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.
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.
Spyware: Rights experts push for surveillance technology moratorium
Aug 13, 2021, at 07:28 pm
New York: A group of UN-appointed experts on Thursday called for a moratorium on the sale of surveillance technology, warning against the danger of allowing the sector to operate as “a human rights-free zone.”
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.
UK: Plymouth shooting leaves six people, including suspect, dead
Aug 13, 2021, at 03:54 pm
Plymouth: Plymouth police have confirmed that six people died during a shooting incident in Keyham area of Plymouth city of the UK on Thursday, officials said.
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.
Release two Canadian citizens immediately: Antony Blinken tells China
Aug 13, 2021, at 05:44 am
Washington: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday asked China to immediately release Canadian citizens Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig convicted in espionage cases.
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.