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09:05 2021-08-19
US military leaders didn't expect rapid collapse of Afghan government

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley spoke Wednesday about the chaos in Afghanistan.

07:32 2021-08-19
Fallout of botched Afghan exit overwhelms White House
US President Joe Biden departs after delivering remarks on the crisis in Afghanistan from the East Room at the White House in Washington, Aug 16, 2021. [Photo/Agencies]

WASHINGTON - The White House is finding itself in a new crisis after a botched withdrawal of its troops from Afghanistan, overwhelmed by withering criticism from home and abroad.

07:30 2021-08-19
Afghan Taliban tries to form inclusive government
By LIU XUAN
The Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid addresses a press conference in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, on Aug 17, 2021. The Taliban did not want to have any internal or external enemies, and intended to form an inclusive government in Afghanistan, the Taliban spokesman said here on Tuesday. [Photo/Xinhua]

The Taliban has pledged to establish an inclusive government for Afghanistan and has promised amnesty, peace and women's rights, as its leaders are trying to display a different image.

15:41 2021-08-18
US 'strategic' withdrawal is a fiasco
By Shen Dingli
US President Joe Biden departs after delivering remarks on the crisis in Afghanistan from the East Room at the White House in Washington, Aug 16, 2021. [Photo/Agencies]

Following the ill-coordinated, messy US withdrawal from Afghanistan, Kabul has fallen into the hands of the Taliban at an astonishing speed. The entire world is watching the change of flag from black, red and green of Afghanistan to the white with black Shahadah of the Taliban.

15:15 2021-08-18
Kabul's fall proves military intervention no solution to conflicts - US expert
Evacuees crowd the interior of a US Air Force C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft, carrying some 640 Afghans to Qatar from Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug 15, 2021. [Photo/Agencies]

WASHINGTON - The failure of the United States and its allies' 20-year costly war in Afghanistan further proves that military intervention is no solution to some international and regional conflicts, a famous US professor has said.

11:25 2021-08-18
Taliban scooped up US arms
By HENG WEILI in New York
A Taliban fighter on top of an armoured vehicle loads a gun outside the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan Aug 16, 2021, in this still image taken from a video. [Photo/Agencies]

The Taliban not only routed Afghanistan's army but also seized a trove of their foe's expensive American weapons, the White House confirmed Tuesday. 

10:39 2021-08-18
UK says to take in Afghan refugees after Taliban takeover
People walk at the streets of Afghan capital Kabul on Aug 17, 2021. [Photo/IC]

LONDON - Britain will take in up to 20,000 Afghans in the coming years, as part of a resettlement plan following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, the Home Office said in a statement on Tuesday.

09:49 2021-08-18
Johnson, Biden vow to work together on Afghan situation after Taliban takeover
US President Joe Biden speaks with Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a plenary session at a NATO summit in Brussels, Belgium, June 14, 2021. [Photo/Agencies]

LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and US President Joe Biden spoke via phone Tuesday evening about the current situation in Afghanistan following Taliban takeover, Downing Street said in a statement.

09:31 2021-08-18
Moscow blasts US' 'geopolitical experiments'
By REN QI in Moscow
India's UN Ambassador TS Tirumurti (center) speaks with Russian Ambassador Vasily Nebenzya during a UN Security Council meeting on Afghanistan on Monday. TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
09:11 2021-08-18
EU, UK to focus on Afghan refugee crisis
By JONATHAN POWELL in London
An internally displaced Afghan girl carries a child near their shelter at a refugee camp on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, in this June 20, 2019 file photo. [Photo/Agencies]
08:59 2021-08-18
Situation in Afghanistan (6)
07:38 2021-08-18
'Open and inclusive' Afghanistan urged
By ZHANG YUNBI
Afghans visit a market in Kabul on Tuesday as the city returns to normal, after the Taliban seized control of the capital on Sunday following the collapse of the Afghan government. AFP

Military intervention and power politics doomed to fail, FM says

07:05 2021-08-18
Taliban move to restart capital and encourage women to join their govt
French Ambassador to Afghanistan David Martinon (left) waits with French and Afghan nationals to board an evacuation flight on a French military transport plane at the airport in Kabul on Tuesday. AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE

The Taliban moved on Tuesday to quickly restart the Afghan capital following their stunning takeover of Kabul and told government staff to return to work.

15:53 2021-08-17
Normalcy returns to Afghan capital, Taliban urges gov't workers to return to work
Photo taken on Aug 15, 2021 shows a road in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan. [Photo/Xinhua]

KABUL - Normality has returned to Kabul, capital of Afghanistan as the Taliban on Tuesday urged the government employees to return to work, two days after the group took control of the capital.

14:01 2021-08-17
US credibility further doubted with Afghanistan's rapid unravelling: media
US President Joe Biden departs after delivering remarks on the crisis in Afghanistan from the East Room at the White House in Washington, Aug 16, 2021. [Photo/Agencies]

NEW YORK - The hasty withdrawal of US troops and the rapid unravelling of Afghanistan have made America's allies and others further doubt its credibility, according to a Friday report in The New York Times.

11:04 2021-08-17
Situation in Afghanistan (5)
11:01 2021-08-17
Situation in Afghanistan (4)
10:40 2021-08-17
US experts blast White House for strategic error in chaotic troop withdrawal
A screen displays US President Joe Biden's remarks on the crisis in Afghanistan at the Nasdaq MarketSite in Times Square in New York, Aug 16, 2021. [Photo/Agencies]

BEIJING - Days before Taliban forces entered the Afghan capital of Kabul, US President Joe Biden said at a news conference that he did not regret his move to withdraw troops from Afghanistan.

09:58 2021-08-17
Biden defends US pullout; reaction animated
By HENG WEILI in New York

US President Joe Biden made a forceful defense Monday of the troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, saying that Americans should not be fighting in a war in which Afghans themselves won't engage wholeheartedly, while observers weighed in with mixed views on an ignominious end to the 20-year engagement.

09:57 2021-08-17
Pakistan promotes inclusive political settlement in Afghanistan, evacuation of personnel: ambassador
Munir Akram, Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations, speaks to media after the United Nations Security Council met regarding the situation in Afghanistan at the United Nations in New York City, New York, US, Aug 16, 2021. [Photo/Agencies]

UNITED NATIONS - Pakistan is actively promoting an inclusive political settlement in Afghanistan and helping evacuate diplomats, representatives of international organizations, and others from Kabul, said Pakistan's UN ambassador Munir Akram on Monday.

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