Tag Archives: Afghanistan

It will not surprise you to hear that Charles Barkley said an outrageous thing he maybe should not have said in the last few days. It will probably surprise you to hear that Shaq was not egging him on as he did so. Over the years Barkley’s best quotes have …

The man dressed in white represents the Ministry for Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice. His presence causes fear on the emptying streets of Kabul. Credit: Learning Together Thursday, October 12, 2023 Inter Press Service Oct 12 (IPS) – The author is an Afghanistan-based female journalist, trained with Finnish …

Volunteers and rescue workers in quake-hit Afghanistan say they are forced to use shovels and even their bare hands to look for victims and survivors. “There is no modern equipment nor trained search and rescue teams. This could result in a rise in casualties. If we don’t urgently receive advanced …

A doctor prescribes medicine for mothers and children during a UNICEF-supported mobile health and nutrition team visit. Credit: Karim / UNICEF Opinion by James Elder (kabul, afghanistan) Wednesday, July 26, 2023 Inter Press Service KABUL, Afghanistan, Jul 26 (IPS) – The needs of Afghanistan’s children and families are immense. So are …

Foreign ministry spokesperson calls on Tehran to share any intelligence they posses so Taliban forces can take action. The Taliban has rejected a claim by Iran’s foreign minister that the leaders of the ISIL (ISIS) armed group had been sent to Afghanistan. “If Iran has any intelligence that Daesh members …

Since then, as international funding has stalled amid skepticism about the Taliban’s return, the UN has been acting as the world’s “eyes and ears” in Afghanistan. After shifting mainly to humanitarian work, UN agencies and partners are finding ways to help the long-suffering population meet basic needs and preserve hard-won …

Talks will include diplomatic envoys and aid donors as the UN plans to press the Taliban to ease restrictions on women. Doha, Qatar – The Taliban has not been invited to a United Nations-organised conference on Afghanistan in Doha, with the Afghan group governing the South Asian country saying that …

Opinion by Patricia Gossman (brussels, belgium) Friday, April 28, 2023 Inter Press Service BRUSSELS, Belgium, Apr 28 (IPS) – On May 1, United Nations member states’ special envoys on Afghanistan will meet in Doha, Qatar to discuss how to address the Taliban’s latest restrictions on humanitarian operations. The two-day meeting follows …

Last week the White House released the After Action Report for the Afghanistan withdrawal with a 12-page talking point paper for the public. For those of us veterans and active military, we are familiar with the After Action Report, or AAR as it’s lovingly acronymized.  However, this report reads more …

WASHINGTON — The United States on Thursday acknowledged that the government should have started evacuations from Afghanistan earlier at the end of the war in 2021, and said the government has changed policies to carry out such evacuations sooner when security conditions worsen. That finding was tucked inside a 12-page …