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.
Recently appointed German envoy to China dies at 54
Sep 06, 2021, at 07:51 pm
Berlin/UNI/Sputnik: The recently-appointed 14th German Ambassador to China, Jan Hecker, died at the age of 54, the German Federal Foreign Office said in a statement on Monday morning.
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.
US urges all parties in Guinea to forego violence
Sep 06, 2021, at 03:52 pm
Washington/UNI/Sputnik: The United States condemns the seizure of power by the military in Guinea, calling on all parties to avoid violence and engage in dialogue, US State Department spokesperson Ned Price said.
US: Florida shooting leaves four people, including infant, dead
Sep 06, 2021, at 03:40 pm
Washington/UNI/Xinhua: Four people, including an infant, were killed on Sunday in Lakeland, southeastern US state Florida, according to local media reports.
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.
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.
Death toll due to Islamic State attack in northern Iraq touches 12: Reports
Sep 05, 2021, at 10:27 pm
Baghdad/UNI/Sputnik: The number of police officers killed in the Islamic State terrorist attack in Iraq's northern Kirkuk Governorate rose to 12, Shafaq News reported, citing security sources.
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.
Joe Biden to survey damage done by Hurricane Ida in New York, New Jersey: White House
Sep 05, 2021, at 03:51 pm
Washington/UNI/Sputnik: US President Joe Biden will visit the states of New York and New Jersey next Tuesday to see the damage done by Hurricane Ida, the White House has said.
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.
Eight people injured in shooting in Italy's Trieste: Reports
Sep 04, 2021, at 11:50 pm
Rome/UNI/SPUTNIK: At least eight people were injured, one of them in serious condition, as a result of a shooting incident in the Italian port city of Trieste, national media reported on Saturday.
New Zealand govt to toughen anti-terror laws after Auckland stabbing
Sep 04, 2021, at 11:46 pm
Wellington: New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern has vowed to toughen the country's anti-terror laws, after an ISIS-inspired terrorist stabbed seven people in Auckland mall before being shot dead by security personnel.
Iran must halt execution of Kurdish prisoner: UN rights experts
Sep 04, 2021, at 11:35 pm
New York: The imminent execution of an Iranian Kurdish prisoner must be halted and his death sentence repealed, UN-appointed independent human rights experts said on Friday.
‘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.
Lebanon: Almost three-quarters of the population living in poverty
Sep 04, 2021, at 10:28 pm
New York: Poverty in Lebanon has drastically increased over the past year and now affects about 74% of the population, warned the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) on Friday.
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.
Auckland terror attack injured 7 people: New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern
Sep 04, 2021, at 08:08 pm
Auckland/UNI/Sputnik/IBNS: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern Saturday said the terrorist attack, which took place at a supermarket here, left seven people injured.
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.
China trying to control sea with new foreign ship law
Sep 04, 2021, at 05:52 pm
Beijing: China is trying to flex its muscle in the sea with a new Chinese legal requirement demanding that multiple classes of foreign vessels traversing waters claimed by Beijing must provide detailed information to state authorities and take aboard Chinese pilots.