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Avoid traveling to Kabul airport: US embassy tells Americans in Afghanistan

Aug 28, 2021, at 11:45 pm

Kabul: The US Embassy in Afghanistan on Friday asked Americans, who are currently in Afghanistan, to avoid visiting Kabul airport or its gates.

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.

US blows up last CIA military outpost in Afghanistan :Reports

Aug 28, 2021, at 10:59 pm

Washington/UNI/Sputnik: The United States forces carried out a controlled detonation to destroy Eagle Base, the last remaining outpost of the CIA in Afghanistan, near the Kabul airport, the New York Times newspaper reported on Saturday, citing the US officials.

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.

More children than ever before live as migrants or refugees, outside their birth countries – UNICEF

Aug 28, 2021, at 05:32 pm

New York: More girls and boys than ever are on the move, with 35.5 million having lived outside their country of birth in 2020 and an additional 23.3 million displaced internally, according to a new report by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) published on Friday.

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.

Number of people crossing through Pakistan's Chaman border has spiked since Taliban takeover: Official

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.

1968 Democratic presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy's assassin Sirhan Sirhan recommended for parole

Aug 28, 2021, at 03:55 pm

Washington/UNI: A Californian parole board on Friday voted to release from prison the assassin of 1968 Democratic presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy (RFK), media reported on Saturday.

Two US Congressmen urge Joe Biden to recognise Amrullah Saleh as legitimate govt of Afghanistan

Aug 28, 2021, at 03:33 pm

Kabul/Washington/UNI: In a joint statement after talks with Afghanistan’s caretaker President Amrullah Saleh, US Senate Republican Lindsey Graham and Congressman Mike Waltz have called on US President Joe Biden to recognise Saleh and Ahmad Massoud, who is leading the resistance in Panjshir, as the legitimate government of Afghanistan.

US military base on Iraqi-Kuwaiti border hit by rocket fire

Aug 28, 2021, at 02:59 pm

Baghdad/UNI/Sputnik: A US military base on the Iraqi-Kuwaiti border has come under rocket fire, no people have been injured in the incident, sources said on Saturday.

US conducts airstrike against ISIS-K planner in Afghanistan

Aug 28, 2021, at 02:47 pm

Washington/Kabul: The US has conducted a drone airstrike on terror group ISIS-K planner in eastern Afghanistan, a day after President Joe Biden vowed to retaliate following bomb blasts in Kabul on Thursday that left over 100 dead.

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.

German President sends condolences to Joe Biden after Kabul bombings

Aug 28, 2021, at 12:52 am

Berlin/UNI/Sputnik: German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier expressed his condolences to US President Joe Biden after a string of suicide attacks in Kabul killed at least 90 Afghans and 13 American troops.

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.

Pakistan: Karachi factory fire leaves 15 people dead

Aug 27, 2021, at 10:49 pm

Karachi: A fire broke out at a factory in Pakistan's Karachi city on Friday which left at least 15 people dead, media reports said.

Amrullah Saleh says Taliban have links to Islamic State

Aug 27, 2021, at 10:40 pm

Kabul: Amrullah Saleh, who has declared himself Afghanistan’s caretaker President, said that the Taliban's denying links to the Islamic State (ISIS) is identical to Pakistan's denial on the Quetta Shura, a militant group composed of leaders of the Afghan Taliban based within the city of Quetta in Balochistan province.

Afghanistan: Death toll in ISIS-led Kabul attacks reaches 103

Aug 27, 2021, at 05:52 pm

Kabul/UNI/Sputnik/IBNS: The death toll from a series of terrorist attacks, led by the Islamic State, in the Afghan capital of Kabul has reached 103 people, media reported Friday.

Taliban say 28 members died in Kabul blasts

Aug 27, 2021, at 03:59 pm

Kabul/UNI/Sputnik: At least 28 Afghan citizens, who were killed by a series of explosions in Kabul, were members of the Taliban Islamist movement, the Reuters news agency reported on Friday, citing a Taliban official.

Pakistan will remain on UK red list for travel

Aug 27, 2021, at 03:54 pm

London/UNI: In what is being seen as a major blow to Pakistan the UK government refused to remove the country from the red list for travel to the United Kingdom, Dawn reported here on Friday.

Osama Bin Laden’s involvement in 9/11 attacks were never proven: Taliban

Aug 27, 2021, at 03:50 pm

Washington/UNI: Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid has said that Osama bin Laden's role in the September 11, 2001 attacks were never proven and hence there was no justification for the US led invasion of Afghanistan to take place the same year, Dawn reported on Friday.

Kabul blasts: Antony Blinken, Dominic Raab discuss Afghanistan situation

Aug 27, 2021, at 03:23 pm

Washington/London: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab discussed the situation in Afghanistan following the twin blasts which rocked Kabul airport and left over 60 people dead.

We will hunt you down, says Joe Biden warning Kabul airport bombers

Aug 27, 2021, at 03:08 pm

Washington: US President Joe Biden gave a strong message to those behind the Kabul airport blasts and said they would be made to pay for their acts.

Afghanistan: Over 60 die in Kabul airport blasts

Aug 27, 2021, at 02:48 pm

Kabul: More than 60 people died as twin blasts rocked Kabul airport in Afghanistan on Thursday, targeting those people who are attempting to flee the war-torn nation.

Afghan crisis: 13 dead in twin blasts outside Kabul airport, Baron Hotel; suicide attack suspected

Aug 27, 2021, at 02:35 am

Kabul/IBNS: Amid a massive evacuation efforts by western troops, a suspected suicide bomb exploded outside Kabul airport in Afghanistan on Thursday, killing at least 13 people including children, civilians and US service members, media reports said. A second explosion occurred near Baron Hotel right after the first one.