Day: August 17, 2021

Targeted killings, abuse of women reported after Taliban takeover – UN officials

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UN envoy says Kabul residents ‘living in absolute fear,’ reporting door-to-door searches, lootings; at airport, 640 passengers cram into US Air Force cargo plane By AP and TOI staff Today, 11:05 am The United Nations chief said Monday that reports coming in from Afghanistan told of abuses against women by the Taliban, while Kabul’s ambassador […]

Taliban control over Afghanistan will affect Israel’s security, warns official

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Taliban forces have taken control of the Afghan capital, Kabul, after President Ashraf Ghani fled the country August 16, 2021 at 9:41 am | Published in: Afghanistan, Asia & Americas, Israel, Middle East, News, Tajikistan, US, Videos & Photo Stories August 16, 2021 at 9:41 am The Taliban’s control of Afghanistan will affect Israel’s security, […]

Britain tells Taliban: Militants must never attack West from Afghanistan

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“Afghanistan must never be used to launch terrorist attacks against the West, we’ve had 20 years of success in that regard,” Raab told Sky. REUTERS AUGUST 17, 2021 10:12 Britain cautioned the Taliban on Tuesday that Afghanistan must never be used to launch terror attacks but added that the West must try to positively influence […]

Worthy to Escape

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We defeated the enemy in Afghanistan. We killed or captured the terrorists who planned, plotted, or aided in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. We killed the ringleader, Usama bin Laden. We disrupted the terrorists’ camps where they plotted and trained. We dislodged the Taliban government that aided and abetted bin Laden. We just don’t […]