Ankara, 23 August 2021 (Anadolu News) Though the Taliban's ultimate decision-making body is a 26-member leadership council, or Rahbari Shura, six figures stand out for their top positions in the insurgent group. The Taliban have come under increasing international scrutiny recently after they captured most of Afghanistan, including the capital Kabul on Aug. 15, announcing...

Ankara, 23 August 2021 (Anadolu News) China can play a significant role in rebuilding Afghanistan, a spokesperson for the Taliban said Friday. Suhail Shaheen emphasized the importance of the rebuilding process and said China is a big country with a giant economy and capacity. Stating that the group needs support from all countries, Shaheen encouraged...

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19 August 2021, AlJazeera News By Marwan Bishara Although the war and the occupation have ended and the dust is finally settling in Afghanistan, there is little clarity as to what the future holds for the Afghan nation or for the main protagonists, the United States and the Taliban. Judging by their initial official statements...

Ankara, 20 August 2021 (Anadolu News) Prof. Fazl Hadi Wazin, teaching in Kabul University and contested for Vice President last year warns that isolating Afghanistan means pushing 35 m people to terrorism.  He called on the international community and regional powers to give the Taliban a chance to run Afghanistan for the sake of peace...

Ankara, 20 August 2021 (Anadolu News) Turkey is ready to hold talks with the Taliban if necessary, the country’s president said on Friday. “If there is a knock on our door, we will open it for dialogue,” Recep Tayyip Erdogan told reporters after Friday prayers in Istanbul. He criticized the Western world and Islamic states...

Islamabad, 17 August 2021 Federal Minister for Information of Pakistan, Fawad Chaudhry said today that Pakistan will not take unilateral decision in recognition of Taliban government in Afghanistan. He was briefing the media after Pakistan's federal cabinet meeting which reviewed developments in neighboring Afghanistan. He said that Pakistan was a responsible part of the international...

Washington, 16 August 2021 President Joe Biden on Monday in his address to the US nation at the White House East Room said he 'stood squarely behind' his decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan and rejected broad criticism of the chaotic withdrawal that is posing a crisis for him. Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan, the...

Kabul, 15 August 2021 Afghan Taliban forces once again took over charge of presidential palace in country's Capital city after 19 years and 10 months loosing into the hands of invading US-NATO forces in October 2001. President Ashraf Ghani fled Afghanistan this morning as Taliban closes in on Kabul early today, according to the country’s...

12 August 2021 (AlJazeera News) Herat, Afghanistan’s third-largest city, has fallen to the Taliban, residents and local journalists said, becoming the eleventh provincial capital to be captured by the armed group in recent days. Earlier on Thursday, the armed group took control of Ghazni, the capital of Ghazni province, about 130km (80 miles) southwest of...