Afghan children ‘at greater risk than ever’, top UNICEF official warns
Aug 30, 2021, at 06:53 pm
New Yok: With the needs of Afghan children greater than ever before, the world “cannot abandon them now”, a senior official with the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Sunday after concluding a visit to the country.
Pakistan witnessing rise in violence against women: Report
Aug 30, 2021, at 06:39 pm
Islamabad: The Board of Trustees of Transparency International Pakistan recently expressed concern over the increase in violence against women in the country, media reports said on Sunday.
Haqqani Network is now running Kabul following Taliban takeover, warns geopolitical expert
Aug 30, 2021, at 06:29 pm
Kabul: Haqqani Network, a group which has been designated by the US as a terror body, is now a part of the government in Afghanistan post the Taliban takeover of the country which has been ravaged by war for the past several decades.
Afghanistan: Kabul witnesses protests over bank closure for several days
Aug 30, 2021, at 06:22 pm
Kabul: Scores of people protested in Kabul city against the closure of the central bank, private banks, and money-changing markets across Afghanistan on Saturday, media reports said.
'ISKP responsible for deadly Kabul blasts is a clever creation of Pakistan's ISI'
Aug 30, 2021, at 05:45 pm
A leading newspaper in its opinion piece has described the terror group Islamic State in Khorasan Province (ISKP), which is responsible for the recent blasts in Afghanistan's Kabul airport that left over 150 people dead, as a 'clever creation' of Pakistan's spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).
Afghanistan: US Air Defense activated after multiple rockets fired at Kabul Airport
Aug 30, 2021, at 05:38 pm
Kabul/UNI/Sputnik: At least five rockets were fired towards the Hamid Karzai International Airport in the Afghan capital of Kabul, a US official told ABC News.
Taliban are host to jihadis: Political analyst
Aug 30, 2021, at 05:33 pm
Kabul: Political analyst Dnyanesh Kamat has said the Taliban’s rise to power in Afghanistan is a grave threat to the Middle East.
Bangladesh registers 3,948 new COVID-19 cases
Aug 30, 2021, at 04:01 am
Dhaka/UNI/Xinhua: Bangladesh reported 3,948 new COVID-19 cases and 89 new deaths on Sunday, taking the tally to 1,493,537 and death toll to 26,015, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said.
Bangladesh: Female member of terror outfit 'Ansar al-Islam’ arrested
Aug 30, 2021, at 03:22 am
Dhaka: Bangladesh security forces have arrested a female member of a banned terror outfit 'Ansar al-Islam’.
Bangladesh: Country's first metro rail makes trial run
Aug 30, 2021, at 02:57 am
Dhaka/UNI/Xinhua: Bangladesh's first metro rail in the capital Dhaka made the trial run Sunday on a section of the 20.1-km project, known as Mass Rapid Transit Line-6 (MRT 6).
Taliban kills folk musician Fawad Andarabi : Report
Aug 30, 2021, at 02:46 am
Kabul: Taliban has gunned down a folk singer in Baghlan province, where the resistance forces are giving a tough fight to the militant group and have reportedly recovered some areas, according to media reports.
Afghanistan: Blast heard in Kabul city
Aug 30, 2021, at 12:03 am
Kabul: An explosion was heard in Afghanistan capital Kabul on Sunday, UNI reported.
UNSC drops 'Taliban' from statement, hinting change in stance against terror group
Aug 29, 2021, at 10:12 pm
New York: The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has removed the Taliban reference from a paragraph in its statement, pertaining to the terror attack on Kabul airport, that urged the Afghan groups not to support terrorists "operating on the territory of any other country".
Afghanistan: Last plane carrying British soldiers leaves Kabul airport
Aug 29, 2021, at 09:50 pm
London/UNI/Sputnik: The last aircraft carrying members of the British military has left the airport in the Afghan capital, the UK Ministry of Defence announced here on Sunday.
Last plane carrying British soldiers leaves Kabul airport
Aug 29, 2021, at 03:49 pm
London/UNI/Sputnik: The last aircraft carrying members of the British military has left the airport in the Afghan capital, the UK Ministry of Defence announced here on Sunday.
Aug 29, 2021, at 06:37 am
Washington/UNI: The US drone strike in Afghanistan killed two 'high profile' ISIS-K targets and wounded another, and the fact that they are no longer walking on the face of the Earth 'is a good thing', Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said on Saturday.
Afghan resistance force inflicts heavy casualties on Taliban in Kapisa province
Aug 29, 2021, at 04:47 am
Kabul: The resistance force under Afghanistan's former vice-president Amrullah Saleh inflicted heavy casualties on the Taliban in Kapisa province where fierce fighting is underway.
Two Chinese ships enter Japanese territorial waters near disputed Senkaku islands : Reports
Aug 28, 2021, at 11:50 pm
Tokyo/UNI/Sputnik: Two Chinese patrol ships have entered Japan's territorial waters near the disputed Senkaku Islands, the Kyodo news agency reported on Saturday citing maritime security forces.
No rush to recognize Taliban govt in Afghanistan: US
Aug 28, 2021, at 11:21 pm
Kabul: White House press secretary Jen Psaki has said the US and its partners are yet to recognize the Taliban government in Afghanistan.
US blocks solar panel imports from China to oppose forced labour
Aug 28, 2021, at 11:12 pm
Washington: The US government has started blocking the import of solar panels that they believe could be products of forced labor in China, an issue which might once again trigger conflict between two nations, media reports said.
Bangladesh records 80 new deaths due to COVID-19 in past 24 hours
Aug 28, 2021, at 10:37 pm
Dhaka: Bangladesh, a country that recorded a severe COVID-19 pandemic, registered 80 new deaths due to Coronavirus and 3,436 new cases between 8am Friday and 8am on Saturday, media reports said.
UN entities condemn 'abhorrent' terrorist attack at Kabul airport
Aug 28, 2021, at 05:16 pm
New York: The UN Security Council on Friday underlined the importance of combatting terrorism in Afghanistan following the deadly attack at the airport in the capital, Kabul.
We need to talk about Pakistan, says expert as Afghanistan witnesses rising conflicts
Aug 28, 2021, at 05:08 pm
Kabul: Terming Pakistan as a 'state sponsor of terror', terrorism analyst Kyle Orton has said the South Asian nation should be held accountable for the condition in Afghanistan, which is witnessing conflicts ever since Taliban overrun the nation,
Time to hold Pakistan accountable: US geopolitical expert Danielle Pletka
Aug 28, 2021, at 05:03 pm
Kabul: A geo-political expert has said Pakistan is responsible for destabilizing Afghanistan and delivering it into the hands of Islamist extremists.
Aug 28, 2021, at 04:55 pm
Kabul: A border official has said people crossing through Pakistan's South-western Chaman border has increased significantly ever since the Taliban overrun Afghanistan.
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.
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.
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.