Category: Asia

Wed 14 July 2021: The United States will evacuate thousands of Afghan interpreters and others who helped US forces in the country starting in late July, a senior administration official said Wednesday. “At President Biden’s direction, the United States is launching Operation Allies Refuge to support relocation flights for interested and eligible Afghan nationals and […]

Wed 14 July 2021: Former US president George W. Bush on Wednesday criticized the withdrawal of NATO troops from Afghanistan and said civilians were being left to be “slaughtered” by the Taliban. “Afghan women and girls are going to suffer unspeakable harm. This is a mistake… They’re just going to be left behind to be […]

Tue 13 July 2021: France’s embassy in Kabul on Tuesday called on all French nationals who are currently in Afghanistan to leave, as heavy fighting is raging across the country. France will organize a special free-of-charge flight to Paris for its citizens in Afghanistan, which will depart from Kabul on July 17, the diplomatic mission […]

Tue 13 July 2021: Myanmar’s junta authorities have slapped more corruption charges on Aung San Suu Kyi, her lawyer said Tuesday, adding to an eclectic charge sheet that could see the Nobel laureate jailed for more than a decade. A mass uprising in Myanmar against the military’s February coup has been met with a brutal […]

Tue 13 July 2021: The Taliban issued a fresh warning to Turkey against its planned continued military presence in the country and its guarding of the airport in the capital Kabul following the withdrawal of NATO forces. In what is the Taliban’s boldest warning to Ankara yet, it stressed that Turkey’s offer to the United […]

Tue 13 July 2021: The Taliban does not want to engage in fighting inside Afghanistan’s cities, a senior leader of the group has said, as thousands of families flee their homes, fearful of living under their rule. “Now that the fighting from mountains and deserts has reached the doors of the cities, Mujahiddin don’t want […]

Sun 11 July 2021: India’s ministry of External affairs confirmed that while the Kandahar consulate has not been closed, its diplomats and security personnel have been flown back home on a temperory basis. The Consulate continues to operate via its local staff members and arrangements are being made to continue delivery of via and consular […]

Sun 11 July 2021: Police in India are investigating how dozens of Muslim women were offered for sale in fake “auctions” online without their knowledge, in a case the victims say illustrates growing Islamophobia across the country. Photos of more than 80 women were reportedly uploaded in recent weeks to GitHub, an open software development […]