https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed With an influx of Afghan refugees expected in Europe following the Taliban's advancement in the capital Kabul, Italy has expressed support for the Afghan people seeking protection. Here's how Italy is responding to Afghanistan's humanitarian crisis. https://www.thelocal.it/20210818/no-time-to-lose-how-is-italy-responding-to-the-afghan-refugee-crisis Wed, 18 Aug 2021 16:35:32 +0200 no-time-to-lose-how-is-italy-responding-to-the-afghan-refugee-crisis Italy evacuated embassy staff and other Italian and Afghan nationals on its first emergency flight from Kabul on Sunday night, the foreign ministry has confirmed. https://www.thelocal.it/20210816/italy-creates-air-bridge-to-evacuate-civilians-from-afghanistan Mon, 16 Aug 2021 11:44:13 +0200 italy-creates-air-bridge-to-evacuate-civilians-from-afghanistan The target is behind a slope, the advance is unprotected: crawl, fire! Italian instructors in western Afghanistan have been using the relatively quiet winter to bolster Afghan troops against the Taliban. https://www.thelocal.it/20170326/italian-troops-use-quiet-winter-to-bolster-afghan-troops-against-the-taliban Sun, 26 Mar 2017 12:23:27 +0200 italian-troops-use-quiet-winter-to-bolster-afghan-troops-against-the-taliban Italian troops will stay in Afghanistan through 2016, premier Matteo Renzi said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20151202/italy-will-stay-in-afghanistan-renzi Wed, 02 Dec 2015 10:20:58 +0100 italy-will-stay-in-afghanistan-renzi Italy is willing to keep its troops in Afghanistan “at current levels”, it was reported on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20151020/italy-willing-to-keep-troops-in-afghanistan Tue, 20 Oct 2015 11:17:26 +0200 italy-willing-to-keep-troops-in-afghanistan He escaped captivity, lost his family and paid a people smuggler to take him to Italy. But now here, an Afghan refugee tells The Local that although he's still alive, his future remains precarious. https://www.thelocal.it/20151008/an-afghan-refugee-safe-but-in-limbo-in-italy Thu, 08 Oct 2015 15:18:56 +0200 an-afghan-refugee-safe-but-in-limbo-in-italy UPDATED: A 48-year-old Italian from Lombardy was among those killed in an overnight attack at a Kabul hotel, Italy's Foreign Ministry confirmed on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150514/italian-among-victims-in-kabul-hotel-attack Thu, 14 May 2015 11:09:54 +0200 italian-among-victims-in-kabul-hotel-attack The White House on Thursday said the United States would compensate the families' of an American and Italian hostage killed in a counter terrorism operation near the Afghan-Pakistan border. https://www.thelocal.it/20150424/italian-al-qaeda-hostage-killed-in-us-raid Fri, 24 Apr 2015 10:19:49 +0200 italian-al-qaeda-hostage-killed-in-us-raid Italy on Thursday termed the death of hostage Giovanni Lo Porto a "tragic and fatal error by our US allies" but said "terrorists" were entirely to blame. https://www.thelocal.it/20150423/italy-calls-hostage-death-tragic-and-fatal-error-by-our-us-allies Thu, 23 Apr 2015 19:46:44 +0200 italy-calls-hostage-death-tragic-and-fatal-error-by-our-us-allies A cook and security guard were stabbed at Rome’s gourmet Italian food store, Eataly, on Thursday afternoon, allegedly by a colleague who reportedly “went wild” following a row with the cook. https://www.thelocal.it/20141031/terror-at-eataly-as-two-employees-stabbed Fri, 31 Oct 2014 09:51:00 +0100 terror-at-eataly-as-two-employees-stabbed Police on Monday were investigating the death of a man, thought to be from Aghanistan, who was found on a high-speed train to Milan with his throat cut and €30,000. https://www.thelocal.it/20140721/mystery-over-30k-found-in-milan-train-death Mon, 21 Jul 2014 15:54:00 +0200 mystery-over-30k-found-in-milan-train-death A 21-year-old man from Afghanistan on Wednesday stole a policeman's gun and shot himself in the head in Trieste, northern Italy, reportedly on the day his asylum permit expired. https://www.thelocal.it/20140313/afghan-robs-police-gun-then-shoots-himself Thu, 13 Mar 2014 13:02:00 +0100 afghan-robs-police-gun-then-shoots-himself An Italian soldier was killed and three others were wounded on Saturday after their armoured vehicle was attacked in western Afghanistan, the defence ministry and the military said. https://www.thelocal.it/20130608/italian-soldier-killed-3-wounded-in-afghan-attack Sat, 08 Jun 2013 14:33:00 +0200 italian-soldier-killed-3-wounded-in-afghan-attack