Pakistani Army men, LeT cadres are helping Taliban in Afghan war
Jul 18, 2021, at 10:09 pm
Kabul/New Delhi/UNI: Pakistan is extending extensive support to Taliban which is trying to capture power in Afghanistan and has sent hundreds of Army personnel and thousands cadres of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terror outfit to fight alongside the extremist group against the government forces, according to security and intelligence inputs from the war-torn nation.
US delegation discusses Afghan security with President Ghani in Tashkent: White House
Jul 18, 2021, at 03:11 pm
Washington/UNI/Sputnik: A US delegation led by Assistant to the President for Homeland Security Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall met with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Afghan Foreign Minister Haneef Atmar in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, the White House informs.
US commitment to Afghanistan continues: Zalmay Khalilzad
Jul 18, 2021, at 04:37 am
Kabul: US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad has said America will keep on supporting the Afghanistan government to ensure the safety of the country.
Can give evidence to prove Pakistan is giving air support to Taliban: Saleh
Jul 18, 2021, at 12:15 am
Kabul: Afghanistan vice president Amrullah Saleh has said he can show evidence to prove Pakistan is providing air support to the Taliban.
Pakistan: Afghanistan envoy's daughter abducted, tortured before being released
Jul 17, 2021, at 11:55 pm
Kabul/Islamabad: Afghan ambassador in Pakistan, Najibullah Alikhil's daughter was abducted and tortured before she was released, media reports said on Saturday.
Doha: Afghan Republic, Taliban delegations start talks
Jul 17, 2021, at 11:40 pm
Doha: A high-ranking delegation from the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan led by Chairman Abdullah Abdullah and a Taliban delegation led by deputy leader of the group Abdul Ghani Baradar are currently meeting in Doha city on Saturday, media reports said.
Jul 17, 2021, at 11:35 pm
New Delhi/UNI: As return of the Taliban in Afghanistan seems more and more likely, this could have severe repercussions not only for the region but for the West as well, because Afghanistan may become a breeding ground for international terrorists.
Afghanistan: UNAMA expresses concern over serious human rights abuses
Jul 17, 2021, at 06:35 pm
Kabul: The United Nations in Afghanistan is increasingly concerned with the number of reported serious human rights abuses and violations alleged in communities most affected by the ongoing military offensive across the country.
Pakistan warns Afghan Air Force against conducting operations near border
Jul 17, 2021, at 02:41 am
Fighter aircraft of the Afghan Air Force, on their way to operations against the Taliban, have reportedly received warnings from Pakistan not to conduct operations in Spin Boldak, a border town near Pakistan witnessing heavy fighting between Afghan security forces and the Taliban.
Dark days return for women in Afghanistan as Taliban members make comeback
Jul 17, 2021, at 01:44 am
Dark days are returning for women in Afghanistan as the Taliban is slowly capturing regions in the South Asian country where foreign troops are slowly moving out after decades of war.
BNM urges UN to protect lives and future of Baloch refugees in Afghanistan
Jul 17, 2021, at 01:03 am
Islamabad: Baloch National Movement members have urged the United Nations to take immediate steps to protect and secure the lives and future of Baloch refugees in Afghanistan as the security situation in the war-torn country deteriorates with the advances of Taliban.
Afghanistan: UNAMA expresses concern over serious human rights abuses
Jul 17, 2021, at 12:46 am
Kabul: The United Nations in Afghanistan is increasingly concerned with the number of reported serious human rights abuses and violations alleged in communities most affected by the ongoing military offensive across the country.
Pak backing Taliban with critical support, says Afghan vice-president
Jul 16, 2021, at 11:00 pm
Kandahar: Afghanistan has accused Pakistan of providing crucial support to Taliban as the federal forces are locked in fierce fighting with the insurgents to reclaim the lost territories.
Afghanistan: Funding shortfall amid deepening humanitarian crisis
Jul 16, 2021, at 06:57 pm
New York: A senior UN official on Thursday urged donors to step up support for Afghanistan, where ongoing drought and increased military operations amid foreign troop withdrawal, are displacing scores of civilians, creating a growing humanitarian crisis.
Two Pakistan Army soldiers killed in operation in Afghan border region
Jul 14, 2021, at 11:22 pm
Two personnel of the Pakistan Army, including an officer, were killed in the country’s northwestern tribal region when security forces raided a hideout of insurgents, resulting in an intense gunfight where three militants were also killed.
Afghanistan: 270,000 newly displaced this year, warns UNHCR
Jul 14, 2021, at 10:43 pm
New York: The worsening security situation across Afghanistan in the wake of foreign troop withdrawal and Taliban advances, has forced an estimated 270,000 from their homes since January, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) reported on Tuesday, bringing the total internally displaced to more than 3.5 million.
Last commanding four-star US general hands over charge in Afghanistan
Jul 14, 2021, at 02:38 am
General Scott Miller, the longest-serving four-star US general in Afghanistan, on Monday relinquished the post, handing over the charge to Marine Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie, who is the head of CentComm, at a small ceremony in Kabul. Miller thus became the last US four-star general to command US troops on the ground in Afghanistan.
Afghanistan: Taliban claims to destroy two Air Force choppers
Jul 14, 2021, at 02:12 am
Kabul: Afghanistan Taliban has claimed to have destroyed two Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters of the Afghan Air Force by conducting a tactical attack on Kunduz Airport, media reports said.
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.
Taliban spokesperson says Pakistan cannot 'dictate us'
Jul 13, 2021, at 10:47 pm
Islamabad: Tehreek-e-Taliban Afghanistan spokesperson Suhail Shaheen has said Pakistan could not dictate them.
Afghanistan border: Turkmenistan sending heavy weaponry, aircraft amid deteriorating security
Jul 13, 2021, at 10:43 pm
Kabul: The Turkmenistan government has started moving heavy weaponry, helicopters, and other aircraft closer to its border with Afghanistan, amid political turmoil in the South Asian country, media reports said.
Afghanistan: 32 Taliban terrorists killed in Keran-o-Minjan district
Jul 13, 2021, at 10:35 pm
Kabul: As many as 32 Taliban terrorists were killed in Afghanistan's Keran-o-Minjan district, the Ministry of Defence said on Tuesday.
Afghanistan: Security forces recapture district in Badakhshan province
Jul 13, 2021, at 10:29 pm
Kabul/UNI/Xinhua: Afghan forces regained control of Kuran-wa-Muntaj district in the northern Badakhshan province on Tuesday after days of fierce fighting, forcing the Taliban militants to retreat, an army officer in the province Abdul Razaq said.
Afghanistan: Helmand blast leaves three dead
Jul 12, 2021, at 11:50 pm
Helmand: At least three people died as a blast rocked Afghanistan's Helmand area of Afghanistan on Monday, media reports said.
Pakistan's support for terrorism can hurt it, says Afghanistan Ambassador to India Farid Mamundzay
Jul 12, 2021, at 04:43 am
New Delhi: Afghanistan Ambassador to India Farid Mamundzay has warned that Pakistan's support for terrorism can hurt the country itself.
US special envoy back in Doha to push for Afghan peace talks
Jul 12, 2021, at 04:24 am
Zalmay Khalilzad, the US special peace envoy for Afghanistan, has reached Doha, Qatar, to push for “determined diplomacy in pursuit of a peace agreement” between the warring Afghan parties.
Afghanistan conflict: NSA warns Taliban may slip into Pakistan as refugees
Jul 12, 2021, at 01:22 am
Islamabad: Pakistan's National Security Adviser Dr Moeed Yusuf has warned that the negative fallout of the civil war in Afghanistan may lead to Taliban fighters slipping into Pakistan as refugees.
Afghanistan: Ismail Khan mobilizes hundreds in Herat to end Taliban run
Jul 11, 2021, at 05:32 am
Kabul: Political situation in Afghanistan is undergoing a massive change in recent times as foreign troops are moving out of the country and in such a backdrop Mohammad Ismail Khan, a former mujahideen leader and a senior member of Jamiat-e-Islami party, has mobilized hundreds of his loyalists in Herat province in the west of Afghanistan to fight the Taliban as the group continues to capture large swaths of territories across the country.
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.
Taliban fails to capture Badghis provincial center; suffers heavy losses
Jul 10, 2021, at 02:34 am
Afghan security forces have pushed off the Taliban offensive to capture Naw-e-Kala city, a key provincial center in northwestern Afghanistan, media reports say. The insurgent group has suffered heavy casualties on the battlefield, Afghan security officials claimed.