Joe Biden and Mario Draghi in their telephone conversation underlined the importance of continuing with “close coordination” between American and Italian military and civilian personnel in Kabul, “who are working tirelessly to evacuate their own citizens and the Afghans who have courageously supported NATO “. This is what we read in a note from the White House, which also highlights “the opportunity for the G7 to plan a common approach on Afghanistan in the next virtual summit of leaders”.
Afghanistan, who is in charge of the Taliban and all there is to know about the conflict
by Gabriella Colarusso
Mullah Baradar arrived in Kabul
Abdul Ghani Baradar, co-founder of the Taliban and head of the movement’s political office, arrived in Kabul. Local media reports. He would have arrived in the capital from Kandahar last night together with a high-level delegation.
The Taliban hierarchy: names and roles of the “Koranic students” ready to build a new power structure in Kabul
by Giampaolo Cadalanu
The head of the political office of the movement, chief negotiator of the Doha talks in Qatar, has meetings on the agenda to form a new government.
Robotics team girls rescued in Qatar
The girls of the Afghan robotics team, all between 15 and 19 years old, together with their 25-year-old teacher, arrived safely in Qatar, thanks to the intervention of the Doha government that sent them a flight to leave Kabul. The news was given by the American Digital Citizen Fund, which last week had asked for help from Doha to take them out of the country, after the return to power of the Taliban.
The girls became famous in 2017 after winning a special prize at an international robotics competition in the US.
Ok from 13 countries to host Afghans at risk
13 countries have so far accepted, at least temporarily, to host Afghans at risk evacuated from the country after the return to power of the Taliban. The US State Department reported this in a statement, citing Albania, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Chile, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Mexico, Poland, Qatar, Rwanda, Ukraine and Uganda. Washington also expressed “special thanks” to “partners around the world who have been instrumental” as transit countries in the evacuation of “Americans and others” from Afghanistan; among them, Bahrain, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Qatar, Tajikistan, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom and Uzbekistan
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