MONITORING (SW) – Explosions were heard in Ukraine’s second-largest city Kharkiv, which lies close to Ukraine’s eastern border with Russia, on Friday with the mayor telling residents to seek shelter from Russian missiles in subway stations, basements and bomb shelters, Reuters news agency reported.
KABUL (SW) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has urged for restraints in the wake of armed conflict between Ukraine and Russia.
MONITORING (SW) – US President Joe Biden spoke with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy soon after Russia launched an attack on Ukraine, the White House has said.
MONITORING (SW) – Pakistan’s prime minister will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin this week, officials have said, as the prospect of a Russian invasion of Ukraine seems imminent.
MONITORING (SW) – The British intelligence chief has claimed that Afghanistan was becoming a breeding ground for ‘Jihadis’ again just months after the West’s withdrawal in the face of Taliban advancements.
MONITORING (SW) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Joe Biden has spoken over phone as tension over the situation in Ukraine escalates to new heights.
MONITORING (SW) – The EU on Tuesday pledged a one-billion-euro ($1.2-billion) aid package for Afghanistan, “to avert a major humanitarian and socio-economic collapse,” the bloc’s chief Ursula von der Leyen said.
KABUL (SW) – A number of leading foreign diplomatic missions in Kabul on Monday called for an ‘urgent end’ to the Taliban offensives in Afghanistan.
MONITORING (SW) – The German military late on Tuesday concluded its withdrawal from Afghanistan after almost two decades, finishing Germany’s deadliest military mission since World War 2.
MONITORING (SW) – US President Joe Biden has said diplomatic, economic, and humanitarian commitment to the Afghan people and security forces will endure.
BRUSSELS (SW) – NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said discussions are underway among Allies on how to maintain and support critical infrastructure, including the Kabul airport in Afghanistan.
MONITORING (SW) – The Taliban have warned against keeping troops of any country in Afghanistan for the proposed security of Kabul airport after withdrawal of the international forces.
