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The first soldiers of a peacekeeping force led by Russia have arrived in Kazakhstan. Meanwhile, the country has opened the first proceedings against demonstrators. Because of the violent protests in Kazakhstan, the first soldiers of a peacekeeping force led by Russia have arrived in the country. The Russian Ministry of Defense announced.  The Kazakh head of state Kassym-Shomart Tokayev had previously discussed a "terrorist threat" and requested military aid from the Russian-led military alliance, the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO). The "peacekeeping force" had been sent to Kazakhstan for a limited time "in order to stabilize and normalize the situation," said a statement from the CSTO. In addition to Russia and Kazakhstan, four other former Soviet republics are members of the military alliance. The alliance did not provide any information on the number of soldiers sent. Kazakhstan: Police and protesters clashed again The US government, me...

According to unofficial estimates, US spending on the 20-year war in Afghanistan was double that of the Department of Defense (DOD), an official report said. Dawn newspaper reported that according to the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (sygar) is a government agency that reports directly to Congress, said the latest data released this week. The figures draw attention to the fact that the United States had reconsidered its Afghan strategy on rising spending. The report points out that the United States spent 2.2 trillion on the Brown University war plan for the 20-year war from 2001 to 2021. The project was sponsored by the university's leading Watson Institute for International Public Affairs. Watson's report covers the DOD's 933 billion overseas potential operation (OCO) budget, and the US spending of 59 billion in the OCO budget in Pakistan and Afghanistan. In contrast to the DOD Expenditure Report, the Watson Report estimates the total cost of th...

It sounded like the end of a dramatic era. "It is time to end America's longest war," said US President Joe Biden a few months after taking office and announced that all US troops would be withdrawn from Afghanistan by September 11, 2021. So exactly 20 years to the day after the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington. "Some of our soldiers," said Biden, "were not even born when our country was attacked on September 11, 2001." Although Islamist terrorism has not been defeated, it has been weakened for the long term; the US would now have to concentrate on other threats, above all China - this is the reading of the White House after two decades of the "war on terror". Hundreds of millions of people between Baghdad, Kabul and Bamako are likely to see things differently. The then President George W. Bush had proclaimed the "Global War on Terror" a few days after the attacks on September 11, 2001. The Al-Qaeda terrorist network was...

The Taliban restrict public protests in Afghanistan. For the time being, demonstrations without official approval are prohibited, said the Interior Ministry in its first official statement after the formation of the government. Violations threatened "serious criminal consequences," it said. The Taliban are responding to a series of protests and sometimes violent clashes in various cities in the country. Many women also took part in the demonstrations. The Taliban said people disrupted public order and harassed others. Read also:  Taliban introduce Members Of Government As the Taliban announced, protests may in future only take place under certain conditions. Organizers must therefore obtain prior approval from the Ministry of Justice . At least 24 hours in advance, demonstrators would have to inform the Justice Department of the reason for the demonstration, the location, the time and the planned protest slogans. In the past few days, the Taliban had repeatedly tried to break...

The Taliban presented the first members of their interim government  three weeks after they came to power in Afghanistan. Mullah Mohammed Hassan Achund will head the new government, said Taliban spokesman Sabihullah Mujahid in Kabul. Achund was a close companion of Mullah Omar, one of the founders of the Taliban  and head of state during the first Taliban rule from 1996 to 2001. Even then, he held important positions. He is considered to be moderate. His deputy is said to be Taliban co-founder Abdul Ghani Baradar. He was previously head of the Islamists' political office and signed the agreement with the United States on behalf of the Taliban last year. The negotiations in Doha at the time led to the end of the US-led military operation in Afghanistan. The founder of the Hakkani network becomes Minister of the Interior The post of incumbent interior minister was given to Sarajuddin Hakkani, founder of the network of the same name. The US classifies the Hakkani network as a ter...

According to the UN, the Taliban have undertaken to ensure the safety of humanitarian aid workers in Afghanistan. The Islamists had promised in talks that aid workers would be able to move freely and safely in the country, said a UN spokesman. The UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Martin Griffiths, was in Kabul for talks with the Taliban leadership. Among other things, he met the Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar. Read more:  Top 8 Mighty Masters Of Afghanistan Griffiths then stated that the international community felt an obligation to provide "impartial and independent humanitarian aid" in Afghanistan. He called on the Taliban to respect in particular the rights of women in general and aid workers in particular. Taliban spokesman Suhail Schaheen said on Twitter that the Taliban thanked the UN for the "promised continuation of humanitarian aid for the Afghan people" and assured them "cooperation and the provision of the necessary...

The United Nations is warning of the drying up of food aid for millions of Afghans in need.  The supplies that the World Food Program has in the country will be used up by the end of September said the UN Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan, Ramiz Alakbarov. He stressed that humanitarian aid does not have the necessary financial resources from the member states - at least 200 million US dollars are urgently needed. The United Nations estimates that more than 18 million people in Afghanistan need help - more than half of the total population. At the moment, however, only around nine million people could be reached. Half of all Afghan children under five show signs of malnutrition. In addition to the unclear political situation, there was a second drought in Afghanistan within four years. Alakbarov reported that even after the militant Islamist Taliban came to power, aid deliveries to Afghanistan were still possible.  We were able to deliver 600 tons of food by truck a...

After the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, an attempt is being made to find out why the world's most powerful country, which has the latest army, state-of-the-art technology and state-of-the-art air force, could not defeat the Taliban. American intellectuals wonder why the United States cannot win wars in modern times. The question is also whether the withdrawal of US troops will end US involvement in Afghanistan, especially at a time when China and Russia have increasingly established ties with the Taliban. In defense of the United States, some argue that the United States has had many successes in Afghanistan and Iraq. Tom Cassidy, a professor at the University of Chicago, says: "The US military has found Osama bin Laden and killed him, destroyed al Qaeda, and many of its leaders have been killed or captured. "Infrastructure has been developed in Afghanistan, schools have been opened for women's education. An educated middle class emerged. Dangerous terrorists such a...