Harrowing images from Afghanistan continue to flood global newscasts and social media. Many describe the situation as a failure of American involvement. Some are even drawing the comparison of another chapter in U.S. history – the Vietnam War. CGTN’s Gerald Tan has the Gist.
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Evacuation flights from Kabul’s airport resumed on Tuesday after the tarmac and runway were cleared of crowds.
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“Blood and treasure” is a term that’s been used to describe the toll of warfare. For the United States, the conflict in Afghanistan has cost a lot of both, but America is hardly the only country that paid the price. More than 2400 U.S. troops lost […]
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The United Nations on Friday warned the world that Afghanistan is on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe. The Taliban now controls a number of the country’s provincial capitals. Britain and Canada have joined the U.S in sending troops to help with the evacuation of […]
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“Everything is moving in the wrong direction.” That’s the assessment of U.S. Intelligence, as the Taliban retakes 11 of 34 provincial capitals in a matter of days.
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The Global Terrorism Index tracks the latest trends in terrorism around the world. The latest report, from 2020, found terrorism has decreased since its peak in 2014. But, far-right terrorism in the West is up 250 percent over the past five years. Early data suggests the […]
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For nearly 20 years, it was the centerpiece of U.S. operations in Afghanistan. Now the remaining American convoys have rolled out of Bagram Airfield. And the June jobs report delivers encouraging news for U.S. workers.
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As the United States pulls out of Afghanistan, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani sits down with U.S. President Joe Biden. On the agenda – his country’s future.
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President Biden pushes ahead with his U.S. domestic agenda. But what can he accomplish?
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As U.S. troops withdraw from Afghanistan, what is the future for the war-torn country?
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The war in Afghanistan rages on as a major deadline looms for U.S. forces to leave the country.
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‘A Long Lost War: The U.S. Military in Afghanistan’ takes viewers to the embattled Wardak province on the outskirts of Kabul to examine how far along the country is in its peace process.
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The United States marks the 19th anniversary of the Al-Qaeda terror attacks. Plus, the U.S. led wars that followed in Afghanistan and the Middle East.
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U.S. and Taliban leaders sign a historic agreement in hopes of ending America’s longest war – in Afghanistan.
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On Saturday, the U.S. and Afghanistan’s Taliban signed a peace deal. Less than 72 hours later, a bombing attack at a football game in Khost province has raised doubts it can last. Is there any hope? To discuss the reality of making peace with the Taliban, we were joined by Tabish Forugh, a former official with the Afghan government, and a political analyst.
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In a bombshell revelation, government documents show U.S. officials misled the American public about the war in Afghanistan. To discuss the Afghanistan Papers and broader implications for America’s longest war, we were joined by Dr. Ahmad Wais Wardak.
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A bombshell revelation. Government documents show US officials misled the American public about the war in Afghanistan
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This week, Afghanistan’s presidential election was marred by violence and charges of fraud, and the Taliban proposed new peace talks with the U.S.. We’re joined by CGTN’s Sean Callebs, who was there last Spring talking to everyday citizens about life in the war torn nation.
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UN assembly of global heads of state wraps up with sharp words from the DPRK, Iran and Afghanistan.
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In Afghanistan the turnout in the presidential election was the lowest in 18 years. And Afghans may be getting the results later rather than sooner.
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At least 5 dead as the Taliban carry out scores of attacks during the presidential election in Afghanistan.
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Afghanistan’s long-delayed presidential election is expected to get underway on Saturday despite threats from the Taliban to disrupt it by attacking polling stations.
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For almost thirty years Italian physiotherapist Dr. Alberto Cairo has been overseen rehabilitation efforts for amputees at seven orthopedic clinics spread across Afghanistan.
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Dozens of people were killed in Afghanistan in two suicide bombings claimed by the Taliban. The first blew up at a presidential election rally – killing at least 26 people. A second – at an army base in Kabul – killed at least 22, including civilians.
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The son of al-Qaeda’s late leader Osama bin Laden is dead. The White House announced Hamza bin Laden was killed in a U.S. counter-terrorism operation.
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At Ground Zero in lower Manhattan six single tolling bells ring out and the names of the dead are read aloud under a canopy of hundreds of Swamp White Oak trees.
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Al Qaeda and its leader Osama Bin Laden used Taliban-controlled Afghanistan to launch attacks against the U.S. on September 11, 2001. The U.S. went to war with the Taliban, but nearly 18 years later the conflict has morphed into a grinding military stalemate.
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The U.S. decision to suspend peace talks with the Taliban has many fearing that Afghanistan could see a spike in attacks by the militants as they try to force the U.S. back to the negotiating table.
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The U.S. and Taliban back at the negotiating table for a ninth round of talks. Can the two sides achieve a diplomatic breakthrough or does peace in Afghanistan remain an illusion?
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The U.S. president welcomes Pakistan’s PM for meeting on the Afghanistan war and other issues. This after a strain in ties softened by Islamabad’s effort to foster talks with Afghan Taliban.
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A grim update from the UN ahead of World Refugee Day, the number of people displaced by war, violence and persecution exceeded 70 million in 2018.
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Afghanistan’s Panjshir Valley is home to one of the richest supplies of gems in the world. But the big challenge is getting them out with a war going on.
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CGTN’s Sean Callebs tells us the story of one woman. She is pushing for change in our special series ‘Through Their Eyes- Afghanistan.’
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After nearly two decades of fighting, insurgents- the Taliban and ISIL- control large areas of Afghanistan. Civilian deaths were at record numbers last year.
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While firmly controlling Afghanistan, the Taliban was guilty of more than human rights abuses. They also waged all-out war on the nation’s rich cultural diversity.
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In a way, the restoration of Kabul’s Darulaman Palace represents not only a step toward healing, and perhaps one toward peace and a real sign of change. The working conditions aren’t ideal. The building has been a long-term wreck.
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About the series CGTN’s Sean Callebs and Photojournalist Andrew Smith tell the stories of today’s Afghanistan through the eyes of its people. Afghanistan gem hunters risk all for precious minerals Afghanistan’s Panjshir Valley is home to one of the richest supplies of gems in the […]
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The California man who became known as the “American Taliban” after his battlefield capture in Afghanistan in 2001 was freed early from his federal sentence on Thursday, despite official concerns that he retains a radical ideology and still poses a risk to U.S. interests.
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CGTN’s Sean Callebs recounts the time on one of his deployments to Afghanistan when his cameraman tried to get a hold of one of President Karzai’s hats.
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The U.S. has been fighting a losing war in Afghanistan for over 19 years. On this episode we speak to CGTN Correspondent Sean Callebs on why U.S. forces have not been able to defeat the Taliban and how the security situation has deteriorated over the past ten years.
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Former President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai spoke to CGTN’s Sean Callebs in a wide-ranging interview discussing the country’s future.
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President Trump is withdrawing U.S. troops from Syria. But his allies are arguing the Islamic insurgents continue to pose a threat in Syria and beyond.
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A top U.S. General has contradicted President Trump’s assessment that Islamic State has been wiped out.
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Hope for peace, is America’s longest running war in Afghanistan finally coming to an end?
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The United States is reportedly considering the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan. How would this impact the country and future peace talks with the Taliban?
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The death toll from an attack in the Afghan capital has climbed to 40, the Health Ministry said Tuesday, as police and rescue workers combed through the smoldering public welfare building where the gunmen held out for eight hours against security forces.
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A suicide bomber targeted a gathering of Muslim religious scholars in the Afghan capital on Tuesday, killing at least 40 people, Afghan officials said.
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The Afghan government is celebrating the turnout at the parliamentary elections, despite the threats of violence. What can we expect for Afghanistan now?
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Afghanistan’s election commission on Friday postponed elections in Kandahar for a week, following a brazen attack on a high-profile security meeting there with a U.S. delegation that killed at least two senior provincial officials, including the province’s police chief.
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he Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, saying they had targeted both Miller and Razeq, who had a fearsome reputation as a ruthless opponent of the insurgents.
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