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US must plan evacuation of Afghan journalists: RSF
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Paris [France], August 23 (ANI): Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on US President Joe Biden to draw a special plan for evacuating endangered Afghan journalists and human rights defenders.
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US could get commercial airlines involved in Afghanistan evacuation: Repor
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US] August 22 (ANI/Sputnik): The administration of US President Joe Biden could activate the Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF) in order to have commercial aircraft help evacuate people from Afghanistan, US officials told The Wall Street Journal.
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Biden meets national security team to discuss situation in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US] August 22 (ANI): The White House on Sunday informed that President Joe Biden has met his national security team to discuss the security situation in Afghanistan.
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At Alabama rally, Trump blasts Biden for 'major failure' in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Alabama [US], August 22 (ANI): At a massive rally in COVID-19 hit Alabama, former US President Donald Trump ripped into his successor Joe Biden for the Kabul crisis, saying that recent developments in Afghanistan are a "major failure" of the current US administration's foreign policy.
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Pompeo denounces Biden administration over Afghanistan crisis
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 22 (ANI): Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday hit out at the US President Joe Biden for the current instability in Afghanistan and handling of the evacuation process from the country, calling it 'a debacle of significant proportion'.
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Biden lauds Qatar's 'generous support' for evacuation of US citizens from
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US] August 21 (ANI): The US on Friday expressed appreciation for Qatar's "generous support" for the ongoing evacuation of the US citizens, diplomatic staff, and vulnerable Afghan nationals after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.
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Biden picks new envoys for China, Japan
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 21 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Friday announced R. Nicholas Burns as the country's nominee for Ambassador to China and Rahm Emanuel as the country's nominee for Ambassador to Japan, the White House said in a press release.
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Biden describes scenes of 'desperate people' in Afghanistan as 'gut wrench
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], August 21 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Friday described the images emerging out of Afghanistan as "gut-wrenching", showing people "acting out of sheer desperation," hoping to get out of the country following the Taliban's siege of Kabul.
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Biden says Afghan evacuation 'most difficult airlift' in history
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 21 (ANI): Terming the evacuation from Afghanistan the 'most difficult and largest airlift' ever in the history, US President Joe Biden on Friday assured to get all Americans and allies out of the war-torn country.
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Taliban's win could soon be Pakistan's loss, say experts
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], August 20 (ANI): Even as the Taliban has talked of honour women's "rights" under Islamic law, experts have said Islamabad will share in the blame if and when the terrorist group's takeover starts to go wrong.
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Former CIA officer blames Pakistan for swift collapse of Afghanistan by Ta
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 20 (ANI): Former CIA Clandestine Service member John Sipher blamed Pakistan for the swift collapse of Afghanistan by the Taliban.
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Biden meets with national security team, discusses updates in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], August 20 (ANI): US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris met with their national security team to discuss security, diplomatic and intelligence updates in Afghanistan, according to a White House official.
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