International Current Affairs

The United States said on August 30, 2021, it had completed the withdrawal of its forces from Afghanistan following a chaotic airlift nearly 20 years after it had invaded the country in the wake of the Sept 11, 2001, attacks. More than 122,000 people have been flown out of Kabul since Aug 14, the day before the Taliban regained control of the country.

The United Nations marks August 19 as World Humanitarian Day to honour the sacrifices of all those who choose to serve humanity against all odds. t was commemorated for the first time on 19 August 2009, after it was formally recognised by the United Nations General Assembly in 2009.

Every year, World Photography Day is marked on 19 August. The day commemorates the importance of cameras and photography in our lives. Photography enthusiasts around the world celebrate the art of capturing pictures on this occasion.

Taliban fighters on Sunday 15 August 2021 took over the Afghan capital and President Ashraf Ghani fled abroad, leaving the government in collapse, as a U.S.-led military operation began to airlift Western diplomats, civilians, and Afghans likely to be targeted by the country’s new rulers.

A nineteen-year-old Pakistani climber, Shehroze Kashif, on July 27 became the youngest mountaineer to summit K2, the world’s second-highest peak. He also summited Mount Everest as part of the SST Expedition May 2021.

A 19-year old Pakistani climber on Tuesday, July 27, 2021 became the youngest person in the world to reach the summit of K2, the second-highest peak in the world. Mr. Shehroze Kashif from Lahore achieved the feat of scaling the 8,611-metre high peak with the aid of bottled oxygen. Before Mr. Kashif, Mr. Sajid Sadpara, the son of the legendary climber Mr. Muhammad Ali Sadpara, was the youngest person to have climbed K2 at the age of 20.

The International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach has announced that the Australian city of Brisbane has been selected to host the 2032 Summer Olympics. The Games of the 35th Olympiad are awarded to Brisbane, Australia. With this, Australia has become the second country after the United States to host the Olympic Games in three different cities. Before this, Melbourne had hosted Olympics in 1956 and Sydney in 2000.