Taliban should uphold basic rights of Afghan people: Antony Blinken
Sep 14, 2021, at 11:53 pm
Washington: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the Taliban insurgents, who are currently controlling Afghanistan, should uphold the basic rights of the Afghan people, including women, girls, and minorities.
Taliban to change Afghanistan education curriculum as per Sharia Law
Sep 14, 2021, at 11:35 pm
Kabul: Taliban rulers of Afghanistan have decided to drop certain subjects from the higher education curriculum as they do not go with the Islamic Sharia Law.
Afghanistan: Taliban insurgents assault woman, abduct five members of her family in Kabul
Sep 14, 2021, at 11:19 pm
Kabul: Taliban insurgents on Saturday assaulted a woman and abducted five of her family members in Kabul city, media reports said.
$1 billion pledge a ‘quantum leap’ in commitment to Afghanistan: UN chief
Sep 14, 2021, at 11:14 pm
New York: UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday hailed significant international financial support pledged to the people of Afghanistan following a meeting in Geneva, which nearly doubled the initial $606 million flash appeal for the country.
Afghan women posts images in colourful dresses to challenge Taliban decree
Sep 14, 2021, at 11:05 pm
Kabul: Breaking the rule set by Taliban that eves should wear all-black attire in the nation, a group of Afghanistan women, who stay abroad, have posted their own images online wearing colourful traditional Afghan clothes.
Support Afghans in their most perilous hour, urges UN’s Guterres
Sep 14, 2021, at 10:18 pm
New York: The international community should urgently offer a “lifeline” to millions of vulnerable Afghans “who face perhaps their most perilous hour”, the UN Secretary-General said on Monday.
Sep 14, 2021, at 05:01 pm
Washington: Former US President Donald Trump has slammed the Biden administration over the withdrawal of the country's troops from Afghanistan and speculated that China and Russia could already be reverse-engineering U.S. military equipment left behind.
US extends pause on flights with Afghan refugees after 5 measles cases, says Pentagon
Sep 14, 2021, at 03:57 pm
Washington/UNI/Sputnik: The United States has extended pause on the flights carrying Afghan refugees to the country for an additional week after at least five evacuees were diagnosed with measles, Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said on Monday.
Satellite images show thousands of Afghans stranded at Pak border: Reports
Sep 14, 2021, at 04:33 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Amid reports of desperate Afghans trying to leave their country after Kabul takeover, satellite images exclusive to NDTV channel show thousands stranded at Afghanistan's border with Pakistan.
Afghanistan: UN High Commissioner for Refugees arrives in Kabul to assess humanitarian needs
Sep 13, 2021, at 10:47 pm
Moscow/UNI/Sputnik: UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi announced on Monday that he arrived in the Afghan capital of Kabul to assess Afghanistan's humanitarian needs.
Afghanistan: Taliban to remove subjects contradicting Sharia Law from university curriculum
Sep 13, 2021, at 10:36 pm
Moscow/UNI/Sputnik: The Taliban's Ministry of Higher Education announced that it will remove subjects considered as running counter to the Islam's Sharia law from the curriculum of Afghanistan's universities.
'Barbaric' video shows Afghanistan Taliban insurgents rejoicing with severed head of soldier
Sep 13, 2021, at 05:40 am
Kabul: A barbaric video has emerged where Taliban insurgents could be seen celebrating with the severed head of an Afghan soldier.
Germany: Afghanis demonstrate against Taliban in Hamburg
Sep 13, 2021, at 03:33 am
Hamburg: Hundreds of Afghanistanis, who are currently living in Germany, demonstrated in Hamburg city against the Taliban group which captured Afghanistan last month.
Afghan embassy in Rome marks 20th death anniversary of guerrilla commander Massoud with symposium
Sep 13, 2021, at 03:10 am
Rome: A high-level symposium was recently hosted in Rome to mark the 20th death anniversary of Afghanistan’s guerrilla commander Ahmed Shah Massoud. The event was hosted on Friday by the Embassy of Afghanistan.
Afghanistan: Female doctor in Kandahar says Taliban insurgents hit her
Sep 13, 2021, at 01:37 am
Kandahar: A female doctor has claimed she was beaten up by Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan's Kandahar region, media reports said.
CIA-trained Afghan collaborators receive death threats from Taliban: Reports
Sep 12, 2021, at 04:28 am
Washington/UNI/Sputnik: Members of the Afghan special forces' elite group trained by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) who helped the US evacuation operation in Kabul received death threats from the Taliban (banned in Russia), The Washington Post reported, citing US officials familiar with the matter.
Afghanistan: The Taliban invasion, role of Pakistan and how it affects India
Sep 11, 2021, at 10:44 pm
Who is responsible for the current conundrum in Afghanistan? How are the regional stakeholders going to react and get affected by the Taliban’s takeover of Kabul? What impact will the ruinous US withdrawal have on its international standing? What role does Pakistan play in the Afghanistan fiasco and how does it use it to get back at India?
Pakistan to resume commercial flights to Afghanistan's Kabul on Monday
Sep 11, 2021, at 10:37 pm
Islamabad/UNI/Xinhua: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has decided to resume commercial flights to Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, starting from Sept. 13, the airline said on Saturday.
US President Joe Biden calls for unity on 9/11 attack anniversary
Sep 11, 2021, at 06:39 pm
Washington/IBNS: US President Joe Biden has called for a unity on the 20th anniversary of the Islamist terror attack which occurred on Sept 11, 2001 in the country.
Afghanistan: UN slams Taliban for its 'increasingly violent response' to protests
Sep 11, 2021, at 03:10 pm
Kabul: The United Nations on Friday slammed Taliban group for its 'increasingly violent response' to protests ever since it took control over Afghanistan on Aug 15 after entering Kabul.
Afghanistan: Women seek right to return to govt jobs
Sep 11, 2021, at 02:29 pm
Kabul/UNI: Despite their willingness to work, women in government jobs in Afghanistan say they have been prevented by the Taliban from returning to work.
Afghanistan: Pakistan, China welcome Taliban govt formation
Sep 11, 2021, at 02:13 am
Kabul: Pakistan and China have welcomed the government formation in Afghanistan and said they hope the Taliban will establish relations with the world’s countries.
Pakistan FM says nation will deal with Afghanistan govt that requires assistance
Sep 11, 2021, at 02:06 am
Islamabad: Pakistan's Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin has said his nation will deal with the new government in Afghanistan as they will require assistance.
Taliban kill brother of self-proclaimed Afghan President Amrullah Saleh: Source
Sep 11, 2021, at 02:01 am
Kabul/UNI/Sputnik: Members of the Taliban movement took prisoner and then killed Rohullah Saleh, brother of former Afghan Vice President Amrullah Saleh, a source close to the resistance forces told Sputnik.
Sep 10, 2021, at 10:30 pm
Kabul: A former female Afghanistan minister has said the Taliban cabinet, which was announced recently by the group, failed to represent both gender and ethnic diversity of Afghanistan.
Women can't be ministers, should give birth and educate: Taliban
Sep 10, 2021, at 07:50 pm
Kabul/IBNS: Though Taliban says its model of governance in Afghanistan will be different from its previous regime, a recent statement by a Taliban spokesperson reveals the reality is far different from the insurgent group's words.
Global community can still shape ‘new reality’ in Afghanistan
Sep 10, 2021, at 05:29 pm
New York: While the choices available in Afghanistan are “not comfortable” ones, continued international engagement and unwavering commitment to the country’s people can help steer the situation to its best possible outcome, the UN’s senior official in Kabul told the Security Council on Thursday.
First international commercial flight from Kabul after US pullout lands in Doha: Source
Sep 10, 2021, at 02:03 pm
Doha/UNI/SPUTNIK: The first commercial international flight from Kabul after the US withdrawal from Afghanistan landed in Doha on Thursday, a source at Doha airport told Sputnik.
Afghan journos beaten and tortured by Taliban for covering women's protest
Sep 10, 2021, at 05:06 am
Kabul: Shocking images of injured Afghan journalists, who had covered women's protests against Taliban-Pakistan nexus, once again proved that the global concerns over the ruthless and barbaric rule are real.
Shia Ulema Council members ask to form inclusive government in Afghanistan
Sep 09, 2021, at 11:32 pm
Kabul: The Shia Ulema Council has asked for the formation of an inclusive government in Afghanistan which will also include Shia Muslims and other minority members to be represented properly.