan: MFA spox

Tuesday, 17 August 2021 14:30
Tehran (IP) - The Spokesman of Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affair says the country's embassy and consulate-general in Kabul and Herat are open and active.

Districts of Kabul mourn Muharram

Tuesday, 17 August 2021 12:09
Kabul (IP) - Some areas of Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, have taken on a mourning atmosphere with the month of Muharram's arrival.

Iran suspends all flights to Afghanistan

Monday, 16 August 2021 23:22
Flights between Iran and Afghanistan were suspended until further notice due to disorder at Kabul Airport.

World Newspapers: Taliban seize power as US retreats

Monday, 16 August 2021 21:00
The Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, with fighters entering the presidential palace, and gunshots broke out at Kabul’s airport as thousands tried to flee the country. The collapse of the Afghan government creates an uncertain future for civilians and challenges for the US. 207