An overseas Filipino worker (OFW) in Kabul, Afghanistan said it has been difficult to move from evacuation centers to the international airport to escape Afghanistan since Taliban fighters are scattered in “almost all roads” and blocking passage. Afghan people climb atop a plane as they wait at...
With the Taliban back in control of Afghanistan, here is a recap of landmark events in the war-torn country since the group's first regime was toppled in the 2001 US-led invasion: Taliban fighters sit over a vehicle on a street in Laghman province on August 15, 2021. AFP - 2001: 9/11 and 'War on...
A Manila-based migration consultant on Tuesday thanked the United States for bringing to safety the 32 Filipinos who were airlifted out of Kabul in the middle of chaos just as the Taliban took control of the Afghan capital. Scene at the Kabul airport on August 16, 2021, after a stunningly swift end...
With efforts to extricate the remaining Filipinos now underway in Kabul hours after the capitol falls to the Taliban, the Philippines is preparing to shut down future deployment of OFWs and prevent possible trafficking of workers to Afghanistan. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. made...
Fear and anxiety gripped Filipinos in Afghanistan as Taliban forces entered the capital Kabul, with militants taking over the presidential palace on Sunday night. 000_9L68HF Joseph Glenn Gumpal, leader of the Filipino community in Afghanistan, said the Filipino community cannot help but feel...
In view of the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Monday said it is currently undertaking arrangements for the repatriation of Filipinos still left in Kabul. Screenshot_20210503_091256_com.twitter.android-01-2 “The Department and its Foreign Service Posts...
SYDNEY, Australia – Australia will shutter its embassy in Afghanistan this week, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced Tuesday, underscoring deep fears about the "increasingly uncertain security environment" in Kabul as foreign troops withdraw. Morrison said the facility would close as an...
