“Game over”: Westerners rush to rescue Afghans from Kabul
The chop of U.S. military helicopters whisking American diplomats to Kabul's airport punctuated a frantic rush by thousands of other foreigners and Afghans to flee to safety as well, as a stunningly swift Taliban takeover...
Here’s a look at what didn’t happen this week
Here's a roundup of the most viral, but untrue visuals and stories of the week. Despite being shared on social media, none of these stories are true. They were checked by the Associated Press. These are the...
Some Afghans blame neighboring Pakistan for Taliban gains
Wahab left Afghanistan for jihad and signed up in Pakistan, where he received his training.Childhood friends recruited the 20-year old and took him to Parachinar, Pakistan's rugged mountainous border with Afghanistan. A relative said that...
The Russian Foreign Ministry will send an Estonian diplomat
An employee of the Estonian Embassy in Moscow has been declared "persona non grata" against the background of a spy scandal. This is reported on the website of the Russian Foreign Ministry."The Estonian Ambassador...
The Russian ambassador said about the” mockery ” of the United States with the...
Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov said that Moscow has issued 22 visas to employees of the American embassy in the Russian capital in recent days. His words are quoted on the...