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UAE welcomes 41 Afghans on humanitarian grounds

The United Arab Emirates has welcomed 41 Afghan evacuees, including members of the Afghan girls’ cycling and robotic teams, as well as at-risk human rights activists and their family members.While in the UAE, the group of women, girls, and families wil…

Taliban Claim Victory Over Resistance, but Massoud Vows to Fight

ISLAMABAD – The Taliban said road links to Panjshir valley are now open, and food and other supplies can now be transported. Soon after declaring they had taken over the valley and ended remnants of resistance against their rule, the group said electri…

US: Four Americans Leave Afghanistan by Land

WASHINGTON – Four more Americans have safely left Afghanistan, departing the country via an overland route with the acquiescence of the controlling Taliban, a State Department official said Monday.Even as the Taliban insurgents who now control Afghanis…

White House Again Pledges to Get Americans Out of Afghanistan

WASHINGTON – A top White House official pledged Sunday that the United States would find a way to get the remaining Americans out of Afghanistan if they want to leave, but a key Republican foreign affairs lawmaker said Taliban insurgents are blocking e…

Taliban Stop Planes of Evacuees from Leaving but Unclear Why

KABUL – At least four planes chartered to evacuate several hundred people seeking to escape the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan have been unable to leave the country for days, officials said Sunday, with conflicting accounts emerging about why the fl…

UAE condemns Houthi drone attack in Saudi Arabia’s Khamis Mushait

The UAE has strongly condemned and denounced the terrorist Houthi militia’s systematic attempts to target civilians and civilian sites in Saudi Arabia’s city of Khamis Mushait with an explosive-laden drone, which was intercepted and destroyed by the Co…

UAE airlifts urgent food and medical assistance to Afghanistan

The UAE today sent a plane carrying urgent medical and food aid to Afghanistan as part of its contribution to meeting the basic needs of thousands of Afghan families, especially the most vulnerable groups such as women, children and the elderly.The urg…