The Taliban will be accountable for its actions and will investigate reports of reprisals and

reprisals and atrocities carried out by members, an official of the Islamist militant group told

ABUJA( Reuters)-Men in army uniform ransacked and burned homes in Nigeria's oil-producing Delta state days after youths killed 16 soldiers sent there to resolve a land dispute, residents said, but the defence chief denied military involvement. Residents said soldiers attacked the riverside Okuoma community of a few hundred people on Sunday while looking for those responsible for Thursday's killings. Tam Oburumu, who fled from his home, said uniformed men were going around looking for weapons and

" If Talibs( members) are doing these law and order problems, they will be investigated." He added," We can understand the panic, stress and anxiety.... " The West could have had a better plan to evacuate." Gun-toting Taliban members around the airport have urged those without travel documents to go home.... Biden has not backed off that deadline, despite calls-internationally and at home from fellow Democrats as well as opposition Republicans-to keep troops in Afghanistan as long as necessary

, suggested women will be banned from playing sports, and unveiled an all-male government drawn

Interpreters will be protected by guards in Government hotels until they find safe housing to

Open this photo in gallery Traffic is stopped as members of Afghan Special Forces regroup after heavy clashes with Taliban in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, July 13, 2021.... He did this until last October when he was let go along with a handful of other drivers.... Qayum Hemat in a phone interview from Kabul.He said he thinks about what will happen to his five-year-old daughter and three-year-old son if he’s killed....

Some of the UK’s most prominent media organisations have issued a plea to Boris Johnson to help Afghan journalists, translators and support staff who have worked with them over the 20 years of British military presence in the country.In a joint letter to the prime minister and foreign secretary Dominic Raab, 23 newspapers, broadcasters and media organisations – including The Independent – have called on Mr Johnson to follow the example of US president Joe Biden, who has given Afghan journalists

Open this photo in gallery Taliban fighters buy Taliban flags in Kabul on Aug.... 30. Khwaja Tawfiq Sediqi/ The Associated PressA senator who chairs a committee set up to forge ties between the Canadian and Afghan parliaments has been receiving desperate pleas for help from Afghan politicians. Sen.... Ataullahjan sits in the Conservative caucus and is the first person of Pakistani origin to be appointed to the Senate....

?... 29, 2020, that it was halting its operation in India, citing reprisals from the government and the freezing of