MEXICO CITY - Mexico received 124 media workers and their family members from Afghanistan, including New York Times journalists, the government said on Wednesday, as people flee after the Taliban militant group's takeover. They arrived at Mexico City's international airport early on Wednesday morning, where Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard ...
GENEVAWith millions of people internally displaced in Afghanistan and many scrambling to flee danger in the country, the UN on Friday called on neighboring countries to open their borders "in light of the evolving crisis."Shabia Mantoo, a spokeswoman for the UN Refugee Agency, said UNHCR is concerned about the ...
Russia is ready to send airplanes to Afghanistan to evacuate Afghans fleeing the Taliban as well as Russians who wish to leave the country, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Thursday. Thousands of Afghan citizens have rushed to flee the country this week following the Taliban’s swift takeover of ...
The suspension of flights leaving Kabul has left countless civilians at the mercy of the Taliban. But even if flights resume, Afghans fleeing the country will still need to test negative for Covid, according to a baffling report. Read more Soon after the Taliban seized the Afghan capital on ...
“These are not human beings, these are the worst barbarian terrorists,” said a resident of Kabul, who has been at the forefront of trying to relocate hundreds of those fleeing the Taliban brutality. “We had never dreamed that this would happen again,” said the Kabuli who can’t be named ...
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan said Monday dozens of Afghan border forces, including several officers, took refuge on the Pakistani side after being unable to hold their military posts apparently in the wake of advances by Taliban insurgents inside Afghanistan. Stepped up Taliban attacks in recent weeks have forced hundreds of pro-Afghan ...
The U.S., Russia, China and even Afghanistan’s neighbor Pakistan, where the Taliban leadership council is headquartered, have all warned the Taliban against trying for a military victory, warning they will be international pariahs. Taliban leaders have vowed they are not doing so, even as they boast of their gains ...
Work dried up in 2014 as the United States began winding down its involvement in Afghanistan and transferring responsibility for security to the Afghan government. The group of friends made their way to Turkey, some legally through the Turkish companies that had hired them in Afghanistan, and some making ...