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TEHRAN – With the Taliban taking the reins in Kabul, Afghanistan seems to be poised to become a new hotspot for regional and extra-regional power competition, one that, if unleashed, would do little to improve the lives of Afghan people fed up with war and destruction.     Two decades after being expelled from Kabul […]

Afghans gather on a roadside near the military part of the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 20, 2021, hoping to flee from the country after the Taliban’s military takeover. (AFP Photo)  United States soldiers stationed at the airport at Kabul Hamid Karzai International Airport are distributing pork-containing food packages to Afghans desperately waiting for a […]

Germany remains one of the main trade and economic partners of Russia in Europe and the world. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday before the start of talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the Kremlin. “I would like to note that Germany remains one of the main partners for us, […]

US soldiers stand guard behind barbed wire as Afghans sit on a roadside near the military part of the airport in Kabul on August 20, 2021, hoping to flee from the country after the Taliban’s military takeover of Afghanistan. (AFP)  The US advised Americans in Afghanistan to avoid traveling to Kabul airport in an embassy […]

US marines provide assistance during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Aug. 20, 2021.   –   Copyright  Lance Cpl. Nicholas Guevara/U.S. Marine Corps via AP   Tens of thousands of Afghans, fearful of a brutal Taliban rule or of being a target for working with Western forces, are waiting to be evacuated from the […]

Civilians prepare to board a plane during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 18, 2021. (Reuters Photo)  Several NATO countries pressed on Friday for evacuations from Kabul to continue beyond the current U.S. deadline because so many people seeking safe passage following the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan are stuck outside the […]

The group plans to ready a new model for governing Afghanistan within the next few weeks Taliban forces stand guard inside Kabul, Afghanistan August 16, 2021. PHOTO: REUTERSKABUL: The Taliban have started to use any means at their disposal to track down the people they see as a threat to their rule, even going to […]

  Turkish security forces patrol the eastern border with Iran, Van, Turkey, Aug. 19, 2021. (Sabah Photo)  Turkish security forces continue to patrol 24/7 to prevent a new influx of illegal Afghan migrants after the Taliban’s takeover of the country. Turkey’s eastern border with Iran is protected by the tightened measures, including a modular wall, […]

As the Taliban have taken control over the metropolis, life in the busiest and most populated city of Afghanistan thoroughly changed and the residents are not living a life they used to do just until August 14. The Taliban have imposed a curfew and no one is allowed to go out of home after 9 […]

Taliban deputy supreme commander and political leader Abdul Ghani Baradar during talks with Afghan political figures in Moscow, Russia on May 30, 2019. © AFP The Taliban stunned the world with the speed of their blitz through Afghanistan and capture of Kabul on August 15. As they surged to victory, the group tried to create an […]