Afghanistan: Taliban destroy statue of Hazara leader Abdul Ali Mazari they killed in 1995
Aug 18, 2021, at 09:51 pm
Kabul: Taliban insurgents have allegedly destroyed the statue of Hazara leader Abdul Ali Mazari in Bamiyan region of Afghanistan, a human rights activist said on Wednesday.
Aug 18, 2021, at 09:23 pm
Kabul/UNI/Sputnik: Taliban insurgents, who have taken control over Afghanistan, on Wednesday opened fire on people rallying in support of the Afghan national flag in the eastern Nangarhar province.
Afghanistan updates: Caretaker President Amrullah Saleh loyalists attack Charikar, say reports
Aug 18, 2021, at 05:25 pm
Kabul/IBNS: Unconfirmed reports indicate that forces loyal to caretaker Afghanistan President Amrullah Saleh moved from the Panjshir valley and attacked the Charikar district of Parwan province (north of Kabul).
Taliban spokesperson says group will support women's rights in Afghanistan
Aug 18, 2021, at 03:56 pm
Kabul: Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid on Tuesday said the group will support women's rights and a free media under Islamic law.
Joe Biden, Boris Johnson discuss developments in Afghanistan
Aug 18, 2021, at 03:09 pm
Washington/London: US President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke on Tuesday regarding developments in Afghanistan.
Pakistan: Woman TikToker harassed in Lahore on I-Day, police registers case against 400 people
Aug 18, 2021, at 02:49 pm
Lahore: Police have registered a case against nearly 400 people for allegedly harassing a young woman Tiktoker at Azadi Flyover in Pakistan's Lahore city.
US Army is preparing to house 22,000 Afghan refugees at military bases, says NORTHCOM Chief
Aug 18, 2021, at 02:25 pm
Washington/UNI/Sputnik: The US armed forces are already at work erecting emergency accommodation for at least 22,000 anticipated Afghan refugees fleeing the Taliban takeover of their country, Northern Command (NORTHCOM) chief General Glen VanHerck said on Tuesday.
'Will never bow to Taliban': Afghanistan ex-Vice President pledges new fight
Aug 18, 2021, at 05:43 am
Kabul/IBNS: Afghanistan's defiant Vice President Amrullah Saleh on Tuesday made it clear that he will not bow down to the Taliban after the group took over the capital Kabul.
Facebook, TikTok continue ban on posts promoting Talibans after Afghanistan fall
Aug 18, 2021, at 03:59 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Social media platforms like Facebook and TikTok on Tuesday announced that they won’t lift bans on content that promotes the Taliban after the group took control of Afghanistan.
'It did not have to end this way' : Chief of Afghan central bank
Aug 18, 2021, at 03:13 am
The governor of Afghanistan's central bank, who escaped the Taliban after the terror group captured Kabul, has blamed President Ashraf Ghani for relying on inexperienced advisers and also questioned the loyalty of national security forces.
Sindhis in Washington demands US to impose sanctions on Pakistan
Aug 18, 2021, at 02:52 am
Washington: Sindhis in Washington gathered on Aug 14 and demanded the USA to impose sanctions on Pakistan for the country's treatment towards the community.
Aug 18, 2021, at 02:38 am
Washington: The Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) and the Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs (Oxus) have released a new report documenting the complicity of the Pakistani and Afghan states in China’s transnational repression of Uyghurs.
Dhaka declines Washington's request to host Afghans
Aug 18, 2021, at 12:50 am
Dhaka/UNI/Xinhua: Bangladesh has brushed aside a request of the US government to provide temporary relocation shelter to some Afghan people who worked for the US-led entities in trouble-ridden Afghanistan, Bangladeshi Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said Monday night.
Over one new COVID-19 case reported, New Zealand to enforce national lockdown
Aug 18, 2021, at 12:39 am
Wellington/UNI/Xinhua: New Zealand will move from the current level one alert directly to the top-level four lockdown from midnight after a positive COVID-19 case was identified in the Auckland community, which is likely to be the Delta variant, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced at a press conference Tuesday.
Russia is not rushing to recognize Taliban rule in Afghanistan: Lavrov
Aug 17, 2021, at 11:54 pm
Moscow: Russia is not rushing to recognize the Taliban movement as the legitimate Afghan authorities, similar to other countries, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday.
Afghanistan: TOLO News says it resumed broadcast with female presenters
Aug 17, 2021, at 11:42 pm
Moscow/UNI/SPUTNIK: Afghan TV channel TOLO News on Tuesday resumed broadcasting of programs with female anchors after the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, the channel's head of news, Miraqa Popal, said.
Aug 17, 2021, at 11:31 pm
Kabul: A picture of a man whitewashing the photo of a woman in Kabul has earned the attention of netizens as Taliban insurgents took control of the Afghanistan capital, triggering fears about the precarious condition of women in the country.
Afghanistan: ‘Now is the time to stand as one’, UN chief tells Security Council
Aug 17, 2021, at 11:13 pm
New York: As desperate Afghans were trying to escape the Taliban and board planes, during chaotic scenes at Kabul airport on Monday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for international unity on Afghanistan, in a briefing to an emergency session of the Security Council.
Human rights violations against women, girls in Afghanistan leaves Antonio Guterres deeply concerned
Aug 17, 2021, at 11:03 pm
New Delhi: UN Secretary of State Antonio Guterres on Tuesday expressed concern over the accounts of human rights violations against women and girls of Afghanistan 'who fear a return to the darkest days'.
UK unemployment moves down to 4.7pc amid rise in vacancies: Statistics Service
Aug 17, 2021, at 10:42 pm
London/UNI/Sputnik: Unemployment in the United Kingdom has dropped to 4.7per cent from April to June amid a record surge in vacancies, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said on Tuesday.
Palestine refugees face ‘dire’ humanitarian conditions amid ongoing clashes in southern Syria: UNRWA
Aug 17, 2021, at 10:38 pm
New York: Some 30,000 Palestine refugees registered with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in south Syria have become increasingly vulnerable, following recent clashes in and around the Dera’a Governorate, the UN agency warned on Sunday.
US should protect Afghan journalists as Taliban take power in Afghanistan: CPJ
Aug 17, 2021, at 09:25 pm
New York: The United States must do more to ensure the safety of Afghan journalists as the county falls under the control of the Taliban, including facilitating safe passage out of the country and providing emergency visas, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
Afghanistan: Taliban holding talks in Doha about future government
Aug 17, 2021, at 07:40 pm
Kabul/UNI: The Taliban said discussions are underway in Doha about a future Afghanistan government, including its structure and name, and they will reveal the details soon.
Ashraf Ghani committed treason by abandoning his post, say angry Afghans
Aug 17, 2021, at 07:16 pm
Kabul/UNI: The fleeing of former Afghan president Ashraf Ghani and his aides from the country has been harshly criticized by Afghans who say Ghani played with the "blood of the people" and "committed treason" by abandoning his post after making pledges to stay.
Taliban leaders holding talks in Doha about future government
Aug 17, 2021, at 04:04 pm
Kabul/UNI: The Taliban said discussions are underway in Doha about a future government, including its structure and name, and they will reveal the details soon.
China ready to cooperate with US on Afghanistan to prevent civil war: Wang Yi
Aug 17, 2021, at 03:03 pm
Beijing: The Chinese governmet has said it is ready to cooperate with the United States on Afghanistan to prevent a civil war and prevent the country from becoming a breeding ground for terrorism again.
Stand squarely behind Afghanistan pull-out decision, buck stops with me: Joe Biden amid criticisms
Aug 17, 2021, at 10:37 am
Washington/IBNS: Facing severe criticism, US President Joe Biden on Monday broke his silence over the fiasco in Kabul following the Taliban's capture, stating his country's mission was never supposed to be nation building in Afghanistan and that he "stands squarely behind his decision."
Facing criticisms over Afghan crisis, US President Joe Biden to address nation
Aug 17, 2021, at 05:32 am
Washington/IBNS: US President Joe Biden will address the nation on Monday night (US time) after being criticised over the fiasco in Afghanistan following the Taliban's capture of capital city Kabul.
World should not turn its back on us: Afghan filmmaker urges to film community
Aug 17, 2021, at 04:38 am
Kabul/IBNS: Afghan filmmaker Sahraa Karimi has written a letter urging the world film community to join her “in protecting my beautiful people, especially filmmakers from the Taliban.”
Aug 17, 2021, at 03:42 am
Lahore: Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Sirajul Haq has said the "peaceful taking over" of Kabul by Taliban insurgents was actually a defeat of the US and a victory of Afghan people and the Islamic world.