Tag: Afghanistan
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Afghan Taliban to hold first news conference – Spokesperson
Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said in a tweet that he will hold a news conference on Tuesday at a media centre in Kabul that was previously used by the Afghan government. Mujahid said media representatives and journalists could come to the media centre. The Taliban urged people in Afghanistan on Tuesday to live their routine…
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Germany to help people in Afghanistan who previously provided assistance – Merkel
Germany intends to help a large number of people in Afghanistan who previously provided assistance to it, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday at a joint news conference with Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas. “We know that the situation is extremely difficult. I told Kallas that Germany wants to help even more people who provided…
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China condemns ‘hurried’ U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told Secretary of State Antony Blinken on that the hasty pullout of U.S. troops from Afghanistan had a “serious negative impact,”but pledged to work with Washington to promote stability in the country. Similarly, Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying on Tuesday said Washington had left “an awful mess of unrest,…
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Nigeria must never recognize Taliban-led Afghanistan- Moghalu
Kingsley Moghalu, former presidential candidate of the Young Progressive Party (YPP), has advised the Nigerian government not to acknowledge the Taliban-led Afghanistan. TheNewsGuru recalls that Taliban fighters had on Sunday stormed Kabul, and took over power after Ashraf Ghani, the Afghanistan president, fled. Speaking on the development, Moghalu said the situation in Afghanistan is an…
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Trending video: Taliban militants wine, dine in presidential palace
New footage has come out on social media showing the Taliban militants wining and dining in the presidential palace formerly occupied by President Ashraf Ghani and his cabinet. Some of the militants sat ontop the sofa while others could be seen eating as they chatted and laughed in the palace. The Taliban have taken total…
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I stand ‘squarely’ behind decision, President Biden defends withdrawal of U.S. military from Afghanistan
President Joe Biden has said he stands “squarely” behind the US exit from Afghanistan as he faces withering criticism over the Taliban’s lightning conquest of the war-torn country. “How many more American lives is it worth?” said the president. He said despite the “gut-wrenching” scenes in Kabul “there is never a good time to withdraw…
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Afghanistan: Five killed at Kabul airport during mass evacuation
At least five people were killed in Kabul airport as hundreds of people tried to forcibly enter planes leaving the Afghan capital. One witness said he had seen the bodies of five people being taken to a vehicle. Another witness said it was not clear whether the victims were killed by gunshots or in a…
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Gunmen kill two female Supreme Court judges
Unidentified gunmen killed two female judges from Afghanistan’s Supreme Court on Sunday morning, police said, adding to a wave of assassinations in Kabul and other cities while government and Taliban representatives have been holding peace talks in Qatar. The two judges, who have not yet been named, were killed and their driver wounded, in an…
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Suicide bombing in Afghanistan leaves 7 dead, dozens wounded
A suicide bombing in Afghanistan’s south-eastern province of Ghazni left no fewer than seven dead and wounded a further 40 people, the provincial governor’s spokesman on Monday. “The bomber detonated a Humvee vehicle inside a facility of the provincial intelligence agency’s Special Forces early Monday morning,’’ spokesman Arif Noori said. Nasir Ahmad Faqiri, the council…
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At least 37 suspected COVID-19 patients flee from hospital
At least 37 patients thought to be suffering from COVID-19, the illness brought on by the novel coronavirus, on Tuesday fled from a hospital in Afghanistan’s Western Herat province, a Health Ministry spokesperson said. According to the ministry spokesman Wahidullah Mayar, the people in question are in isolation due to the virus. They escaped from…