File Photo/Somali Times Five towns, 16 villages also liberated from al-Qaeda affiliated terror group The Somali Armed Forces have killed at least 279 terrorists affiliated with the al-Shabab terror group in the past month, a military official and state media said on Monday. According to Anadolu Agency reported. The military operations also destroyed 20 hideouts

By Anadolu Agency Scores of stranded Afghans wait in anxiety at doors of Hamid Karzai International Airport Flights were suspended at Afghanistan’s main international airport in Kabul as crowds of people anxiously waited at its gates in hopes to leave the country. A day after Afghanistan’s capital fell to the Taliban, US and Afghan forces

Taliban fighters take control of Afghan presidential palace after the Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled the country, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Zabi Karimi) By The Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban swept into Afghanistan’s capital Sunday after the government collapsed and the embattled president joined an exodus of his

Taliban militants waving a Taliban flag on the back of a pickup truck drive past a crowded street at Pashtunistan Square area in Jalalabad, Afghanistan in this still image taken from social media video uploaded on August 15, 2021. Social media website/via REUTERS By Reuters KABUL, Aug 15 (Reuters) – Taliban insurgents entered Kabul on

Photo/Somali Times The Somali government has received from the Turkish government an armored vehicle for the Somali National Army’s Gorgor, which is assisting in operations against Al-Shabab. The Turkish ambassador to Somalia said the armored vehicles were part of Turkey’s continued military support to the Somali government since 2015. The Commander of the Armed Forces,

President Joe Biden speaks about prescription drug prices and his “Build Back Better” agenda from the East Room of the White House, Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) By CGTN, Maitreya Bhakal “War is God’s way of teaching Americans geography,” as a popular saying goes. Perhaps nowhere does this apply more than

A U.S. Chinook helicopter flies over the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021. Helicopters are landing at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul as diplomatic vehicles leave the compound amid the Taliban advanced on the Afghan capital. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) By The Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Taliban fighters entered the outskirts

By Anadolu Agency The US is negotiating with the Taliban to prevent the group from attacking its troops during the evacuation of American personnel at the Kabul Embassy in the Afghan capital, according to the Washington Post on Saturday. A report by the newspaper covering the latest situation in Afghanistan said the US administration has

Zambia’s incumbent president Edgar Lungu casts his vote at a polling station in Lusaka on August 12, 2021, as they country holds presidential and legislative elections: Credit AFP/Patrick Meinhardt By Daily Nation Zambian President Edgar Lungu has declared Thursday’s presidential and parliamentary election “not free and fair” after incidents of violence in three provinces. President

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani speaks at the parliament in Kabul, Afghanistan August 2, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer By Reuters KABUL, Aug 14 (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani held urgent talks with local leaders and international partners on Saturday as Taliban rebels pushed closer to Kabul, capturing a town south of the capital that is one of