IED blast in South Waziristan leaves Pakistan soldier dead
Sep 02, 2021, at 12:36 am
Karachi: A Pakistan soldier died in an improvised explosive device blast in the country's South Waziristan district on Monday, officials said.
Pakistan: Hindu temple vandalised in Sindh on Janmasthami
Sep 01, 2021, at 11:29 pm
Sanghar: Unknown miscreants vandalised a Hindu temple and destroyed the idol of Lord Krishna in Pakistan's Sanghar district in Sindh province on Monday.
International Day of the Disappeared: Tibetans demonstrated outside Chinese Embassy in UK
Sep 01, 2021, at 10:04 pm
London: Tibetans, who are currently staying in the UK, on Tuesday protested outside the Chinese Embassy and condemned China’s ongoing assaults on Tibetan people.
UN marks first International Day for People of African Descent
Sep 01, 2021, at 09:49 pm
New York: The UN on Tuesday celebrated the enormous contributions the African diaspora has made in every field of human endeavour, marking the first-ever International Day for People of African Descent.
Taliban intends to kill leader of Resistance Front in Panjshir: Afghan Ambassador
Sep 01, 2021, at 04:39 pm
Dushanbe/UNI/Sputnik: The Taliban movement (terrorist group, banned in Russia) intends to kill the leader of the Resistance Front in Panjshir, Ahmad Massoud, and will not hold talks with representatives of the resistance, Afghan Ambassador to Tajikistan Muhammad Zohir Agbar said in an interview with Sputnik.
Militants attack Syrian public agencies, army in Daraa, kill 4 soldiers, says Russian Military
Sep 01, 2021, at 02:52 pm
Moscow/UNI/Sputnik: The situation in the Syrian province of Daraa significantly deteriorated, terrorists attacked state institutions and the local army, killing four soldiers and wounding eight more, Rear Adm. Vadim Kulit, the deputy head of the Russian Center for the Reconciliation of Warring Parties in Syria, said on Tuesday.
Joe Biden defends US pull-out from Afghanstan, gives strong message to ISIS-K
Sep 01, 2021, at 02:43 pm
Kabul: American President Joe Biden on Tuesday defended his government's decision to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan and said that ending an era of major military operations will help to remake other countries.
Kabul's acting Mayor says corrupt elements will be dealt as per Sharia Law
Sep 01, 2021, at 01:49 am
Kabul: The acting Mayor of Kabul has warned that corrupt entities will be dealt with as per Sharia law.
Belgium: Afghanistan diaspora members demonstrate against Taliban, Pakistan
Sep 01, 2021, at 01:45 am
Brussels: Afghanistan diaspora members demonstrated in Schuman Circle region of Belgium capital Brussels recently to demonstrate against atrocities by Taliban in the war-torn nation and Pakistan's involvement and support to the insurgents.
Taliban targeting people who worked with US and allies in Afghanistan, claims victim
Sep 01, 2021, at 01:41 am
Kabul: The Taliban members have started targeting people who had worked with the United States and allies in Afghanistan.
Pakistan: 3 of 4 churches along Karachi's Gujjar Nullah demolished
Sep 01, 2021, at 01:29 am
Karachi: During an anti-encroachment drive, three, out of the four, churches in the Gujjar Nullah area of Pakistan's Karachi city were demolished recently.
Afghanistan: Taliban says boys and girls cannot study in same classroom anymore
Sep 01, 2021, at 01:13 am
Kabul: Taliban has issued a diktat by which boys and girls cannot study in the same classroom in Afghanistan anymore.
Taliban to announce formation of new government on Friday: Reports
Sep 01, 2021, at 12:54 am
Kabul/UNI/Sputnik/IBNS: The Taliban will announce the formation of a new Afghan government on Friday but its composition remains uncertain as of now, a source from the movement’s military commission told Sputnik on Tuesday.
Dialogue with Taliban does not mean its recognition: Emmanuel Macron
Aug 31, 2021, at 11:24 pm
Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron has said dialogue with Taliban, the hardline Islamist group which overrun Afghanistan, does not mean it is being recognised.
Aug 31, 2021, at 11:18 pm
Rome/UNI/SPUTNIK: Afghan Ambassador to Tajikistan Mohammad Zahir Aghbar says the only lawful source of power in his country is the Panjshir province resistance.
Australia to receive at least 3,000 Afghan refugees in 2021: Scott Morrison
Aug 31, 2021, at 10:02 pm
Moscow/UNI/SPUTNIK: Australia expects to take in at least 3,000 Afghan refugees this year after the Taliban took over the country, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Tuesday.
US Embassy in Kabul suspends operations in Afghanistan
Aug 31, 2021, at 09:55 pm
Doha: The U.S. Embassy in Kabul has suspended operations in Afghanistan on August 31, 2021.
Security Council urges Taliban to provide safe passage out of Afghanistan
Aug 31, 2021, at 09:06 pm
New York: The UN Security Council passed a resolution on Monday that calls for the Taliban to facilitate safe passage for people wanting to leave Afghanistan, allow humanitarians to access the country, and uphold human rights, including for women and children.
IAEA ‘deeply troubled’ by DPRK nuclear reactor development
Aug 31, 2021, at 08:41 pm
New York: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says it is “deeply troubled” by indications that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) appears to have restarted its Yongbyon nuclear reactor.
Israel-Palestine: Waste no opportunity for ‘serious’ political negotiation, envoy urges
Aug 31, 2021, at 08:37 pm
New York: The top UN envoy for the Middle East peace process told the UN Security Council on Monday that three months after the deadly escalation in violence between Israel and militants in the Gaza Strip, the situation there remains tense.
Small number of Americans still in Afghanistan, says US Secretary of State Blinken
Aug 31, 2021, at 08:29 pm
Washington/Kabul/UNI: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has pledged ongoing support to the "small number of Americans" still in Afghanistan after the last US troops departed the country on Monday.
UN health agency secures life-saving medical supplies to Afghanistan
Aug 31, 2021, at 08:24 pm
New York: Lifesaving medical supplies reached Afghanistan by air on Monday, the first UN shipment to arrive since the Taliban takeover more than a week ago, as UN human rights experts called on the country's new rulers to live up to their promise to fully protect the rights of women and girls in the country.
Ensuring the right to a nationality, more pressing than ever: UNHCR
Aug 31, 2021, at 08:09 pm
New York: Ensuring the right to a nationality and eradicating statelessness is more pressing than ever, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said on Monday, as it marked the 60th anniversary of the adoption of the 1961 UN Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.
Taliban came with a positive mind: Shahid Afridi supports insurgent group which invaded Afghanistan
Aug 31, 2021, at 06:55 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi has openly supported the insurgent group Taliban which invaded Afghanistan, where fear and anxiety have gripped people over the change in political power.
Entire Afghanistan is now under Taliban control after pullout of foreign troops: Spokesman
Aug 31, 2021, at 03:09 pm
Moscow/UNI/Sputnik: All foreign military personnel have left the territory of Afghanistan, now the country is completely under the control of the Taliban (terrorist group, banned in Russia), Mohammad Naim, a spokesman for the Taliban's political office, told Sputnik.
Afghanistan: Taliban arrest prominent cleric
Aug 31, 2021, at 03:01 pm
Kabul: Taliban members have allegedly 'arrested' Afghanistan's influentia cleric Maulvi Mohammad Sardar Zadran, media reports said.
Number of Americans left behind in Afghanistan in 'very low hundreds': CENTCOM Chief
Aug 31, 2021, at 02:40 pm
Washington/UNI/Sputnik: The number of US citizens left behind in Afghanistan numbers in the very low hundreds, US Central Commander (CENTCOM) chief Kenneth McKenzie said during a press briefing.
Aug 31, 2021, at 09:16 am
As the last US military flight carrying troops left the Hamid Karzai International Airport (HKIA) in Kabul, the United States completed the withdrawal of its forces from Afghanistan, ending a two-decade-long war ignominiously, with the Islamist Taliban in full control.
ISIS claims responsibility behind rocket attack on Kabul airport
Aug 31, 2021, at 04:22 am
Kabul/IBNS: The Islamic State (IS) terrorist group claimed responsibility for a rocket attack on Kabul airport on Monday, as US troops are racing to complete their troops' withdrawal from Afghanistan and evacuate allies from the war-torn country.
Two Tibetans detained for protesting against use of Chinese language
Aug 31, 2021, at 12:11 am
Police in China’s Qinghai province have arrested two Tibetan youth for allegedly opposing the use of the Chinese language as the only medium of instruction in Tibetan schools, media reports said.