Afghanistan crisis: Desperate scenes at Kabul airport as people cling to moving C-17 aircraft
Aug 16, 2021, at 10:02 pm
Kabul: Scenes of desperation were witnessed at Kabul airport on Monday as hundreds of people, who are desperate to leave Afghanistan, clung on to a moving US Air Force C-17 aircraft on the tarmac.
Afghanistan: Guterres urges restraint as Taliban reach Kabul; UN Security Council set to meet Monday
Aug 16, 2021, at 09:49 pm
New York: As the crisis in Afghanistan deepens by the hour, with reports that insurgent forces reached the country’s capital, Kabul, earlier on Sunday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged the Taliban and all other parties “to exercise utmost restraint to protect lives and ensure that humanitarian can be addressed.”
Aug 16, 2021, at 09:38 pm
Beijing: The Chinese government on Monday said it hopes to see the Taliban implement what it promised to “ensure the smooth transition of the situation in Afghanistan."
Taliban govt will include non-Taliban Afghans: Spokesperson Shaheen
Aug 16, 2021, at 04:02 pm
Kabul: Taliban spokesman Sohail Shaheen has said the Taliban government will include non-Taliban Afghans.
War in Afghanistan is over: Taliban
Aug 16, 2021, at 03:31 pm
Kabul: Taliban insurgents have declared that the 'war' in Afghanistan is over after they entered Kabul on Sunday and took control over the Presidential Palace.
US Embassy in Kabul evacuated: Ned Price
Aug 16, 2021, at 02:46 pm
Washington: The US Embassy in Kabul has been evacuated as Taliban continued to take total control over the country after entering Kabul city on Sunday, officials said.
Allow people to leave Afghanistan: 60 nations urge Taliban
Aug 16, 2021, at 02:25 pm
Washington: More than 60 countries, including the US, UK, and Australia, have issued a joint statement where they have urged the Taliban insurgents to allow safe and orderly departure of foreign nationals and Afghans who wish to leave the country.
We don't want anybody bilaterally recognise Taliban govt in Afghanistan: Boris Johnson
Aug 16, 2021, at 05:56 am
Kabul/London: British PM Boris Johnson gave a strong message to Taliban insurgents as they take control of Afghanistan after capturing capital city Kabul on Sunday, saying that nobody should bilaterally recognise the government in the war-torn nation that might soon be formed.
The people of Afghanistan do not deserve this: Kabul-born writer Khaled Hosseini
Aug 16, 2021, at 05:37 am
Kabul: Hours after Taliban entered Kabul city and took control of Afghanistan after months of bloody clashes since the foreign troops started leaving the war-torn country, celebrated US-based Afghan writer Khaled Hosseini said the people of the country did not deserve the situation the nation is currently facing.
Taliban takes control over Afghanistan Presidential Palace as Ashraf Ghani flees: Reports
Aug 16, 2021, at 03:52 am
Kabul: Taliban insurgents, who entered Kabul on Sunday after days of clashes with the Afghanistan security forces and capturing of several key cities, have now taken control over the Presidential Palace, hours after President Ashraf Ghani fled the war-torn nation, media reports said.
US, Afghan govt likely to shift blame on Pakistan over Afghan crisis, says Pakistani Senator
Aug 16, 2021, at 03:15 am
Moscow/UNI/Sputnik: Pakistan is concerned that the United States and the failed Afghan government will attempt to shift the blame over the situation in Afghanistan on Islamabad, Saleem Mandviwalla, chairman of planning committee in the country's Senate, told Sputnik on Sunday.
Taliban enter Kabul; Ghani likely to step down : Report
Aug 15, 2021, at 10:06 pm
Kabul/IBNS: Taliban terrorists entered the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Sunday as the United States evacuated diplomats from its embassy by helicopter, according to media reports.
Taliban seizes Jalalabad, one of biggest cities of Afghanistan: Reports
Aug 15, 2021, at 04:11 pm
Moscow/UNI/Sputnik: The Taliban Islamist movement has captured the city of Jalalabad in Afghanistan, the capital of the Nangarhar province and one of the biggest cities in the country, the Associated Press news agency reported on Sunday, citing a regional lawmaker.
US Embassy in Kabul urges Americans to leave Afghanistan due to security situation
Aug 07, 2021, at 10:43 pm
Washington: The US Embassy in Kabul on Saturday directed its citizens to leave Afghanistan as soon as possible amid deteriorating situation in the war-torn country.
After Herat, several regions in Afghanistan witnesses anti-Taliban rallies
Aug 05, 2021, at 07:39 pm
Kabul: After Herat, citizens across Afghan provinces have begun to chant the slogan of “Allahu Akbar” in anti-Taliban rallies.
Aug 04, 2021, at 09:13 pm
Kabul: At least eight people died as a car bomb blast occurred near the residence of country's Acting Defense Minister Gen. Bismillah Mohammadi in Kabul on Tuesday.
Civilians protest against Taliban and Pakistan in Kabul
Aug 04, 2021, at 05:42 pm
Kabul/IBNS: Amid the clashes between Taliban and Afghan security forces, civilians resorted to protest against Taliban and Pakistan here.
Watchdog says Afghanistan witnessed 80 pct increase in civilian casualties
Aug 04, 2021, at 06:08 am
Kabul: The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission recently released its report where it said 1,677 civilians were killed and 3,644 more were wounded in the first six months of this year, media reports said.
US to continue airstrikes to support Afghan forces; fighting to intensify
Jul 26, 2021, at 11:35 pm
Kabul: The United States will continue to carry out airstrikes to support Afghan forces facing attacks from the insurgent Taliban, the chief of CentComm said, as foreign forces have drawn down troops in Afghanistan.
Afghanistan: Planner of rocket attack on Presidential Palace arrested
Jul 26, 2021, at 11:24 pm
Kabul: Afghanistan security forces have arrested the organizer of the rocket attacks on the Presidential Palace during Eid prayers along with three others from Kabul city, media reports said on Monday.
Jul 26, 2021, at 06:09 pm
Kabul: Commander of the US CENTCOM and of the residual US forces in Kabul General Kenneth F. McKenzie on Sunday visited Kabul city where he met President Ashraf Ghani to discuss the security situation and US support for the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF).
Afghanistan: Kabul blast leaves four civilians dead
Jul 14, 2021, at 12:35 am
Kabul: At least four civilians died as a blast hit Afghanistan's Kabul city on Tuesday, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Two separate explosions rock Kabul, Kandahar, 4 die
Jul 10, 2021, at 09:41 pm
Kabul: Two separate explosions rocked Kabul and Kandahar provinces in Afghanistan which left at least four people dead on Saturday, media reports said.
Afghanistan:Two blasts hit Kabul, 5 die
Jun 12, 2021, at 10:16 pm
Kabul: At least five people died as two blasts rocked Afghanistan capital Kabul city on Saturday, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Roadside blast leaves six people hurt
May 26, 2021, at 11:42 pm
Kabul: At least six people were hurt as a roadside blast hit a military vehicle on the northern outskirts of Kabul city on Tuesday, media reports said.
Kabul school bombing condemned by senior UN officials
May 11, 2021, at 05:32 pm
New York: Saturday’s deadly bombing outside a high school in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, has been condemned by leading UN officials including the Secretary-General António Guterres. The attack led to the deaths of at least 60 people, including several schoolchildren.
Death toll from Kabul school blasts rises to 63 : Reports
May 10, 2021, at 04:28 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: The death toll from Saturday's blasts near a girls’ school in the Afghan capital of Kabul has reached 63, with more than 150 others wounded, media reported.
EU, US condemn bombing of girls' school in Kabul
May 09, 2021, at 03:32 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: The European Union and the United States have condemned the Saturday bombing of a girls’ school in the Afghan capital Kabul, which killed at least 53 people and wounded 151 others.
Afghanistan: Blasts occur close to girl's school in Kabul, 30 killed
May 09, 2021, at 05:57 am
Kabul: At least 30 people were killed as three blasts rocked close to Sayed-ul-Shuhada High School in west of Kabul on Saturday, media reports said.
Killed Afghanistan journalist laid to rest
May 08, 2021, at 05:11 pm
Kabul: Nemat Rawan, former TOLO news anchor and a media official at the Ministry of Finance, who was killed by gunmen in Afghanistan's Kandahar on Thursday has been laid to rest, media reports said.