KABUL, Afghanistan – The Taliban said Monday they had captured the last pocket of resistance in Afghanistan, the Panjshir Valley, as the top US diplomat flies to Qatar to try and handle the aftermath of the chaotic American withdrawal. Afghan resistance movement and anti-Taliban uprising...
KABUL, Afghanistan – Resistance forces holed up in Afghanistan's Panjshir Valley against the Taliban have called for a ceasefire, a statement from their leaders said, after reports they had suffered heavy losses at the weekend. Afghan resistance movement and anti-Taliban uprising forces take...
KABUL, Afghanistan -- As a humanitarian catastrophe looms, relief organizations are scrambling to maintain their operations in war-ravaged Afghanistan, holding high-stakes talks with the Taliban in a bid to salvage their critical lifeline of aid. A helicopter displaying a Taliban flag flies above...
KABUL, Afghanistan -- The Taliban were expected to form a government as early as Friday with the new regime under intense international scrutiny over its vow to rule Afghanistan with greater tolerance, especially on women's rights. Taliban fighters wave as they patrol in a convoy along a street in...
KABUL, Afghanistan -- The Taliban deployed special forces at the Kabul airport on Tuesday hours after the last batch of US troops left Afghanistan. Photo taken on Aug. 31, 2021 shows the Kabul airport in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan. (Xinhua The final evacuation flight of the US was conducted on...
WASHINGTON, United States – The Taliban has assured 100 countries that it will continue to allow foreigners and Afghans with foreign travel papers to leave the country "in a safe and orderly manner," even after the US troop withdrawal ends Tuesday, the countries said in a statement Sunday....
At least 36 Filipinos who managed to leave Kabul following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan are scheduled to arrive in Manila today and tomorrow via separate flights from Singapore, the United Kingdom and, Qatar, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) confirmed Tuesday. Department of Foreign...
Four Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in northern Afghanistan are appealing to the Philippine government for repatriation. Taliban fighters stand guard at an entrance gate outside the Interior Ministry in Kabul on August 17, 2021. Javed Tanveer / AFP In GMA's Unang Hirit report, Alfonso Dorado, an...
Why we’ll continue to work in Afghanistan By Christopher Stokes and Jonathan Whittall HEALTH WORKER HEROES Frontliners from Médecins Sans Frontières, with their principle of neutrality, tend to all patients from regular Afghan civilians to US soldiers and Taliban forces As US forces withdraw...
The Department of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that a total of seven Filipinos departed Kabul for Almaty, Kazakhstan – five of them left Sunday while the other two left the Afghan capital last week but the department has only recently confirmed their whereabouts. Afghans gather on a roadside...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- The Taliban said on Sunday that ''hundreds'' of its fighters were heading to the Panjshir Valley, one of the few parts of Afghanistan not yet controlled by the group. Taliban fighters are seen in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, Aug. 17, 2021. (Xinhua) Since the Taliban...
KABUL, Afghanistan -- The Taliban on Sunday blamed the United States for the chaotic evacuation of tens of thousands of Afghans and foreigners from Kabul, one week after the hardline Islamist group returned to power in a rapid victory that stunned the world. Afghans gather near a gate of Kabul...
