Malala Yousafzai 'in complete shock, deeply worried about women' as Taliban take over Afghanistan
Aug 16, 2021, at 06:03 am
As the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai expressed shock and worry for the safety of women, minorities and human rights advocates.
We don't want anybody bilaterally recognise Taliban govt in Afghanistan: Boris Johnson
Aug 16, 2021, at 05:56 am
Kabul/London: British PM Boris Johnson gave a strong message to Taliban insurgents as they take control of Afghanistan after capturing capital city Kabul on Sunday, saying that nobody should bilaterally recognise the government in the war-torn nation that might soon be formed.
The people of Afghanistan do not deserve this: Kabul-born writer Khaled Hosseini
Aug 16, 2021, at 05:37 am
Kabul: Hours after Taliban entered Kabul city and took control of Afghanistan after months of bloody clashes since the foreign troops started leaving the war-torn country, celebrated US-based Afghan writer Khaled Hosseini said the people of the country did not deserve the situation the nation is currently facing.
Taliban takes control over Afghanistan Presidential Palace as Ashraf Ghani flees: Reports
Aug 16, 2021, at 03:52 am
Kabul: Taliban insurgents, who entered Kabul on Sunday after days of clashes with the Afghanistan security forces and capturing of several key cities, have now taken control over the Presidential Palace, hours after President Ashraf Ghani fled the war-torn nation, media reports said.
US, Afghan govt likely to shift blame on Pakistan over Afghan crisis, says Pakistani Senator
Aug 16, 2021, at 03:15 am
Moscow/UNI/Sputnik: Pakistan is concerned that the United States and the failed Afghan government will attempt to shift the blame over the situation in Afghanistan on Islamabad, Saleem Mandviwalla, chairman of planning committee in the country's Senate, told Sputnik on Sunday.
US to recognize Afghan government that respects human rights, fights terrorists: Antony Blinken
Aug 16, 2021, at 02:16 am
Moscow/UNI/Sputnik: The US government will agree to work with an Afghan government that does not disregard human rights and does not support terrorists, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said at a briefing on Sunday.
Afghanistan: Ashraf Ghani leaves country
Aug 16, 2021, at 12:56 am
Kabul: Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday left his nation as Taliban insurgents entered Kabul city, media reports said.
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.
Russian Defense Ministry confirms crew of firefighting plane crashed in Turkey died
Aug 15, 2021, at 04:18 am
Moscow/Sputnik: Five crew members from the Russian military and three Turkish specialists who were on board of the Russian Be-200 aircraft died in a crash in Turkey, the Russian Defense Ministry said Saturday.
UN experts urge Israel to ‘protect and encourage’ Palestine rights defenders
Aug 14, 2021, at 11:39 pm
New York: UN Human Rights Council-appointed experts expressed deep concern on Friday over Israeli military interference in the work of a well-known, independent Palestinian child rights organization, in the occupied West Bank.
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.”
End ‘rampant’ police brutality, promote tolerance: UN human rights experts
Aug 14, 2021, at 11:09 pm
New York: Expressing alarm over “rampant police brutality against peaceful protesters worldwide”, more than 40 UN-appointed human rights experts on Friday called for an end to the violence, urging Governments to promote dialogue, tolerance and diversity.
DR Congo: ‘Widespread and systematic’ violence linked to clashes over gold
Aug 14, 2021, at 11:01 pm
New York: Rival armed groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are carrying out horrific sexual attacks against women and girls, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) warned on Friday.
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.
Canadian govt decides to resettle 20,000 vulnerable Afghan nationals amid Taliban advance
Aug 14, 2021, at 03:50 pm
Ottawa: Canada will resettle up to 20,000 vulnerable Afghan nationals including female activists and journalists as the Taliban terror group advances in its bid to reclaim control of the war-torn country, Ottawa announced.
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.