Several senior Afghan officials arrive at Kabul Airport to escape from war-torn nation: Reports
Aug 15, 2021, at 11:24 pm
Kabul: Several high-ranking Afghanistan officials have reached the Kabul airport to fly out of the city as Taliban terrorists are fast approaching it.
Pakistan: Grenade attack on mini-truck leaves 12 people dead in Karachi
Aug 15, 2021, at 10:17 pm
Karachi: At least twelve members of an extended family, all women and young boys, died as a grenade attack on a mini-truck occured on the outskirts of Pakistani city of Karachi on Saturday, media reports said.
Taliban enter Kabul; Ghani likely to step down : Report
Aug 15, 2021, at 10:06 pm
Kabul/IBNS: Taliban terrorists entered the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Sunday as the United States evacuated diplomats from its embassy by helicopter, according to media reports.
Aug 15, 2021, at 08:45 pm
Kabul/IBNS: The Taliban continued to rapidly capture territory in Afghanistan. In the North, the two remaining Provincial capitals of Balkh (Mazar-e-Sharif) and Faryab (Maimanah) fell (Aug. 14).
Taliban seizes Jalalabad, one of biggest cities of Afghanistan: Reports
Aug 15, 2021, at 04:11 pm
Moscow/UNI/Sputnik: The Taliban Islamist movement has captured the city of Jalalabad in Afghanistan, the capital of the Nangarhar province and one of the biggest cities in the country, the Associated Press news agency reported on Sunday, citing a regional lawmaker.
Afghanistan: Taliban terrorists capture Logar
Aug 14, 2021, at 11:27 pm
Kabul: The Taliban terrorists have captured central Logar province and detained a number of officials in the region, media reports said on Saturday.
Afghanistan: UN chief urges Taliban to halt offensive immediately, negotiate ‘in good faith’
Aug 14, 2021, at 11:15 pm
The UN Secretary-General on Friday called on Taliban militants to “immediately halt” their offensive against Government forces and return to the negotiating table in good faith, “in the interest of Afghanistan, and its people.”
Pakistan: One Army personnel killed in Balochistan terror attack
Aug 14, 2021, at 10:27 pm
Quetta: A Frontier Corps (FC) personnel died and two others were injured as terrorists attacked their vehicle in Balochistan’s Loralai region, media reports said on Saturday.
Fast-moving Afghanistan crisis ‘has hallmarks of humanitarian catastrophe’
Aug 14, 2021, at 10:12 pm
New York: Afghanistan is on course to witness its highest ever number of documented civilian casualties in a single year since records began, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Friday.
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.