Iran blasts Pakistan after holdout Valley Panjshir falls to Taliban backed by Pak air power

Sep 07, 2021, at 05:06 am

Tehran: The Iranian government on Monday gave a strong message to Pakistan over the fall of Afghanistan's Panjshir by condemning Taliban’s military offensive against holdout fighters in the Valley backed by Pakistan's air power.

Pakistan's Punjab may soon face wheat shortage

Sep 07, 2021, at 01:53 am

Lahore: Pakistan's Punjab Flour Mills Association Chairman Asim Raza has warned that the region may soon witness  shortage of the commodity as its stocks in the private sector were depleting fast.

Drug trafficking: Sri Lankan Navy officials arrest seven Pakistani nationals, seize 336 kg heroin

Sep 07, 2021, at 01:26 am

Colombo: The Sri Lankan Navy officials recently apprehended a trawler, allegedly involved in drug trafficking, in the high seas off Male, and brought it to Colombo city besides arresting even Pakistani nationals, media reports said.

Afghanistan: Ahmad Massoud says he is alive and resistance will continue

Sep 06, 2021, at 11:07 pm

Kabul/UNI: Ahmad Massoud, the leader of the Resistance forces in Panjshir, on Monday released an audio message saying that he is alive and in the northeastern province and called on all Afghans to begin a national uprising against the Taliban.

Chinese Foreign Minister to visit South Korea next week: Reports

Sep 06, 2021, at 10:21 pm

Beijing/UNI/Sputnik: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi plans to visit South Korea early next week for talks on bilateral relations and North Korea, South Korean news agency Yonhap reported on Monday, citing diplomatic sources.

New Taliban diktat says women attending private Afghanistan universities must wear abaya and niqab: Reports

Sep 06, 2021, at 10:08 pm

Kabul: Taliban rulers of Afghanistan have now issued a diktat by which women attending private Afghan universities must wear an abaya and niqab to cover most of their faces.

Taliban leaders may announce govt formation in next few days as Panjshir gets conquered by insurgents

Sep 06, 2021, at 09:59 pm

Kabul/UNI: With the rebellion in Panjshir ended, the Taliban on Monday said that they have intensified the process for government formation which would be done in the next few days, and have invited Turkey, China, Russia, Iran, Pakistan and Qatar to participate in the announcement ceremony.  

Egypt: Seven Pakistanis sentenced to death for smuggling heroin

Sep 06, 2021, at 09:46 pm

Cairo: An Egyptian court on Sunday awarded death sentences to seven Pakistanis, two Egyptians and an Iranian citizen on charges of smuggling in over two tonnes of heroin by sea, media reports said.

Afghanistan: UN humanitarian chief calls for ‘rights…well-being’ of women

Sep 06, 2021, at 09:39 pm

New York: Women in Afghanistan play a “critical role” in delivering aid, the UN Humanitarian told the leadership of the Taliban in Kabul on Sunday, calling on all parties to “ensure their rights, safety and well-being”.

Afghanistan Women: Where are they now?

Sep 06, 2021, at 08:17 pm

As the remarkable two-decades-long journey of the women of Afghanistan comes to a rude halt, Jayalakshmi Sengupta recalls her time in the war-torn country with Miriam and Marzia, Zulia and Zainab- story makers and storytellers, those who created history and those who chronicled them.

Pakistan will be affected by regrouping of terror outfits in Afghanistan: Mohsin Dawar

Sep 06, 2021, at 07:34 pm

Islamabad: Pakistani lawmaker Mohsin Dawar has said people of Pakistan will be the first to be affected by the regrouping of terrorist outfits in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan: Pakistan Air Force drones bombed Panjshir which fell to Taliban, claim reports

Sep 06, 2021, at 06:08 pm

Bazarak/IBNS: Pakistan Air Force drones were used to bomb on Sunday Afghanistan's Panjshir province, which was the last bastion of the National Resistance Force before it fell to the Taliban finally,  several media reports claimed.

Afghanistan: Taliban declares victory in Panjshir

Sep 06, 2021, at 04:03 pm

Kabul: Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid on Monday declared victory of the Taliban over the resistance forces in the northeastern province of Panjshir.

Taliban insurgents kill pregnant policewoman in Afghanistan: Reports

Sep 06, 2021, at 03:04 pm

Kabul: Taliban insurgents have allegedly shot dead a pregnant policewoman in front of her family in Ghor province of Afghanistan, media reports said.

Afghan resistance leader says he is open to peace talks with Taliban

Sep 06, 2021, at 02:41 pm

Kabul:  Ahmad Massoud, the leader of the Afghan opposition group resisting Taliban forces in the Panjshir valley, on Sunday he is ready for peace talks to end the ongoing fighting.

Attacks on Afghanistan-Pakistan border increased following Taliban takeover

Sep 06, 2021, at 04:53 am

Islamabad: Attacks on Pakistan's security post along the Afghanistan border has spiked in recent times ever since the Taliban captured the neighbouring nation, media reports said.

BBC anchor 'shuts down' US scholar exposing Taliban-Pakistan nexus, Twitterati expresses anger

Sep 06, 2021, at 02:59 am

London: BBC recently drew flak on social media when its presenter Philippa Thomas, “shut down” US scholar Christine Fair, a guest on her show, as she was exposing the link between Pakistan and Taliban in the sorry state of Afghanistan affairs.

Amrullah Saleh urges UN to prevent 'Taliban's onslaught into Panjshir'

Sep 06, 2021, at 01:40 am

Afghanistan's caretaker president Amrullah Saleh has urged the United Nations to do everything in its power to prevent the Taliban from running over the resistance stronghold in Panjshir valley.

Afghanistan: Resistance forces leader says ISI chief visiting Kabul to oversee Taliban's war in Panjshir

Sep 06, 2021, at 01:36 am

Kabul: As fighting continues to rage in Panjshir, the Resistance forces said Pakistan’s spy agency ISI's chief Lt Gen Faiz Hameed was in Kabul primarily to oversee the Taliban’s war against the holdout Afghanistan province and support the Taliban with drone-fired rockets and drone eyes in the sky.

Four security personnel killed in suicide blast in Pakistan's Quetta, TTP claims responsibility

Sep 05, 2021, at 08:26 pm

Islamabad/IBNS:A suicide bomb attack rocked Pakistan's Quetta region on Sunday morning, leaving at least four securitymen dead and several others seriously injured, Pakistan's Dawn News (Dawn.com) said in its report. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), commonly known as Pakistani Taliban, has claimed responsibility for the attack.

US' Ramstein base in Germany has 200 Afghan refugees marked ‘red’, subject to further checks: General

Sep 05, 2021, at 03:05 pm

Washington/UNI/Sputnik: About 200 of the 30,000 Afghan refugees processed at the US Ramstein base in Germany are now under further background checks, Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told Fox News.

Pakistan: Sindh police chief warns about possible terror attack

Sep 05, 2021, at 04:25 am

Sindh police chief Mushtaq Ahmed Mahar, taking notice of intelligence reports and interrogations of militants of different groups conducted by counterterrorism wings, has issued an alert for a possible terror attack by  separatist outfits in the Pakistani region in the upcoming days.

Afghan woman activist thrashed by Taliban for seeking political rights: Report

Sep 05, 2021, at 02:14 am

Kabul: A woman activist, who was taking part in a protest demonstration in Kabul seeking political rights under the Taliban rule, was beaten leaving her with head injuries.

Taliban fighters resort to celebratory gunfire, 70 feared dead or hurt in Afghanistan

Sep 05, 2021, at 12:19 am

Kabul: Over 70 people died or were injured in Afghanistan on Friday night as Taliban fighters  opened gunshots in the air as part of their celebration, media reports said.

‘Major’ humanitarian crisis looms in Afghanistan, as UN convenes fundraising conference

Sep 04, 2021, at 10:41 pm

New York: A major humanitarian crisis is looming in Afghanistan, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, warned again on Friday, amid ongoing uncertainty about the situation for vulnerable Afghans seeking shelter across the country's borders. To address the crisis, the UN announced a major fundraising conference to take place in Geneva on 13 September.

Taliban members use tear gas to disperse women rights rally in Kabul

Sep 04, 2021, at 10:36 pm

Kabul/UNI/SPUTNIK: The Taliban have shot in the air and fired tear gas at female activists in the Afghan capital to disperse a demonstration in support of women's rights, a Sputnik correspondent reported on Saturday.

15 dead in heavy hauler-truck collision in northeast China

Sep 04, 2021, at 08:43 pm

Qitaihe/UNI/Xinhua: Fifteen people have been confirmed dead and another injured, after a heavy hauler collided with a truck in a road section in the city of Qitaihe, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Saturday morning, according to the local authority.

Afghanistan: Taliban claims to have taken control of Panjshir province

Sep 04, 2021, at 07:00 pm

Kabul/UNI/Sputnik: A strategically important area of the defiant Panjshir province, Khenj, and the Anaba district of Afghanistan have fallen to the Taliban, the insurgent group's spokesman Bilal Karimi said Saturday.

Afghanistan: Women demonstrate against Taliban over right to work under new regime

Sep 04, 2021, at 05:13 pm

Kabul: A large number of women in Herat demonstrated for their right to work under a new regime as the Taliban is all set to form a government in the war-torn country.

Bangladesh: RAB members arrest 4 JMB terrorists

Sep 04, 2021, at 04:04 pm

Dhaka: Rapid Action Battalion members have arrested four members of the banned Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh outfit from Mymensingh region of the country, media reports said.