Afghanistan: Shia clerics ask Taliban to ensure equal role for all
Aug 26, 2021, at 03:41 am
Kabul: The Shia Ulema Council on Tuesday asked Taliban insurgents, who overran Kabul on Aug 15, to ensure that they will treat all faiths and ethnicities with equality and justice.
Taliban now orders working women in Afghanistan to stay at home
Aug 26, 2021, at 03:29 am
Kabul: Issuing a diktat that is reflective of the real intention of the Taliban, the spokesperson of the group has directed working women to stay at home until proper systems are in place to ensure their safety.
Tajiks make up 46% of Afghan population, should play major role in Afghan govt: Tajikistan Prez
Aug 26, 2021, at 12:51 am
Dushanbe/Kabul/UNI: Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon has firmly conveyed to Pakistan that Tajiks make up more than 46 percent of Afghanistan's population and should play a major role in the future government there, and Tajikistan will not recognize any government to be formed in Kabul through oppression.
In Taliban's Afghanistan artists' fate to be decided as per Islamic law
Aug 26, 2021, at 12:01 am
Kabul/IBNS: Taliban has made it clear that the singers, actors, filmmakers will have to switch to other professions if what they do doesn't comply with Sharia law.
Pakistan: Gunmen kill three coal miners in Balochistan
Aug 25, 2021, at 11:35 pm
Quetta: Unknown gunmen gunned down three coal miners working in the Marwar coalfield area on Monday night, media reports said on Monday.
Afghanistan's 12-member council to include ex-President Hamid Karzai, Abdullah, Baradar: Source
Aug 25, 2021, at 10:33 pm
Kabul/UNI/Sputnik: Afghanistan will be led by a 12-member council, and the seven candidates that have been already agreed on include ex-Afghan President Hamid Karzai, the High Council for National Reconciliation chief Abdullah Abdullah and Abdul Ghani Baradar, a co-founder of the Taliban, a source close to senior Taliban circles told Sputnik on Tuesday.
Aug 25, 2021, at 10:17 pm
Lahore: Indian Army officials have warned that American weapons seized by Talibans from the Afghanistan Army will be first used to create havoc in Pakistan before they are smuggled to India, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Negotiations to bring 500 tonnes of urgent medical supplies ongoing, says WHO
Aug 25, 2021, at 10:12 pm
New York: Negotiations are underway to bring 500 metric tonnes of urgently needed medical supplies into Afghanistan, senior regional officials with the World Health Organization (WHO) said during an online briefing on Tuesday.
Pakistan is behind empowering Taliban: Afghanistan singer Aryana Sayeed
Aug 25, 2021, at 10:06 pm
Kabul: Afghani pop star Aryana Sayeed, who escaped from her nation after Taliban overran Kabul on Aug 15, blamed Pakistan for empowering the insurgent group.
We are currently on a pace to finish evacuation from Afghanistan by Aug 31: Joe Biden
Aug 25, 2021, at 03:34 pm
Washington: US President Joe Biden on Tuesday said the United States is on pace to finish evacuations from Afghanistan, which has been witnessing conflict ever since Taliban overran the nation, by Aug 31.
Taliban leaders will be held accountable for their actions, says G7 on Afghanistan situation
Aug 25, 2021, at 03:09 pm
Washington: G7 leaders, who met on Tuesday, said the Taliban leaders will be held accountable for their actions on preventing terrorism, on human rights, especially of women and girls and minorities, and on pursuing an inclusive political settlement in Afghanistan.
Afghanistan: Senior Taliban leader meets Chinese Ambassador in Kabul
Aug 25, 2021, at 02:55 pm
Kabul, /UNI/SPUTNIK: Abdul Salam Hanafi, the deputy head of the Taliban political office in Qatar, met with Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan Wang Yu in Kabul on Tuesday, a Taliban spokesperson said.
Antony Blinken, Turkish leader Mevlut Çavusoglu discuss Afghanistan conflict
Aug 25, 2021, at 02:48 pm
Washington: US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu to discuss America's continuing cooperation in Afghanistan.
Antony Blinken, Turkish leader Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu discuss Afghanistan conflict
Aug 25, 2021, at 02:48 pm
Washington: US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu to discuss America's continuing cooperation in Afghanistan.
Future Afghanistan govt will not be complete without women: ex-Parliamentarian
Aug 25, 2021, at 05:33 am
Kabul: A former female Afghani Parliamentarian has batted for the presence of women in the future government of the country, giving a strong message to Taliban insurgents who have overrun the nation.
Taliban tells US to stop evacuating skilled Afghans
Aug 25, 2021, at 05:18 am
Kabul: Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid has said the Islamist militant group will not tolerate the extension of evacuation by US-led NATO forces and also told the US to stop evacuating the skilled Afghans.
Shelter needs soar for displaced in Yemen’s Marib region
Aug 25, 2021, at 05:06 am
New York: Humanitarian needs, including a lack of shelter, are soaring among displaced communities, as fighting continues in Yemen’s Marib governorate, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) warned on Tuesday.
Afghanistan women’s rights are ‘red line’, UN rights chief tells States
Aug 25, 2021, at 04:41 am
New York: UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet led calls on Tuesday for Afghanistan’s new Taliban leaders to respect the rights of all Afghans and warned that the treatment of women and girls is a “fundamental red line” that should not be crossed.
Religious scholars to lead upcoming Afghanistan government: Taliban
Aug 25, 2021, at 04:04 am
Kabul: Taliban members have said religious scholars should take the lead and be the core of the upcoming government in Afghanistan.
Aug 25, 2021, at 03:56 am
Islamabad: A Pakistani author has warned that the victory of Taliban in Afghanistan may have a hidden fear that a more deadly war might be starting any time now.
Afghanistan-Pakistan trade spikes by 50 pct after Taliban took over Kabul
Aug 25, 2021, at 03:46 am
Kabul: Despite transit troubles, Afghanistan’s chamber of commerce and industry has claimed trade between Afghanistan and Pakistan has risen by 50 percent in the past week ever since the Taliban started controlling the borders and dry ports.
Pakistan NAB Chairman says there are evidence of big fish mega corruption
Aug 25, 2021, at 03:25 am
Pakistan's Chairman of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Justice (R) Javed Iqbal has said the Bureau has solid evidences of money-laundering of billions of rupees by the big fish in the country by opening fake accounts in the names of ‘falooda walas’, ‘chhabri walas’ and ‘paupar walas’.
Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) emir Sirajul Haq asks Pakistan govt to recognise Taliban govt in Afghanistan
Aug 25, 2021, at 03:22 am
Islamabad: Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) emir Sirajul Haq has asked Pakistan PM Imran Khan-led government to accept the Taliban government in Afghanistan.
CIA head held meeting with Taliban as US grapples to finish evacuation by Aug 31: Report
Aug 25, 2021, at 12:55 am
The head of US Central Intelligence Agency, CIA, William Burns held a secret meeting in Kabul with Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Washington Post reported Tuesday.
Taliban not allowing food into Andarab, using children and elderly as shields, says Amrullah Saleh
Aug 24, 2021, at 11:56 pm
Kabul: The Taliban are not allowing food and fuel into Andarab valley adjoining Panjshir in northeastern Afghanistan and the humanitarian situation there is dire, Amrullah Saleh, who has declared himself the caretaker President of Afghanistan, said on Tuesday.
Ireland to send elite forces, diplomats to Kabul to help evacuate Irish citizens, says official
Aug 24, 2021, at 11:40 pm
London/UNI/Sputnik: Dublin will send a group of diplomats and members of the Army Ranger Wing, the Irish defense forces' special operations branch, to the militant-controlled Afghan capital to help evacuate Irish citizens, Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said.
Pakistan records 4,075 new Coronavirus cases
Aug 24, 2021, at 11:21 pm
Islamabad/UNI/Xinhua: Pakistan has reported 4,075 new COVID-19 cases over the last 24 hours, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said on Tuesday.
Australia, New Zealand governments evacuate 650 people from Afghanistan: Prime Minister Morrison
Aug 24, 2021, at 10:53 pm
Moscow/UNI/Sputnik: Australia and New Zealand’s joint evacuation flights were able to move out 650 people from Afghanistan on Monday night, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Tuesday.
Taliban will be judged by their deeds: Boris Johnson
Aug 24, 2021, at 10:16 pm
London: UK PM Boris Johnson has said the Taliban insurgents will be judged by their deeds.
Ukrainian evacuation plane hijacked in Kabul, diverted to Iran: Report
Aug 24, 2021, at 08:21 pm
Kabul: A Ukrainian plane in Kabul to evacuate its stranded citizens from Afghanistan has been hijacked and diverted to Iran, a Ukraine Minister was quoted as saying in media reports.