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[77] [78] The situation reportedly calmed just before dawn. [79] At least three villages in Afghanistan Airukam, Kaga, and Garab were reportedly hit by Pakistani mortar strikes. [80] On the night of 3 January 2025, Afghan Taliban and Pakistani Taliban launched joint raids targeting Pakistani Border Posts, in the Spinwam Area of North Waziristan ...
The last U.S. troops left Afghanistan on Aug. 30, 2021. Three years later, the Taliban's return to power has allowed al Qaeda and other terrorist groups to regain a presence in the country, and ...
The House report says many U.S. officials in Kabul tried to convey the dire security situation in the months leading up to the withdrawal but that their superiors played down the warnings and ...
However, the security situation once again started to flare up with the establishment of Taliban's regime in Afghanistan that provided terrorist groups with safe sanctuaries to anti-Pakistan Islamist militant groups on Afghan soil. Resultantly Pakistan is facing a deadly escalation in militant violence — 757 people were killed and nearly as ...
President Joseph Biden on Monday afternoon will deliver remarks on the rapidly unfolding situation in Afghanistan. Biden is scheduled to speak at 3:45 pm ET, live from the East Room of the White ...
September 22 – Iran summons the acting head of Afghanistan's embassy after saying that a visiting Afghan official disrespected the country's national anthem by not standing during a performance of the anthem, days after a similar incident occurred in Pakistan. The Afghan delegate apologizes, claiming that this was because the public ...
In sworn testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee, top generals said Tuesday that they recommended keeping around 2,500 U.S. troops on the ground in Afghanistan.
Afghanistan is a rural country; in 2020, some 80% of its 33 million people lived in the countryside. [122]: 12 This predisposes warfare to rural areas, and provides ample hiding spots for guerrilla fighters. The country also has harsh winters, which favors spring or summertime military offensives after winter lulls in fighting.