Afghanistan

The Soviets occupied Afghanistan during the 1980s and ultimately withdrew after resistance from fighters collectively known as mujahadeen. UN This is the moment to avoid a prolonged civil war UN chief says in appeal to armed group sweeping through Afghanistan.

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Among them was Osama bin Laden.

Afghanistan. Officials have warned of catastrophic violence as the deadline approaches for all US. If the Taliban advances militarily the region will. Afghan and US.

Afghanistan spinning out of control amid Taliban offensive. Lying along important trade routes connecting southern and eastern Asia to Europe and the Middle East Afghanistan has long been a prize sought by empire builders. Afghanistan is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Western Central and Southern Asia and is at the heart of the continent.

Posted at 2013. Ghani put out an extraordinary message. Troops to withdraw by the end of August.

It is the economic hub of southern Afghanistan and it was the birthplace of the insurgency in the 1990s serving as the militants. Taliban insurgents have made rapid advances across Afghanistan in recent months as US. The BBCs Yogita Limaye travels to Afghanistans Kunduz province most of which has fallen to the Taliban.

After almost 20 years of war with America the Taliban control ever more territory in Afghanistan. Kandahar in particular is a huge prize for the Taliban. There is a short border with China to the far northeast via the Wakhan corridor but in extremely inaccessible terrain.

Reporting streets away from the Taliban in Kunduz province. Its capital and largest city is Kabul. Afghanistans erstwhile president Ashraf Ghani is reported to have fled to Tashkent the capital of neighboring Uzbekistan.

Why has America failed to defeat them. The Talibans takeover of Afghanistan is a failure of the international community Britains Defence Secretary Ben Wallace says assessing that the Wests intervention was a job only. It is bordered by Pakistan to the south and east Iran to the west Turkmenistan Uzbekistan and Tajikistan to the north.

Following is a list of provincial capitals that have fallen to or are. Afghanistan landlocked multiethnic country located in the heart of south-central Asia. And other foreign forces withdraw.

Irans new president Ebrahim Raisi said the United States withdrawal from Afghanistan is a military defeat and should become an opportunity to revive life in the country state-news. Kabul was the last major city in Afghanistan to fall to a Taliban offensive that began months ago but accelerated in recent days as they gained control of territories shocking many observers. President Ashraf Ghani has left the country as the Islamist militants entered Kabul bringing the Islamist militants close to taking over the country two.

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