Tag: Taliban

Belgium: Afghan Refugee Under Fire for Pro-Taliban Youtube Videos

An Afghan YouTuber with refugee status in Belgium is facing backlash after putting out videos in support of the radical Islamist Taliban as government officials have called for a review of his refugee status and others have called for his deportation.

Taliban Uses Afghanistan’s Humanitarian Crisis to Gain Legitimacy

The UN Security Council meeting followed multilateral talks with the Taliban in Oslo, designed to illicit human rights assurances from the Islamist extremists in exchange for releasing needed liquidity and aid money into the country. With Norway as host, a 15-member contingent of the Taliban, humanitarian aid groups, and diplomats from the U.S., UK, and France, met for three days of closed-door sessions at a hotel outside the capital.

EU President: Afghanistan Is A Failure

According to the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, Afghanistan became a failure for the international community.