Tens of thousands of Afghans have since mid-August been ferried out of their country, but thousands who have documents that will allow them to leave yet remain stranded in Afghanistan. Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul is now a forlorn place, with its systems smashed, with the terminal in need of urgent repairs. If IS-K can hit Kabul airport and kill and maim people with such impunity, if it can fire rockets at it, the danger it represents is obvious. Do not forget that in these past 20 years, 80,000 Afghans along with thousands of foreign troops have lost their lives in Afghanistan. On these issues the Taliban must be engaged -- by the men and women who matter in Islamabad, Tehran, and Ankara.

Source: Dhaka Tribune September 01, 2021 17:07 UTC