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Portal:Current events/2021 August 27

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Armed conflicts and attacks

  • Afghanistan conflict
  • Response to the 2021 Kabul airport attack, Drone strikes in the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
  • The United States launches an airstrike in Nangarhar, killing two Islamic State members and wounding a third. It is reported that one of those killed was planning more attacks in Kabul. [https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/28/politics/isis-k-drone-strike-us-afghanistan/index.html (CNN)]
  • Aftermath of 2021 Taliban offensive and Fall of Kabul
  • Afghan political leader and activist Fatima Gailani, who helped draft a new constitution for Afghanistan and also took part in peace talks with the Taliban, blames exiled former Afghan president Ashraf Ghani for the current "chaotic" situation in the country, and says that U.S. president Joe Biden also contributed by withdrawing troops without a "political settlement" in place. [https://www.dw.com/en/afghan-activist-says-ashraf-ghani-and-joe-biden-caused-misery-and-chaos/a-58998732 (Deutsche Welle)]
  • The United States urges the Taliban to include former president Hamid Karzai and former Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah in the formation of the new inclusive government. [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/8/27/exclusive-taliban-plans-inclusive-caretaker-govt-in-afghanistan (Al Jazeera)]
  • 2021 evacuation from Afghanistan
  • Australia, New Zealand, Norway and Spain end their evacuation flights from Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul. [https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/australian-troops-left-kabul-airport-before-suicide-attack-2021-08-26/ (Reuters)] [https://www.euroweeklynews.com/2021/08/27/spain-ends-the-evacuation-of-people-from-afghanistan/ (EuroWeekly News)] [https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/126201780/possibly-hundreds-left-behind-as-new-zealand-afghanistan-evacuation-mission-ends-after-kabul-terror-attack?fbclid=IwAR2EvA1LOOoh3PYfi3S9pYt1ot_jmgbhvo4Ua01IalDUJZP5GJEEZh7lSaI (Stuff)] [https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2021-08-26/norway-halts-kabul-evacuation-says-foreign-minister?fbclid=IwAR0lhxqKr-mmPrgQO3YEHloT4qhkvk7qiFAmEbwzVzSLDPw4_0bFO3pfdsY (U.S. News & World Report)]
  • Crowds return to the Kabul airport a day after the suicide bombing at the airport. [https://www.voanews.com/us-afghanistan-troop-withdrawal/evacuation-flights-resume-kabul-airport-after-bombings (VOA)]
  • U.S. Marine lieutenant Stuart Scheller is relieved of his duties after posting a video demanding accountability from military leaders over the evacuation. [https://www.tmz.com/2021/08/28/marine-corp-lt-lieutenant-video-criticizing-military-brass/ (TMZ)]
  • 2021 Kabul airport attack
  • The death toll from the ISIL suicide bombing attack at the airport in Kabul yesterday increases to 175. Three British citizens are confirmed to have been killed in the attack. [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/8/27/us-braces-for-more-possible-attacks-after-deadly-kabul-blasts (Al Jazeera)]
  • Allied Democratic Forces insurgency
  • Nineteen civilians are killed during a knife and arson attack by ADF at a village in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/8/28/civilians-killed-adf-ugandan-rebels-dr-congo (Al Jazeera)]
  • Authorities in Uganda arrest an Islamist belonging to the ADF for planning a suicide bombing attack in the country. Police are also investigating if the murders of 21 civilians in the cities of Lwengo and Masaka since late July were carried out by ADF terrorists. The victims were killed by knifemen during raids in the night. Thirty-eight suspected have been arrested. [https://allafrica.com/stories/202108280022.html (All Africa)]

Business and economy

  • Economy of Zambia
  • The newly appointed Minister of Finance ​of Zambia Situmbeko Musokotwane says that he has begun to negotiate with the International Monetary Fund on a $12 billion external debt. Musokotwane says that he is also working with other private funds to which Zambia owes payments. Musokotwane anticipates that Zambia "will not be able to immediately cancel all debts". [https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/zambian-president-hichilema-appoints-new-finance-minister-2021-08-27/ (Reuters)]
  • Economy of Cuba
  • Cuba recognizes cryptocurrency as legal tender, becoming the second nation to do so after El Salvador. [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/8/27/cuba-to-recognise-regulate-cryptocurrency-govt-resolution (Al Jazeera)]

Health and environment

Law and crime

  • COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina, Political impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
  • A federal prosecutor indicts President Alberto Fernández for violating the sanitary measures he himself decreed during a birthday celebration party for First Lady Fabiola Yáñez in July 2020. Fernández appeals to evade trial and volunteers to donate his salary. The prosecutors reject his proposal as they say that government officials cannot skip trial. [https://en.mercopress.com/2021/08/27/argentine-president-indicted-for-skipping-lockdown-pleas-to-buy-his-way-out-of-trial (MercoPress)]
  • Former Mali leaders Bah Ndaw and Moctar Ouane are released from house arrest by the junta who removed them from power in May. [https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/malis-former-interim-president-pm-released-house-arrest-2021-08-27/ (Reuters)]

Politics and elections

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