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Journalist recounts evacuation from Kabul after Taliban takeover of Afghanistan | South China Morning Post

Journalist Sonia Sarkar was reporting from Afghanistan when the capital Kabul fell to the Taliban on August 15, 2021. During her week in Afghanistan, she saw as the mood in the city shifted from being normal to frantic in a matter of days. Speaking with the SCMP’s Alkira Reinfrank, the Indian national recounts her b…

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China says it ‘respects’ the choices of the Afghan people as Taliban seize control of the country | South China Morning Post

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said Beijing “respects” Afghanistan’s sovereignty. The statement, at an August 16, 2021 press conference, came after the hardline Taliban group seized control of the country following the US troop withdrawal after 20 years in Afghanistan. Hua said China will take par…

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