Tag: Kabul
“We only have a handful of days to evacuate people from Kabul”
Annalena Baerbock, candidate of the Greens for the German Chancellery, in Duisburg, August 10, 2021. FABIAN STRAUCH / AP Six weeks before the legislative elections on September 26, the German…
Military violence allowed: Cabinet wants to pass a Bundeswehr mandate
Wednesday, August 18, 2021 Military violence allowed Cabinet wants to decide on a Bundeswehr mandate 600 soldiers are to ensure by the end of September that as many people worthy…
Shahrbanoo Sadat: Afghan filmmaker fears for her life in Kabul
Shahrbanoo Sadat Afghan filmmaker fears for her life in Kabul A picture from bygone days: Shahrbanoo Sadat in 2016 at the Torino Film Festival in Italy. © Valerio Pennicino /…
First rescue flight from Kabul: Bundeswehr only takes seven people with it
Tuesday 17th August 2021 First rescue flight from Kabul Bundeswehr only takes seven people The situation in the Afghan capital is chaotic. It takes a while before the first Bundeswehr…
In Kabul, Afghans opposed to the Taliban search in vain for a way out
Hundreds of people attempt to climb a US Air Force plane leaving Kabul on August 16, 2021. AP Since Kabul fell to the Taliban on August 15, Zarghounah Haidari has…
Withdrawal from Kabul: Biden warns Taliban of attack on US forces
Monday, August 16, 2021 Withdrawal from Kabul Biden warns Taliban of attack on US forces US President Biden is making the public wait a surprisingly long time before commenting on…
Local worker in Kabul in fear of death: “Germany just messed with us”
Monday, August 16, 2021 Local worker in Kabul in fear of death “Germany just messed with us” The Bundeswehr is on its way to bring German citizens and local staff…
Parliamentary mandate planned: “A few hundred soldiers” should go to Kabul
Monday, August 16, 2021 Parliamentary mandate planned “A few hundred soldiers” are supposed to go to Kabul The federal government wants to fly German civilians and 2,000 local Afghan workers…
Ismael Shahamat fled Kabul to Switzerland 3 years ago
Ex-BBC correspondent fled 3 years ago “We are powerless against the Taliban” Ismael Shahamat fled Kabul to Switzerland three years ago. It is clear to him that with the Taliban’s…
Twenty years after their fall, the Taliban retake Kabul without a fight
By Jacques Follorou Posted today at 5:36 am, updated at 6:07 am Reserved for our subscribers Factual“The war is over,” assured the spokesman for the Islamist insurgents on Sunday evening…
By US plane to Doha: First German citizens evacuated from Kabul
Monday, August 16, 2021 By US plane to Doha First German citizens evacuated from Kabul After the radical Islamic Taliban invade Kabul, the Bundeswehr starts an evacuation campaign. Now the…
“I have to destroy everything”: the day the Taliban captured Kabul
Monday, August 16, 2021 “I have to destroy everything” The day the Taliban took Kabul One provincial capital after another – the Taliban are conquering Afghanistan at a rapid pace.…