Giorno: 16 Agosto 2021

Desperate Kabul deals with new Taliban rulers: ‘It’s like Saigon on steroids’

Post Content “It’s like Saigon on steroids.” That’s how leading Afghan businessman Saad Mohseni described the scene to us today in Afghanistan. Just hours after the Taliban entered the city completing their lightning-fast takeover of the country. Throughout the city, according to Fox journalists on the ground, Taliban fighters were seen on the streets, walking […]

Afghans who clung to departing US plane fall to their death in chaos that left 7 dead: officials

Post Content At least seven individuals have been killed in the chaos at Kabul’s international airport on Monday as thousands of Afghans desperately attempt to flee the Taliban’s capture of their country, according to senior military officials speaking on condition of anonymity to the Associated Press. Videos circulating on social media show hundreds of Afghans […]

Flooding death toll in Turkey climbs to 72, dozens missing

Post Content Rescuers recovered more bodies Monday from the severe flooding that devastated parts of Turkey’s Black Sea coast last week, bringing the death toll to 72, officials said. Torrential rains battered the country’s northwestern Black Sea provinces on Aug. 11, causing floods that demolished homes and bridges, swept away cars and blocked access to […]

Chi è Ashraf Ghani, il presidente “straniero” che non è riuscito a trasformare l’Afghanistan

Read More Sarà ricordato per aver abbandonato il suo Paese. Se ne è andato senza annunciarlo. Qualcuno pensa che abbia tradito, che avrebbe dovuto difenderlo fino alla fine. Lui ha detto che ha cercato di evitare un bagno di sangue. Perché per i talebani era diventata una cosa personale, volevano che lui si dimettesse. “Ho […]

Kabul cade in mano ai talebani e l’inviata della Cnn da un giorno all’altro cambia abito

Read More 16 agosto 2021 <iframe class=”rep-video-embed” src=”https://video.repubblica.it/embed/mondo/kabul-cade-in-mano-ai-talebani-e-l-inviata-della-cnn-da-un-giorno-all-altro-cambia-abito/394024/394735&width=640&height=360″ width=”640″ height=”360″ frameborder=”0″ scrolling=”no”></iframe> Kabul cade in mano ai talebani e l’audience internazionale ha potuto percepire la svolta anche dal rapido cambio d’abito, in ventiquattro ore, della chief corrispondent dall’ Afghanistan, Clarissa Ward. Il giorno prima, vestita in modo occidentale, […]

IN PHOTOS: Jerusalem wildfire leaves scorched earth, charred cars and tragic scenes

Read More On Monday morning, as a wildfire in the Jerusalem area was raging for a second, the aftermath of what it had caused the day before was revealed. The flames incinerated an area of at least 4,200 acres, while leaving behind large amounts of air pollution in the towns in the Judean Hills area. […]

Two weeks in, Israel marks millionth COVID booster shot

Read More More than a million Israelis have received a third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, the Health Ministry and Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s office announced Monday, just over two weeks after Israel launched its world-first booster campaign. The 1.9 million booster shots administered so far represent more than half of Israelis currently eligible for […]

UK Military Cannot Return to Afghanistan: Former NATO Head

Read More The former head of NATO has said the UK military cannot return to Afghanistan after the country was retaken by the Taliban on Sunday. Lord Robertson, who served as general secretary of the military alliance between 1999 and 2004—and issued a statement invoking article five of the treaty that provides for collective defence […]

EU to Hold Meeting on Tuesday to Discuss Afghanistan

Read More European Union foreign ministers will hold a crisis meeting on Tuesday to discuss the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban, the bloc said on Monday, as countries race to evacuate citizens and local staff from a chaotic Kabul airport. Five people were killed at the airport, witnesses said, as people tried to flee […]

Investigating officer debunks claims of interference during probe into axed cop Vearey

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