Enlarge image
A Taliban fighter in Kabul
Photo:
Saifurahman Safi / imago images / Xinhua
China criticizes the USA for the "chaotic" situation in
Afghanistan
07.03 a.m .:
China has made the USA jointly responsible for the "chaotic" situation in Afghanistan. The war in Afghanistan did not achieve its goal of eliminating terrorist forces, said China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi in a phone call with his US counterpart Antony Blinken on Sunday, according to the Chinese news agency Xinhua. The hasty withdrawal of US and NATO troops would now likely result in terrorist organizations returning. During the conversation, Wang also made clear statements about the current state of relations between China and the United States. "If Washington wants to get Sino-US relations back on track, it should stop slandering China and undermining its sovereignty, security and development interests," said the Chinese foreign minister.
US forces are investigating allegations of possible civilian casualties in a drone attack in Kabul
7:01 a.m.:
The US military is investigating reports of possible civilian casualties after the air strike on a car
belonging
to the Islamic State (IS) terrorist
militia
in Kabul.
The operation successfully averted an "immediate threat" to Kabul airport from the terrorists, and the results of the air strike were still being checked, according to a statement from the US command center for the region (Centcom) on Sunday evening (local time).
In the destroyed vehicle there was "a large amount of explosives", "which may lead to further casualties," it said.
“It's not clear what could have happened and we're still investigating.
We would be very sad about the possible death of innocent people, ”the military statement said.
This article is continuously updated.
asc / dpa / AFP / Reuters