While Western governments raced to get their people out, Russia appears unfazed by the takeover. Source link
Day: August 20, 2021
US President Joe Biden said the Taliban’s return to power would be “gut-wrenching” to the Americans with a profound connection to Afghanistan after two decades of conflict. We spoke to Afghan immigrants in the US, military veterans and the widow of an American who lost his life serving in Afghanistan. […]
From an arcade game to a multi-billion pound industry, the BBC charts the ups and downs of video games. Source link
She says there is a “perennial problem of governments mired in corruption, heavily dependent on foreign/external support, with little or sometimes flimsy legitimacy at home, so that when international support is withdrawn, what we are left with are artificial states unable to extend their remit”. Source link
A selection of powerful images from all over the globe, taken this week. Source link
Harshad Gothankar shot to social media fame recently when cricket superstar Sachin Tendulkar tweeted a video of the young man playing carrom with his feet, calling it inspirational. Carrom is a hugely popular board game played in South Asia. The 23-year-old was born without arms, but he says his father […]
The Taliban in Afghanistan are currently on a media offensive to present themselves as a viable, legitimate government. But does their rhetoric match what’s happening on the ground? BBC Monitoring takes a look at what Afghan people are seeing on their TV screens. Video produced by Tse Yin Lee and […]
It was one of 26 ships that travelled from north to south through the canal on Friday, while 36 ships sailed in the opposite direction, the SCA added, hailing the waterway as the “shortest and fastest navigational route linking the east with the west”. Source link
A family of three may have been killed by toxic algae blooms on a hiking trail, investigators say. Source link
The BBC witnesses scenes of chaos and panic as thousands still crowd Kabul’s airport. Source link