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No sign of banned Uyghur outfit in Afghanistan: Taliban tells China

Sep 13, 2021, at 03:51 am

Taliban insurgents have told China that the shadowy Uyghur Islamic group that Beijing has used as justification for increasingly harsh rule over the Muslim ethnic minority in its far-western Xinjiang region is not present in Afghanistan and won’t be allowed to return.

Germany: Afghanis demonstrate against Taliban in Hamburg

Sep 13, 2021, at 03:33 am

Hamburg: Hundreds of Afghanistanis, who are currently living in Germany, demonstrated in Hamburg city against the Taliban group which captured Afghanistan last month.

China: Toshiba to shut down its plant in Dalian

Sep 13, 2021, at 03:17 am

Tokyo: Japanese technology giant Toshiba will shut its plant in the Chinese city of  Dalian at the end of the month.

Afghan embassy in Rome marks 20th death anniversary of guerrilla commander Massoud with symposium

Sep 13, 2021, at 03:10 am

Rome: A  high-level symposium was recently hosted in Rome to mark the 20th death anniversary of Afghanistan’s guerrilla commander Ahmed Shah Massoud. The event was hosted on Friday by the Embassy of Afghanistan.

Xi Jinping has not moved outside China for past 600 days

Sep 13, 2021, at 02:59 am

Beijing: China's President Xi Jinping has not left his nation for the past 600  days and experts believe it might further hamper the relationship with Western countries, according to a Bloomberg report.

Afghanistan: Female doctor in Kandahar says Taliban insurgents hit her

Sep 13, 2021, at 01:37 am

Kandahar: A female doctor has claimed she was beaten up by Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan's Kandahar region, media reports said.

Schools reopen in Bangladesh after 543 days break due to COVID-19

Sep 13, 2021, at 12:53 am

Dhaka: Ending a long break of 543 days amid COVID-19 outbreak, schools reopened in Bangladesh on Sunday as students returned to classrooms to take their lessons.

Afghan pilots in Uzbekistan to get flown to US base in Doha: Reports

Sep 12, 2021, at 02:30 pm

Washington/UNI/Sputnik: A group of Afghan pilots are expected to be transferred to a US military base from Uzbekistan this weekend, under a new agreement between the US and Uzbek governments, The Wall Street Journal reported citing people familiar with the matter.

CIA-trained Afghan collaborators receive death threats from Taliban: Reports

Sep 12, 2021, at 04:28 am

Washington/UNI/Sputnik: Members of the Afghan special forces' elite group trained by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) who helped the US evacuation operation in Kabul received death threats from the Taliban (banned in Russia), The Washington Post reported, citing US officials familiar with the matter.

Fire at South African thermal power plant near Johannesburg : Operator

Sep 12, 2021, at 04:15 am

Pretoria/UNI/SPUTNIK: A fire has occurred at a large thermal power plant near the city of Johannesburg in South Africa, the Eskom energy company, the plant’s owner and operator, said on Saturday.

Afghanistan: The Taliban invasion, role of Pakistan and how it affects India

Sep 11, 2021, at 10:44 pm

Who is responsible for the current conundrum in Afghanistan? How are the regional stakeholders going to react and get affected by the Taliban’s takeover of Kabul? What impact will the ruinous US withdrawal have on its international standing? What role does Pakistan play in the Afghanistan fiasco and how does it use it to get back at India? 

Pakistan to resume commercial flights to Afghanistan's Kabul on Monday

Sep 11, 2021, at 10:37 pm

Islamabad/UNI/Xinhua: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has decided to resume commercial flights to Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, starting from Sept. 13, the airline said on Saturday.

Pakistan: Armed men attack Frontier Corps South members convoy, 2 soldiers die

Sep 11, 2021, at 10:34 pm

Gwadar: Two  Pakistan's Frontier Corps South members died and another was hurt as  armed men attacked their convoy in the Buleda area of Kech district on Thursday, media reports said.

Taliban response to protests increasingly violent, warns OHCHR

Sep 11, 2021, at 09:48 pm

New York: Peaceful protesters in many parts of Afghanistan have been met with an increasingly violent response by the new Taliban authorities over the past four weeks, the UN human rights office (OHCHR) said on Friday, including the use of live ammunition, batons and whips.

Banned Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan fields candidates in cantonment board polls

Sep 11, 2021, at 05:51 pm

Islamabad: Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), the Islamist group banned by the Pakistan government several months ago, has now fielded 84 candidates in 17 of the 41 cantonments where polling will be held on Sunday to elect general members of the cantonment board, media reports said.

Afghanistan: UN slams Taliban for its 'increasingly violent response' to protests

Sep 11, 2021, at 03:10 pm

Kabul: The United Nations on Friday slammed Taliban group for its 'increasingly violent response' to protests ever since it took control over Afghanistan on Aug 15 after entering Kabul.

China: Gas explosion leaves 8 dead

Sep 11, 2021, at 02:39 pm

Beijing: At least eight people died due to an explosion and fire caused by  liquefied gas cylinder leakage in China's Liaoning Province on Saturday, media reports said.

Afghanistan: Women seek right to return to govt jobs

Sep 11, 2021, at 02:29 pm

Kabul/UNI: Despite their willingness to work, women in government jobs in Afghanistan say they have been prevented by the Taliban from returning to work.

President Xi Jinping's CCP policy to culturally unite China now reaches Inner Mongolia

Sep 11, 2021, at 02:19 am

Beijing: Xi Jinping's plan to culturally unify the entire country as per the political agenda of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has now reached Inner Mongolia.

Afghanistan: Pakistan, China welcome Taliban govt formation

Sep 11, 2021, at 02:13 am

Kabul: Pakistan and China have welcomed the government formation in Afghanistan and said they hope the Taliban will establish relations with the world’s countries.

Pakistan FM says nation will deal with Afghanistan govt that requires assistance

Sep 11, 2021, at 02:06 am

Islamabad: Pakistan's  Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin has said his nation will deal with the new government in Afghanistan as they will require assistance.

Taliban kill brother of self-proclaimed Afghan President Amrullah Saleh: Source

Sep 11, 2021, at 02:01 am

Kabul/UNI/Sputnik: Members of the Taliban movement took prisoner and then killed Rohullah Saleh, brother of former Afghan Vice President Amrullah Saleh,  a source close to the resistance forces told Sputnik.

Pakistan: SBP reserves drop to $20,145.6 million

Sep 11, 2021, at 01:56 am

Islamabad: The  foreign exchange reserves held by Pakistan's central bank dropped by 0.61% on a weekly basis, as per the data released by  the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Thursday.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa journalists reject Pakistan Media Development Authority

Sep 11, 2021, at 01:52 am

Peshawar:  Journalists in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have rejected the proposed Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA) by describing it as one against freedom of expression.

Ghost employment scam emerges in Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee

Sep 10, 2021, at 11:12 pm

Islamabad:  An alleged ghost employment scam spiriting away around 38 crore Pakistani rupees has now surfaced in the Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (PSGPC), media reports said.

Pakistan's high-level military delegation visits Myanmar

Sep 10, 2021, at 11:02 pm

Islamabad: A high-level military delegation of Pakistan recently secretly visited Myanmar from Sept 1 to 5, media reports said.

Pakistan rejects role in facilitating takeover of Afghanistan's Panjshir

Sep 10, 2021, at 10:57 pm

Islamabad/UNI/Sputnik: Pakistan has rejected the accusations that it helped the Taliban seize the stronghold of resistance forces in northern Afghan province of Panjshir, Radio Pakistan reported on Friday, citing foreign ministry spokesman Asim Iftikhar.

Taliban cabinet failed to represent both gender, ethnic diversity in Afghanistan: Former Female Minister

Sep 10, 2021, at 10:30 pm

Kabul: A former female Afghanistan minister has said the Taliban cabinet, which was announced recently by the group, failed to represent both gender and ethnic diversity of Afghanistan.

Members of anti-China group appear in Hong Kong court

Sep 10, 2021, at 10:11 pm

Beijing/UNI/Xinhua: Seven members of an anti-China group appeared at the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts on Friday on suspicion of violating the national security law in Hong Kong.

Women can't be ministers, should give birth and educate: Taliban

Sep 10, 2021, at 07:50 pm

Kabul/IBNS: Though Taliban says its model of governance in Afghanistan will be different from its previous regime, a recent statement by a Taliban spokesperson reveals the reality is far different from the insurgent group's words.