afghanistan

Last US troops leave Afghanistan after nearly 20 years

Published on: August 31, 2021
07:47

Washington, Aug 31 (Prensa Latina) After 20 years of occupation, a military C-17 carried the last US troops out of Afghanistan on Monday, marking the formal and of the longest war in US history.

WHO starts humanitarian aid air corridor to Afghanistan

Published on: August 30, 2021
18:51

Kabul, Aug 30 (Prensa Latina) A humanitarian corridor to Afghanistan started on Monday with the arrival of the first shipment of international medical aid to that country since it fell into the hands of the Taliban.

UK’s evacuation from Afghanistan a humiliation

Published on: August 30, 2021
18:03

London, Aug 30 (Prensa Latina) British Conservative lawmaker Tobias Ellwood on Monday described the hasty way in which the United Kingdom evacuated its personnel and Afghan collaborators after the Taliban's return to power as humiliation.

Spain makes preliminary assessment of its actions in Afghanistan

Published on: August 30, 2021
11:59

Madrid, Aug 30 (Prensa Latina) Spain evacuated 2,200 people from Afghanistan, most of them with requests for political asylum, while stressing that it is open to operational contacts without recognizing the Taliban regime.

Russia maintains normal relations with any power in Afghanistan

Published on: August 30, 2021
10:27

Moscow, Aug 30 (Prensa Latina) The special representative of the Russian president for Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, acknowledged today that his country establishes contacts with the Taliban movement and considered it necessary to maintain normal relations with any authority in that Central Asian nation.

Biden meets grieving families and honors troops killed in Afghanistan

Published on: August 30, 2021
07:21

Washington, Aug 30 (Prensa Latina) President Joe Biden met in solemn privacy Sunday with the families of the 13 US troops killed in the suicide attack near the Kabul airport as the remains of their loved ones returned to US soil from Afghanistan.

More than 500,000 refugees from Afghanistan estimated

Published on: August 28, 2021
11:04

Kabul, Aug 28 (Prensa Latina) More than 500,000 people might flee Afghanistan before the end of this year, local media estimated on Saturday.

Russia calls to strengthen cooperation in light of Afghan crisis

Published on: August 28, 2021
10:03

Moscow, Aug 28 (Prensa Latina) Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu urged on Saturday to consolidate cooperation between allies of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), in light of the deteriorated situation in Afghanistan.

‘A war to come,’ former US ambassador to Afghanistan forecasts

Published on: August 28, 2021
01:02

Washington, Aug 28 (Prensa Latina) For former US Ambassador to Afghanistan Ryan Crocker, the possibility of more violence in that country is a real issue today and he warned that war is coming.

Pakistan concerns about the situation in Afghanistan

Published on: August 27, 2021
16:12

Islamabad, Aug 27 (Prensa Latina) Pakistan's Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi informed on Friday to his Iranian counterpart, Seyed Ibrahim Raisi, about the current situation in Afghanistan and what it means for his country.

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