Group Must Cut News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Swift Withdrawal of International Troops Sparks Widespread Fear in Afghanistan, Experts Tell Security Council, Sounding Alarm over Taliban Military Gains
Format
Group Must Cut Ties with Terrorists, Foreign Minister Insists, Citing Recent Massacres of Schoolchildren, Vaccinators
Amid the swift withdrawal of troops by the United States and its allies from Afghanistan, the Taliban is flexing its military muscle to gain greater control of the country’s territory, speakers warned the Security Council in a videoconference meeting today, as one civil society leader urged members to help avert a “Rwanda-type genocide” in the conflict-plagued country.
“The Taliban’s advances are significant,” said Deborah Lyons, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), as she briefed the 15-member organ and introduced the latest report of the Secretary-General (document S/2021/570). Noting that mo ....

Ad Daw Ah , United States , France General , United Kingdom , Saint Vincent And The Grenadines , Saint Vincent , Russian Federation , Audun Halvorsen , Subrahmanyam Jaishankar , Mohammad Haneef Atmar , Deborah Lyons , Viet Nam , Simon Coveney , Mary Akrami , Eva Maria Liimets , Tariq Ahmad , Group Must Cut , Foreign Affairs Of Estonia , United Nations Office On Drugs , Afghan Women Network , Foreign Affairs Of Norway , Foreign Affairs Of Afghanistan , Atlantic Treaty Organization , European Union , Head Of The United Nations Assistance Mission , Security Council ,