China urges US to punish Kabul drone attack perpetrators
Pentagon had ruled out punishment to US soldiers involved in August’s drone strike that killed 10 civilians.
Pentagon had ruled out punishment to US soldiers involved in August’s drone strike that killed 10 civilians.
Top generals brought up no personal accountability regarding August strike, says spokesman.
The Taliban government has sent an envoy to run the Afghan embassy in the Pakistani capital, senior Taliban sources said, as the new administration starts to take over Afghanistan’s network of foreign delegations, APA reports quoting Reuters.
Britain retains ‘right to exercise self-defense’ against terrorist groups in Afghanistan, says Foreign Secretary Raab
Taliban ‘will have to manage’ airport’s operations ‘on their own, and I assume with the international community,’ says US.
‘Any of them that want to leave, and we have to assume that’s all of them, they will be evacuated,’ says Pentagon.
Spokesman contradicts president who hours earlier said al-Qaeda is ‘gone’.
More than 5,200 US troops on ground at Hamid Karzai Airport to assist with airlift operations, says military.
Up to 800 passengers evacuated overnight, including 165 US citizens, after flights resumed, Pentagon says.
Taliban attempting to isolate Kabul, but capital city not facing ‘imminent threat,’ says Pentagon