
Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani has stepped down and left the country, Chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation Abdullah Abdullah said in a Sunday video message. “The former Afghan president has left the nation”, Abdullah Abdullah, who heads the peace process, said. “He left Afghanistan in a hard time, ...

The United States has launched an evacuation of diplomats from its embassy in Afghanistan, Reuters reported citing anonymous officials. “We have a small batch of people leaving now as we speak, a majority of the staff are ready to leave… the embassy continues to function”, one diplomat said. According to ...