U.S.-Funded Military Gear Into Afghanistan 2003-2016. Source: GAO OPENTHEBOOKS.COM The U.S. provided an estimated $83 billion worth of training and equipment to Afghan security forces since 2001. This year, alone, the U.S. military aid to Afghan forces was $3 billion. Putting … Read More
The deputy head of the Taliban political office in Qatar, Mullah Baradar has said that Taliban are expected to form new government in coming days. In an interview to BBC, he said that women could continue their work, including at … Read More
BERLIN, Sept 1 (Reuters) – Germany called on Iran to resume nuclear talks with six world powers “as soon as possible” to revive a 2015 nuclear deal, the foreign ministry said, after a break in discussions following the election of … Read More
A crowd gathering on the tarmac of Kabul’s airport. WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP via Getty US evacuation flights from Afghanistan will stop on August 31. The US is reportedly evacuating people from Kabul at a rate of 20,000 a day. Based on one … Read More
The war chest included at least 600,000 infantry weapons — including M16 assault rifles. Rahmat Gul/AP The Taliban has seized US weapons left in Afghanistan worth billions — possibly including 600,000 assault rifles, some 2,000 armored vehicles, and 40 aircraft, including Black … Read More
The Taliban are ‘intensifying’ their hunt for Afghans who helped the US and NATO, says a private intel report to the UN The Taliban are on the hunt for locals who worked with NATO or the former Afghan regime, per … Read More
Why the US-trained Afghan National Army have been defeated with ease by the Taliban A Taliban fighter looks on as he stands at the city of Ghazni, Afghanistan on 14 August, 2021. Reuters The Taliban now control two-thirds of Afghanistan, … Read More
Taliban fighters entered the outskirts of the Afghan capital on Sunday and said they were awaiting a “peaceful transfer” of the city after promising not to take it by force, but the uncertainty panicked workers who fled government offices as … Read More