Police chief says some Bangladeshis have left homes to join Taliban
Aug 14, 2021, at 10:01 pm
Dhaka: Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Shafiqul Islam has revealed that some Bangladeshi nationals have left home to join the Taliban insurgents in their war to seize control of Afghanistan.
Afghanistan updates: Taliban captures Muta Khan and Jani Khel districts
Aug 14, 2021, at 04:32 pm
Kabul/IBNS: Continuing its blitzkrieg, the Taliban has captured Muta Khan and Jani Khel Districts (Paktika) in Afghanistan.
NATO allies discuss Afghanistan situation, to support Afghan govt and security forces
Aug 14, 2021, at 03:08 pm
Kabul: NATO allies met on Friday in the North Atlantic Council, its top policy making body, to consult on the situation in Afghanistan and promised to support the Afghan government and security forces 'as much as possible' in the face of the rapid Taliban onslaught.
Belgium, France direct citizens to leave Afghanistan
Aug 14, 2021, at 02:34 pm
Kabul: Belgium and France have once again urged their citizens in Afghanistan to leave as the Taliban continue to advance and seize territory.
Pakistan: IRSA, Sindh water conflict deepens
Aug 14, 2021, at 02:36 am
Sindh: Indus River System Authority (IRSA) officials have decided to slash the water shares to Pakistan's Sindh region specially by keeping in mind the upcoming dry spell, triggering yet another internal conflict.
Undeserved legitimacy given to Taliban in peace talks: Afghanistan govt
Aug 14, 2021, at 02:17 am
Wahid Omar, an aide of President Ashraf Ghani, has said the failed attempts to reach peace legitimized the Taliban.
Pakistan govt finds China's Gwadar marketing plan 'unsatisfactory'
Aug 14, 2021, at 02:05 am
Islamabad: The Cabinet Committee on China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CCoCPEC) has found the Gwadar port marketing plan prepared by Chinese operators as unsatisfactory.
Afghanistan: Displaced people say they have lost everything
Aug 14, 2021, at 12:21 am
Kabul: Several people have been displaced due to the ongoing violence and Taliban resurgence across Afghanistan in recent times.
Pakistan: Chinese firm reluctant to resume work on Dasu project
Aug 13, 2021, at 11:48 pm
Mansehra: Chinese workers are reluctant to work in the Dasu project of Pakistan, months after the death of 13 people, including nine Chinese workers, in a bus blast on July 13, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Taliban terrorists capture Herat
Aug 13, 2021, at 11:44 pm
Herat: Taliban terrorists on Friday seized Herat city in Afghanistan, the third largest city of the country, media reports said.
Blinken, Austin discuss Afghanistan security situation with Ashraf Ghani
Aug 13, 2021, at 11:31 pm
Kabul/Washington: US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Secretary of Defence Lloyd J. Austin III spoke on Thursday with Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani to stress that the United States remains invested in the security and stability of Afghanistan in the face of violence by the Taliban.
Rohingya refugees receive first COVID vaccinations in Bangladesh
Aug 13, 2021, at 07:21 pm
New York: More than 4,000 Rohingyas living in Cox’s Bazar refugee camps in Bangladesh have received their first COVID-19 vaccine shots, as part of a national inoculation drive to curb the spread of the deadly coronavirus, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Wednesday.
Taliban terrorists claim to capture Afghanistan's second largest city Kandahar
Aug 13, 2021, at 02:40 pm
Kandahar: Taliban terrorists have claimed to have captured Afghanistan's second largest city Kandahar, media reports said on Friday.
Video shows Chinese authorities locking people inside house as COVID-19 Delta variant surges
Aug 13, 2021, at 05:35 am
Beijing: China is witnessing a massive surge in COVID-19 cases in recent times and videos have now emerged on social media platforms where officials could be seen locking residents inside their homes in an apparent repeat of the extreme tactics seen in Wuhan at the start of the pandemic.
41 Pakistani prisoners convicted in Sri Lanka in drug smuggling cases
Aug 13, 2021, at 05:14 am
Islamabad High Court recently summoned the interior secretary in a case pertaining to 41 Pakistani prisoners who were awarded sentences in drug smuggling cases in Sri Lanka recently.
Bill to criminalise enforced disappearances gathering dust in Pakistan, says PPP leader
Aug 13, 2021, at 05:10 am
Islamabad: Secretary General Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians Farhatullah Babar recently slammed Pakistan PM Imran Khan-led government and said it does not seem serious in enacting its own bill to criminalise enforced disappearances.
Vienna: Afghanistanis demonstrate outside UN building
Aug 13, 2021, at 04:49 am
Vienna: The Afghanistan diaspora demonstrated outside the United Nations building in Vienna on Monday against the rising Taliban atrocities in Afghanistan and the role Pakistan is playing in running a proxy war in the country, media reports said on Wednesday.
Afghanistan: Taliban fails to breach Mazar-e-Sharif's defensive parameter
Aug 13, 2021, at 04:10 am
Kabul: The defence of Mazar-e-Sharif continues to hold with the Taliban failing to breach the city’s defensive perimeter despite repeated assaults.
Afghanistan Updates: Taliban pushed back in Mazar-e-Sharif by ANDSF
Aug 12, 2021, at 09:42 pm
Kabul: The defence of Mazar-e-Sharif continues to hold, with the Taliban failing to breach the city’s defensive perimeter despite repeated assaults.
Taliban not ready for dialogue till Ashraf Ghani is Afghanistan Prez : Imran Khan
Aug 12, 2021, at 08:54 pm
Islamabad: As Taliban continues to make giant strides into Afghanistan and Pakistan is blamed for its role in supporting the insurgents with which it has a long nexus, Prime Minister Imran Khan has said the group is not ready to negotiate as long as Ashraf Ghani is the president of the war-torn country.
Afghanistan security forces repel Taliban attack on Mazar-e-Sharif
Aug 12, 2021, at 12:19 am
Mazar-e-Sharif: Balkh governor Mohammad Farhad Azimi on Tuesday confirmed that the country's security forces have pushed back a Taliban offensive on Mazar-e-Sharif city and retook Nahr-e-Shahi district in Afghanistan, media reports said.
European Union says China breached Canadian spy convict Michael Spavor's right to fair trial
Aug 12, 2021, at 12:14 am
Brussels/UNI/Sputnik: The European Union accused China on Wednesday of flouting international human rights laws when trying Canadian businessman Michael Spavor on spying charges.
Thousands of Afghanistanis demonstrate against Taliban in California
Aug 12, 2021, at 12:08 am
Washington: Thousands of Afghans living in Fremont and other US cities in California recently gathered to protest against Taliban violence back home.
Taliban fighters kill young woman for allegedly wearing tight clothes
Aug 12, 2021, at 12:00 am
Kabul: The atrocities of Taliban fighters on civilians just intensified as they have started to capture more regions in Afghanistan with the terrorists even not shying to kill a young woman for allegedly wearing tight clothes and not being accompanied by a male relative in Balkh province recently.
Afghanistan: Taliban forcefully marrying young women, teens to their fighters as 'war booty'
Aug 11, 2021, at 11:51 pm
Kabul: The Taliban terrorists are not only torturing civilians in the regions they are capturing in Afghanistan but also forcefully marrying young women and teens of the area with their fighters, media reports said.
China will rule Afghanistan, says geopolitical expert
Aug 11, 2021, at 11:25 pm
A geo-political expert feels that as the deadline for withdrawal of US forces is drawing closer, China might significantly get the chance to increase activity in Afghanistan.
Afghanistan Updates: Taliban terrorists take control of Faizabad city
Aug 11, 2021, at 11:20 pm
Kabul: Taliban fighters have taken over the control of major areas of another city in northern Afghanistan, Badakhshan province’s capital Faizabad, and are on the way to capture it.
Afghanistan: Taliban fighters capture Badakhshan province
Aug 11, 2021, at 11:17 pm
Kabul: The Taliban said its fighters have captured the province of Badakhshan in northeastern Afghanistan.
Aug 11, 2021, at 10:48 pm
Moscow/UNI: With the Taliban taking control of the length of Afghanistan’s border with Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, the countries of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) must be prepared against the threat of drug smugglers and terrorists infiltrating their territories, the Russian Defence Minister has said.
Bangladesh: JMB 'bomb maker' Forkan, 2 other arrested
Aug 11, 2021, at 10:35 pm
Dhaka: The Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime unit of Dhaka Metropolitan police arrested three suspected Neo-JMB members, media reports said.