Women face uncertain future in Afghanistan: Geo-political expert
Aug 28, 2021, at 04:51 pm
New Delhi: Afghan women are most likely to face an uncertain future in Afghanistan as Taliban overran the country after a period of 20 years, said a geo-political expert.
Aug 28, 2021, at 03:55 pm
Washington/UNI: A Californian parole board on Friday voted to release from prison the assassin of 1968 Democratic presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy (RFK), media reported on Saturday.
Two US Congressmen urge Joe Biden to recognise Amrullah Saleh as legitimate govt of Afghanistan
Aug 28, 2021, at 03:33 pm
Kabul/Washington/UNI: In a joint statement after talks with Afghanistan’s caretaker President Amrullah Saleh, US Senate Republican Lindsey Graham and Congressman Mike Waltz have called on US President Joe Biden to recognise Saleh and Ahmad Massoud, who is leading the resistance in Panjshir, as the legitimate government of Afghanistan.
US military base on Iraqi-Kuwaiti border hit by rocket fire
Aug 28, 2021, at 02:59 pm
Baghdad/UNI/Sputnik: A US military base on the Iraqi-Kuwaiti border has come under rocket fire, no people have been injured in the incident, sources said on Saturday.
US conducts airstrike against ISIS-K planner in Afghanistan
Aug 28, 2021, at 02:47 pm
Washington/Kabul: The US has conducted a drone airstrike on terror group ISIS-K planner in eastern Afghanistan, a day after President Joe Biden vowed to retaliate following bomb blasts in Kabul on Thursday that left over 100 dead.
Afghanistan intel had informed US about Kabul airport blasts and role of ISIS: Reports
Aug 28, 2021, at 06:30 am
Kabul: Top sources in the National Directorate of Security in Afghanistan, the country’s national intelligence and security service, have said that the agency had forewarned the United States about the twin blasts that took place in Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International airport which left over 100 people dead and disrupted further the peace in a nation already battered by conflict and Taliban takeover.
German President sends condolences to Joe Biden after Kabul bombings
Aug 28, 2021, at 12:52 am
Berlin/UNI/Sputnik: German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier expressed his condolences to US President Joe Biden after a string of suicide attacks in Kabul killed at least 90 Afghans and 13 American troops.
Afghanistan: Antonio Guterres condemns Kabul blasts
Aug 28, 2021, at 12:17 am
Kabul: United Nations Secretary of State Antonio Guterres on Thursday condemned the blasts in Kabul city of Afghanistan which left over 100 people dead.
Bangladesh is role model in birth control: Health Minister Zahid Maleque
Aug 27, 2021, at 11:38 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh has shown remarkable progress in population control since its liberation from Pakistan in 1971. Health Minister Zahid Maleque told the official news agency BSS that the country has made remarkable progress in population control and it is now a role model in the world.
Bangladesh plane makes emergency landing in Nagpur after pilot suffers heart attack
Aug 27, 2021, at 11:25 pm
Nagpur/UNI: A Biman Bangladesh plane going from Muscat to Dhaka made an emergency landing at Nagpur on Friday after the pilot suffered a heart attack, an airport official said.
Pakistan: Karachi factory fire leaves 15 people dead
Aug 27, 2021, at 10:49 pm
Karachi: A fire broke out at a factory in Pakistan's Karachi city on Friday which left at least 15 people dead, media reports said.
Amrullah Saleh says Taliban have links to Islamic State
Aug 27, 2021, at 10:40 pm
Kabul: Amrullah Saleh, who has declared himself Afghanistan’s caretaker President, said that the Taliban's denying links to the Islamic State (ISIS) is identical to Pakistan's denial on the Quetta Shura, a militant group composed of leaders of the Afghan Taliban based within the city of Quetta in Balochistan province.
Afghanistan: Death toll in ISIS-led Kabul attacks reaches 103
Aug 27, 2021, at 05:52 pm
Kabul/UNI/Sputnik/IBNS: The death toll from a series of terrorist attacks, led by the Islamic State, in the Afghan capital of Kabul has reached 103 people, media reported Friday.
Taliban say 28 members died in Kabul blasts
Aug 27, 2021, at 03:59 pm
Kabul/UNI/Sputnik: At least 28 Afghan citizens, who were killed by a series of explosions in Kabul, were members of the Taliban Islamist movement, the Reuters news agency reported on Friday, citing a Taliban official.
Pakistan will remain on UK red list for travel
Aug 27, 2021, at 03:54 pm
London/UNI: In what is being seen as a major blow to Pakistan the UK government refused to remove the country from the red list for travel to the United Kingdom, Dawn reported here on Friday.
Osama Bin Laden’s involvement in 9/11 attacks were never proven: Taliban
Aug 27, 2021, at 03:50 pm
Washington/UNI: Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid has said that Osama bin Laden's role in the September 11, 2001 attacks were never proven and hence there was no justification for the US led invasion of Afghanistan to take place the same year, Dawn reported on Friday.
Kabul blasts: Antony Blinken, Dominic Raab discuss Afghanistan situation
Aug 27, 2021, at 03:23 pm
Washington/London: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab discussed the situation in Afghanistan following the twin blasts which rocked Kabul airport and left over 60 people dead.
We will hunt you down, says Joe Biden warning Kabul airport bombers
Aug 27, 2021, at 03:08 pm
Washington: US President Joe Biden gave a strong message to those behind the Kabul airport blasts and said they would be made to pay for their acts.
Afghanistan: Over 60 die in Kabul airport blasts
Aug 27, 2021, at 02:48 pm
Kabul: More than 60 people died as twin blasts rocked Kabul airport in Afghanistan on Thursday, targeting those people who are attempting to flee the war-torn nation.
Afghan crisis: 13 dead in twin blasts outside Kabul airport, Baron Hotel; suicide attack suspected
Aug 27, 2021, at 02:35 am
Kabul/IBNS: Amid a massive evacuation efforts by western troops, a suspected suicide bomb exploded outside Kabul airport in Afghanistan on Thursday, killing at least 13 people including children, civilians and US service members, media reports said. A second explosion occurred near Baron Hotel right after the first one.
US Treasury approves humanitarian aid to Afghanistan despite Taliban sanctions: Reports
Aug 27, 2021, at 12:58 am
Washington/UNI/Sputnik: The US Treasury has given its consent to aid groups and banks for participation in humanitarian assistance for Afghanistan despite the existing anti-terrorism sanctions on the Taliban, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday citing people familiar with the matter.
Pentagon warns of a Islamic State offshoot targeting evacuation plane from Kabul
Aug 27, 2021, at 12:01 am
Washington: Pentagon officials have alerted that an Afghan-based Islamic State-offshoot called ISIS-K are 'targeting' evacuation planes flying out of Kabul.
As Taliban overruns Afghanistan, World Bank halts aid
Aug 26, 2021, at 11:57 pm
Kabul: The World Bank has halted funding for projects in Afghanistan as Taliban overran the country on Aug 15, giving a jolt to the insurgent group.
Geopolitical expert Fabien Baussarat says women have no place in Taliban's Afghanistan
Aug 26, 2021, at 11:27 pm
Tel Aviv: Fabien Baussarat, the President of Center of Political and Foreign Affairs (CPFA), has said that Taliban's attitude towards women has not changed.
Missing Uyghur businessman confirmed to be detained in Xinjiang camp
Aug 26, 2021, at 11:15 pm
Xinjiang: A leading Uyghur entrepreneur who returned from a visit to the United States in 2016 and vanished without a trace has now been found to be detained by authorities in an internment camp in Xinjiang.
Challenge China's bullying: Kamala Harris tells international community
Aug 26, 2021, at 11:07 pm
Hanoi: US Vice President Kamala Harris has asked Vietnamese authorities that there is a need to put pressure on Beijing on its actions in the South China Sea.
Human Rights Watch asks Europe to lead efforts to protect Afghans
Aug 26, 2021, at 10:55 pm
The European Union, the United Kingdom, and other European countries should lead global efforts to urgently facilitate safe passage from Afghanistan of civilians at risk from the Taliban, Human Rights Watch has said.
Afghanistan's first woman Mayor blames Pakistan for Taliban control over war-torn nation
Aug 26, 2021, at 10:11 pm
Kabul: Former Afghan Mayor of Maidan Shahr Zarifa Ghafari has blamed Pakistan for Taliban taking control over Afghanistan.
Afghanistan: Tolo News reporter alleges he was beaten by Taliban in Kabul
Aug 26, 2021, at 07:00 pm
Kabul/UNI: A reporter of Tolo News in Afghanistan was allegedly beaten by the Taliban while reporting on poverty and unemployment at Haji Yaqub Square in Kabul on Thursday.
Pakistan: PM's aide on finance quits, FBR gets 6th head in three years
Aug 26, 2021, at 03:45 am
Islamabad: The Pakistan government on Tuesday removed the chairman of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), marking yet another reshuffle in the administration.