Afghanistan Taliban Crisis
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From fear to uncertainty: Afghan families start new lives in US, UK
Fp Staff •Tired, scared and mostly overwhelmed, Afghanis, who escaped from Taliban-controlled Kabul, are set to begin their second innings in foreign lands away from their homes
Taliban, ISIS, Al Qaeda, Haqqanis are heads of the same monster in Pakistan’s zoo of terror
Abhijit Majumder •Jihadi groups across the world are cut from the same ideological cloth. But in Afghanistan, the deep bonds go beyond ideology
US says another attack on Kabul airport highly likely; warns people to clear area immediately
•The Pentagon said the remaining contingent of US forces at the airport, now numbering fewer than 4,000, had begun their final withdrawal ahead of Biden's deadline for ending the evacuation on Tuesday
Afghanistan children caught in middle of crisis as they try to flee war-torn country
Fp Staff •Scenes of thousands and thousands of people trying to escape Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover have been gut-wrenching, especially those of children and infants.
'Deeply concerned with Afghanistan crisis', World Bank freezes aid to country as Taliban overtakes governance
•The World Bank has more than two dozen development projects ongoing in the country and has provided $5.3 billion since 2002, mostly in grants
In photos: At least 20 die as Taliban takeover of Afghanistan completes eight days
Fp Staff •Reports have said multiple Afghan families, desperate to escape the new Taliban regime, were seen throwing their babies over the wired fences surrounding the Kabul airport
At least seven Afghans killed in chaos near Kabul airport, says UK defence ministry
•The ministry said separately that the UK had now evacuated nearly 4,000 people from Afghanistan since 13 August
Ahmad Massoud, son of famous anti-Taliban fighter, vows to follow father's footsteps and resist Afghan regime
Fp Staff •In an opinion piece published in The Washington Post on Wednesday, Ahmad stated that he was following in his father's footsteps to take on the terror outfit with other fighters
US troops could stay longer in Kabul to rescue any Americans left behind, says Biden
•In his first interview since the Taliban seized the Afghan capital, sparking a panicked exodus by foreigners and Afghan allies, Biden told ABC News that "chaos" had been unavoidable.
Wrecking Ball: Return of the Taliban threatens organised sport, female athletes in Afghanistan
Fpsports •With Taliban back in control in Afghanistan, it poses a grave danger to organised sport, especially female athletes.