The Netherlands’ foreign minister, Sigrid Kaag, has stepped down from her post after the country’s parliament censured her and the Dutch defense minister over a chaotic Kabul evacuation that left many behind. Kaag announced her resignation on Thursday, after the motion of censure was passed by the parliament. The motion targeted the whole cabinet, but […]
Etichetă: afghanistan
‘Journey between hope & fear, resulting in epic failure’: Kabul journalist speaks to RT about 20-year war in Afghanistan
As part of RT’s Unheard Voices special project, an Afghan journalist and a young refugee detail their experiences in the country they were forced to flee, as there was no hope and no future left for them in Afghanistan. Afghan journalist Bilal Sarwary has dedicated years of his life to being one of the voices […]
‘Women who left Afghanistan cannot represent us’: Pro-Taliban female students demonstrate in Kabul (VIDEO)
Dozens of women donning black niqabs have taken to streets of Kabul to voice support for the Taliban and their strict interpretation of sharia law. The rally followed a wave of heated demonstrations by women’s rights protesters. Several dozen women, purportedly female students of Shaheed Rabbani Education University in Kabul, marched down the city streets […]
Afghanistan after the US: Human stories behind America’s longest lost war
The US has withdrawn from Afghanistan after 20 years of war, with nothing to show for it but a swift Taliban takeover and a flood of refugees. RT asked Afghans and Americans what the price of “nation-building” has been for them. The US invaded Afghanistan in October 2001, accusing the Taliban government of sheltering Osama […]
Chinese Foreign Ministry mocks US over Afghanistan, says its ‘war machines’ have become Taliban playground
A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman has mocked the US and the chaotic collapse of the Washington-backed Afghan regime they left behind, as he shared footage of Taliban soldiers using captured aircraft as a swing. On Thursday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian posted a video on his Twitter account, claiming Afghanistan was the “graveyard of […]