Palestine refugees face ‘dire’ humanitarian conditions amid ongoing clashes in southern Syria: UNRWA
Aug 17, 2021, at 10:38 pm
New York: Some 30,000 Palestine refugees registered with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in south Syria have become increasingly vulnerable, following recent clashes in and around the Dera’a Governorate, the UN agency warned on Sunday.
US should protect Afghan journalists as Taliban take power in Afghanistan: CPJ
Aug 17, 2021, at 09:25 pm
New York: The United States must do more to ensure the safety of Afghan journalists as the county falls under the control of the Taliban, including facilitating safe passage out of the country and providing emergency visas, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
Afghanistan: Taliban holding talks in Doha about future government
Aug 17, 2021, at 07:40 pm
Kabul/UNI: The Taliban said discussions are underway in Doha about a future Afghanistan government, including its structure and name, and they will reveal the details soon.
Ashraf Ghani committed treason by abandoning his post, say angry Afghans
Aug 17, 2021, at 07:16 pm
Kabul/UNI: The fleeing of former Afghan president Ashraf Ghani and his aides from the country has been harshly criticized by Afghans who say Ghani played with the "blood of the people" and "committed treason" by abandoning his post after making pledges to stay.
Taliban leaders holding talks in Doha about future government
Aug 17, 2021, at 04:04 pm
Kabul/UNI: The Taliban said discussions are underway in Doha about a future government, including its structure and name, and they will reveal the details soon.
China ready to cooperate with US on Afghanistan to prevent civil war: Wang Yi
Aug 17, 2021, at 03:03 pm
Beijing: The Chinese governmet has said it is ready to cooperate with the United States on Afghanistan to prevent a civil war and prevent the country from becoming a breeding ground for terrorism again.
Stand squarely behind Afghanistan pull-out decision, buck stops with me: Joe Biden amid criticisms
Aug 17, 2021, at 10:37 am
Washington/IBNS: Facing severe criticism, US President Joe Biden on Monday broke his silence over the fiasco in Kabul following the Taliban's capture, stating his country's mission was never supposed to be nation building in Afghanistan and that he "stands squarely behind his decision."
Facing criticisms over Afghan crisis, US President Joe Biden to address nation
Aug 17, 2021, at 05:32 am
Washington/IBNS: US President Joe Biden will address the nation on Monday night (US time) after being criticised over the fiasco in Afghanistan following the Taliban's capture of capital city Kabul.
World should not turn its back on us: Afghan filmmaker urges to film community
Aug 17, 2021, at 04:38 am
Kabul/IBNS: Afghan filmmaker Sahraa Karimi has written a letter urging the world film community to join her “in protecting my beautiful people, especially filmmakers from the Taliban.”
Aug 17, 2021, at 03:42 am
Lahore: Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Sirajul Haq has said the "peaceful taking over" of Kabul by Taliban insurgents was actually a defeat of the US and a victory of Afghan people and the Islamic world.
Explosion heard at hotel in Barcelona, police rule out terrorist attack
Aug 17, 2021, at 01:45 am
Madrid/UNI/Sputnik: A blast occurred on Monday at a hotel in Barcelona, though the Catalonian police have ruled out a terrorist attack.
Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani fled Kabul with cars filled with cash: Reports
Aug 16, 2021, at 11:43 pm
Moscow/UNI/Sputnik: Former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, who stepped down to prevent further violence in his country, was fleeing Kabul escorted with cars filled with cash, the Russian embassy said on Monday, adding that some cash was left in the airport.
Afghanistan Air Forces plane crashes in Uzbekistan: Reports
Aug 16, 2021, at 11:34 pm
Tashkent: An Afghanistan Air Forces plane has crashed in Uzbekistan's Surkhandarya region, media reports said on Monday.
Afghanistan has broken shackles of slavery, Pakistan PM Imran Khan says as Taliban captures Kabul
Aug 16, 2021, at 11:09 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan PM Imran Khan on Monday said Afghani people had “broken the shackles of slavery” while describing the Taliban’s seizure of power in the war-torn nation.
Afghanistan crisis: Desperate scenes at Kabul airport as people cling to moving C-17 aircraft
Aug 16, 2021, at 10:02 pm
Kabul: Scenes of desperation were witnessed at Kabul airport on Monday as hundreds of people, who are desperate to leave Afghanistan, clung on to a moving US Air Force C-17 aircraft on the tarmac.
Afghanistan: Guterres urges restraint as Taliban reach Kabul; UN Security Council set to meet Monday
Aug 16, 2021, at 09:49 pm
New York: As the crisis in Afghanistan deepens by the hour, with reports that insurgent forces reached the country’s capital, Kabul, earlier on Sunday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged the Taliban and all other parties “to exercise utmost restraint to protect lives and ensure that humanitarian can be addressed.”
Aug 16, 2021, at 09:38 pm
Beijing: The Chinese government on Monday said it hopes to see the Taliban implement what it promised to “ensure the smooth transition of the situation in Afghanistan."
Taliban govt will include non-Taliban Afghans: Spokesperson Shaheen
Aug 16, 2021, at 04:02 pm
Kabul: Taliban spokesman Sohail Shaheen has said the Taliban government will include non-Taliban Afghans.
War in Afghanistan is over: Taliban
Aug 16, 2021, at 03:31 pm
Kabul: Taliban insurgents have declared that the 'war' in Afghanistan is over after they entered Kabul on Sunday and took control over the Presidential Palace.
US Embassy in Kabul evacuated: Ned Price
Aug 16, 2021, at 02:46 pm
Washington: The US Embassy in Kabul has been evacuated as Taliban continued to take total control over the country after entering Kabul city on Sunday, officials said.
Allow people to leave Afghanistan: 60 nations urge Taliban
Aug 16, 2021, at 02:25 pm
Washington: More than 60 countries, including the US, UK, and Australia, have issued a joint statement where they have urged the Taliban insurgents to allow safe and orderly departure of foreign nationals and Afghans who wish to leave the country.
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.