On the day the US and the world celebrated the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the Taliban flag was hoisted over the Afghan Rashtrapati Bhavan.
The milestone anniversary on September 11 comes just weeks after the chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan and the return to power of the Taliban, the group that sheltered the Muslim terrorist group founded by Osama bin Laden, who carried out the attacks.
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in between, The Taliban shot and killed Amrullah Saleh’s brother, the nephew of Saleh, former vice president of Afghanistan and his driver in northern Panjshir province, said on September 11.
Here are the latest developments:
Afghanistan
Taliban say girls, women can study in no-men’s classrooms
Higher education minister in the new Taliban government says women can study at universities, including at the postgraduate level, but classes will be gender-segregated and Islamic dress is mandatory.
Several days after Afghanistan’s new rulers formed an all-male, all-Taliban government, the minister, Abdul Baqi Haqqani, laid out the new policies at a news conference on 12 September. -PTI
International
India, Australia advocate for ‘comprehensive and inclusive government’ in Afghanistan
India and Australia have called for a “broad-based and inclusive” government in Afghanistan to ensure long-term peace and stability in the war-torn country, indicating their apparent reluctance to give any recognition to the Taliban regime.
In a joint statement issued early on 12 September after the inaugural India-Australia 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue, the two sides called for the protection of the rights of women and children and their full participation in public life, and concerns over targeted violence against defenders. expressed. their rights. -PTI
International
Former Afghan leader hosted tribal elders on 9/11
The first Afghan president since 2001, Hamid Karzai, marked the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the US with a meeting of tribal elders at his high-walled compound in the Afghan capital, where he has been since his August return. Have been with your family. Kabul from Taliban.
In a tweet, Mr Karzai called for “peace and stability” and expressed hope that the new caretaker cabinet, consisting of no women and no non-Talibans, would lead to an “inclusive government that could be the true face of the whole of Afghanistan.” ” -ap
America
Marine killed by Afghan bomb returns to US
The body of a US soldier killed in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan is returned to Massachusetts on the 20th anniversary of the attacks that led to the war.
Sergeant Johanni Rosario Pichardo, 25, was among US service members and Afghans killed in the August 26 bombing near Kabul airport. -PTI
France
Taliban are lying, says French foreign minister
The Taliban are lying and France will have no ties with its newly formed government, Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on 11 September before leaving for talks in Qatar on 12 September to discuss a future evacuation from Afghanistan. said.
“They said they would let some foreigners and Afghans go free and talk of an inclusive and representative government, but they are lying,” Le Drian said on France 5 TV. -Reuters
America
In NYC, Trump criticizes Afghanistan withdrawal
Former President Donald Trump celebrated the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks by visiting a fire station and police compound in New York, where he criticized his successor for the way out of Afghanistan last month.
Mr Trump did not attend the World Trade Center and the official 9/11 memorial ceremony in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, on September 11, along with President Joe Biden and other former presidents.
Instead, he traveled several blocks from his Trump Tower building in Manhattan to the 17th police complex and neighboring fire station. Speaking to officials, Mr Trump criticized the withdrawal from Afghanistan and wondered why it did not figure in other 9/11 memorial speeches. “It was gross incompetence,” he said of the exit.
Afghanistan
Afghan women rally in support of Taliban
Afghan women in full-face masks sat in a row at Kabul University’s lecture theater on Saturday, pledging a commitment to the Taliban’s tough policies on gender segregation.
About 300 women – covered from head to toe in accordance with strict new dress policies for education – waved Taliban flags as speakers raised their voices against the West and expressed support for Islamist policies.
A handful wore blue burqas with only a small mesh window for viewing, but most wore black niqabs covering most of the face except for the eyes.
International
Afghanistan should never again become a safe haven for ‘breeding and training’ of terrorists: India, Australia after 2+2 dialogue
Afghanistan must not allow its soil to be used for terrorism and never again become a safe haven for the “breeding and training” of terrorists, India and Australia asserted on 11 September, saying they Join the world in marking the 20th anniversary. 11 terrorist attacks.
External Affairs Minister S. Some of the key highlights of the inaugural ‘2+2’ dialogue between Jaishankar and Defense were the resolve to deepen strategic cooperation and the commitment to a free, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific amid China’s growing firmness. Minister Rajnath Singh and his Australian counterparts Maris Payne and Peter Dutton here.
International
Pak ISI chief hosts security meeting of regional intel chiefs on Afghanistan
According to media reports, Pakistan’s ISI chief hosted an important security meeting of intelligence chiefs of regional countries including China on September 11 on the developing situation in Afghanistan.
Lt Gen Faiz Hameed, Director General of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), discussed the Afghanistan issue with intelligence chiefs of China, Iran, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan here, The Express Tribune reported. -PTI
America
US completes 20 years on 9/11 in the shadow of the end of the Afghan war
Americans solemnly marked the 20th anniversary of 9/11 on September 11, commemorating the dead, calling for heroes and just weeks after the bloody end of the Afghanistan War launched in response to terrorist attacks. The results were reviewed.
Celebrations at Ground Zero in New York began exactly two decades after the deadliest act of terrorism on American soil, when the first of four hijacked planes crashed into one of the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. -PTI
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