The Year In Review 2021 – August – The Fall of Kabul & Hurricane Ida. The month saw US troops leave Afghanistan and the Taliban take back over, marking the end of the 20-year war in Afghan.
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Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the east and south, Iran to the west, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan to the north, and Tajikistan and China to the northeast.
The Capital of Afghanistan is Kabul. The country has high levels of terrorism, poverty, and child malnutrition.
The Taliban were removed from power after the US invasion in 2001 but still controlled a significant portion of the country. The twenty-year-long war between the government and the Taliban reached a conclusion with the 2021 Taliban offensive and the resulting fall of Kabul which returned the Taliban to power.
Arab News says Hundreds of people braved sub-zero temperatures in Afghanistan’s capital to queue outside the passport office early Sunday.
Arab News says The diesel fuel needed to produce oxygen for coronavirus patients has run out.
TRT World says an Afghan whose daughter was killed by a botched US drone strike has expressed anger at the decision not to punish anyone.
TRT World says Taliban militants in Pakistan declared an end to a month-long ceasefire arranged with the aid of the Afghan Taliban.
The Guardian says Tens of thousands of Afghans were unable to access UK help following the fall of Kabul because of turmoil and confusion in the Foreign Office.
Arab News says Taliban authorities said on Thursday that Iranian forces had suffered at least nine casualties during clashes on the Afghanistan-Iran border.
The Guardian says A young boy from Afghanistan has gone missing less than a month after arriving in the UK.
TRT World says Some 31 donors to Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund must approve fund transfer to World Food Program and UNICEF.
The Independent says The head of the British military has insisted that it is too early to say whether the West was defeated in Afghanistan.
France24 says In the villages that once bore the brunt of Afghanistan’s frontline fighting, the Taliban victory has broken a cycle of air strikes, gun battles and funerals.
Thousands of Afghan refugees housed temporarily in British hotels have faced increasing harassment by far-right groups, according to organisations monitoring the activities of extremists. Campaigners…
Afghanistan on brink of collapse because of frozen assets that the US will not release to allow the country to operate, was a statement released…
The Independent says The British ambassador to Afghanistan repeatedly warned Dominic Raab that Kabul would swiftly fall into Taliban hands, diplomatic cables have revealed.
TRT World says the Taliban, who regained power in August after the collapse of the US-backed government, will not be allowed to access Afghan central bank reserves.
TRT World says the Pentagon has offered unspecified condolence payments to the family of 10 civilians who were killed in a botched US drone attack in Afghanistan in August.
Aljazeera says Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has suspended flights to Kabul after what it called heavy-handed interference by Taliban authorities.
TRT World says G20 leaders have gathered for a virtual summit focused on addressing the looming humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan.
The Guardian says Afghanistan’s junior female football team and their immediate families are to relocate to Britain from Pakistan.
The Independent says Deporting asylum seekers back to Afghanistan presents “no real risk of harm”, according to new Home Office guidance
Arab News says Afghanistan’s girls football team will be allowed to resettle in the UK after fleeing the Taliban to Pakistan where they currently hold temporary visas.
The Sun says TALIBAN thugs have hung the corpses of alleged criminals from diggers in shocking new photos from Afghanistan.
France24 says while the economy teeters on the brink of collapse, vendors at an opium market in southern Afghanistan say prices for their goods have skyrocketed.
TRT World says top American generals have said they recommended keeping several thousand US troops in Afghanistan.
Aljazeera says Italian Foreign Affairs Minister Luigi Di Maio has said the Taliban government in Afghanistan could not be recognised.