Afghanistan: Unidentified men gun down eight persons in Jalalabad
Sep 25, 2021, at 01:03 am
Jalalabad: Unidentified people have gunned down eight persons in Jalalabad city of Afghanistan, media reports said on Friday.
Afghanistan: Unidentified men gun down eight persons in Jalalabad
Sep 25, 2021, at 12:43 am
Jalalabad: Unidentified people have gunned down eight persons in Jalalabad city of Afghanistan, media reports said on Friday.
Executions and cutting off of hands will restart in Afghanistan: Taliban
Sep 25, 2021, at 12:33 am
Kabul: The Taliban insurgents, who are known for implementing brutal punishment techniques, have said they will once again resume executions and the amputation of hands for criminals they convict.
Taliban abuses cause widespread fear in Afghanistan: Human Rights Watch
Sep 25, 2021, at 12:19 am
Kabul: The Taliban in Afghanistan’s western city of Herat are committing widespread and serious human rights violations against women and girls, Human Rights Watch and the San Jose State University (SJSU) Human Rights Institute said recently.
Afghanistan: Poverty during Taliban rule drives cop to commit suicide
Sep 24, 2021, at 11:56 pm
Kabul: A former Afghanistan policeman committed suicide after he was left jobless and even did not get his past three month's salary during the regime of the prevoioud government before Taliban took over the country.
Don't defame IEA: Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob tells Taliban soldiers
Sep 24, 2021, at 11:16 pm
Kabul: The acting defense minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob has asked his Taliban foot soldiers that a general amnesty has been announced and warned that IEA should not be defamed.
Chinese Foreign Minister urges G20 to lift unilateral sanctions against Afghanistan
Sep 23, 2021, at 10:27 pm
Beijing/Sputnik: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi called on the G20 member states on Thursday to lift unilateral sanctions against Afghanistan and stop using Kabul's foreign exchange reserves as an instrument of pressure.
Pakistan isolated after failing to get Taliban included in SAARC meet
Sep 23, 2021, at 12:13 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Pakistan failed to garner support for the inclusion of the Taliban regime, which took power in Afghanistan after mass violence and killing, in Saturday's meeting of Foreign Ministers from SAARC nations.
Pakistan wants to help train Afghan SFs: Ambassador
Sep 22, 2021, at 10:16 pm
St. Petersburg/UNI/Sputnik: Pakistan wants to help Afghanistan in its efforts to fight Taliban by training Afghan forces even as the militant-run interim government has consolidated its power, the Pakistani ambassador to the country told Sputnik.
Taliban request to address UN General Assembly
Sep 22, 2021, at 10:10 pm
Kabul: The Taliban insurgents have requested to address the UN General Assembly and named their Doha-based spokesperson, Suhail Shaheen, as Afghanistan's UN ambassador.
Afghanistan: Gunmen kill 3 in Jalalabad
Sep 22, 2021, at 10:06 pm
Kabul/UNI/Xinhua: Three people were on Wednesday shot dead by unknown gunmen in Jalalabad city, capital of Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, local media reported.
Taliban requests to address UN General Assembly, names Suhail Shaheen as UN ambassador
Sep 22, 2021, at 07:13 pm
Kabul/IBNS: The Taliban, which has invaded Afghanistan, has requested to address the world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at New York in the United States, media reports said.
Osama Bin Laden's former Black Guard leader back in Afghanistan as in-charge of Taliban fighters
Sep 22, 2021, at 06:31 am
Kabul: Anwar ul Haq Mujahid, who was the leader of Osama bin Laden's former Black Guard and mastermind behind his escape from the U.S. bombing at Tora Bora in 2001, is currently in charge of the Taliban fighters in Afghanistan, media reports said.
Taliban govt changes name of University of Burhanuddin Rabbani as Kabul Education University
Sep 22, 2021, at 12:32 am
Kabul: The Taliban government, which snatched power in Afghanistan last month forcibly, has changed the name of a government university from University of Burhanuddin Rabbani-former Afghan President and founder of Afghanistan’s second-biggest political party- to Kabul Education University.
Afghanistan: Taliban names new Cabinet members, no women included
Sep 22, 2021, at 12:01 am
Kabul: The Taliban on Tuesday announced new members of its caretaker Cabinet to include "minorities" but failed to include any women despite an international outcry when they had listed all-male Cabinet ministers earlier this month.
Sep 21, 2021, at 11:38 pm
Dubai: The Taliban insurgents have warned broadcasters in Afghanistan not to show the ongoing Indian Premier League due to the presence of female audiences and spectators in stadiums.
Security forces kill terrorist in northwestern Pakistan
Sep 20, 2021, at 11:36 pm
Islamabad/UNI/Xinhua: A high-value terrorist target was killed when Pakistani security forces launched an operation in North Waziristan district of the country's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, an army statement said on Monday.
Not paid salaries for months, govt employees in Afghanistan drive taxis, sell goods
Sep 20, 2021, at 11:25 pm
Kabul/UNI: Government employees in Afghanistan have been forced to take to new occupations as their salaries have not been paid for months.
WHO chief Tedros Ghebreyesus arrives in Kabul, to meet Taliban leadership
Sep 20, 2021, at 11:06 pm
Kabul/UNI: World Health Organisation chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus arrived in Kabul on Monday, and is expected to meet with the Taliban leadership, including Prime Minister Mullah Hassan Akhund, his deputy Mullah Baradar, as well as government officials.
Pakistan: Security forces kill TTP commander
Sep 20, 2021, at 05:03 pm
Islamabad: Pakistani security forces have killed key Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) commander Safiullah in North Waziristan's Mir Ali area, media reports said on Monday.
Sep 20, 2021, at 04:18 pm
Kabul: The Islamic State-Khorasan terror group on Sunday claimed responsibility for the attacks on the Taliban in the Afghan city of Jalalabad, according to its propaganda outlet Amaq.
Afghanistan: Blast in Nangarhar targets Taliban vehicle, child dies
Sep 20, 2021, at 04:07 pm
Nangarhar: A blast rocked Afghanistan's Nangarhar region on Sunday which left a child dead and two people, including a Taliban forces member, injured, media reports said on Monday.
Afghanistan: Women protest in Kabul against Taliban's policies
Sep 20, 2021, at 03:40 pm
Kabul: A large number of women gathered outside the gate of the ministry of women affairs, a ministry which has now been changed by Taliban, on Sunday and protested against the policy of the insurgent.
Pakistan: Jamia Hafsa students hoist Taliban flags in Islamabad
Sep 20, 2021, at 05:29 am
Islamabad: The chief of Lal Mosque and Jamia Hafsa, Maulana Abdul Aziz Ghazi, hoisted an Afghan Taliban flag at the top of the seminary here, triggering unrest on Saturday.
Afghan Human Rights body says Taliban insurgents occupying its buildings
Sep 20, 2021, at 03:18 am
Kabul/UNI: The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) has said that its office buildings have been occupied by the Taliban militia since August 15 when the Islamist group took over the country, and has appealed to the UN Human Rights Council to set up an independent body to monitor human rights violations in Afghanistan.
Qatar Airways charter flight carries 28 Americans out of Afghanistan: State Department
Sep 19, 2021, at 10:16 pm
Washington: The US State Department on Saturday confirmed 28 Americans left Kabul city by boarding a Qatar Airways charter flight on Friday.
Taliban allows resumption of secondary school lessons only for male students
Sep 19, 2021, at 01:16 am
Kabul/UNI: Since taking power over a month ago, the Taliban has been imposing restrictions on women’s education in universities and schools in Afghanistan.
At least three killed, several injured in series of blasts in Afghanistan's Jalalabad
Sep 19, 2021, at 01:02 am
Kabul/IBNS: At least three people have been killed and over 20 others have been seriously injured in a series of explosions that rocketed a few locations in the eastern Afghanistan city of Jalalabad on Saturday, local media reported quoting officials.
Afghanistan: Blast targeting Taliban insurgents left two people dead
Sep 18, 2021, at 11:27 pm
Kabul: At least two people were killed and nineteen others were hurt as a blast, which targeted Taliban members, rocked Police District 5 of Jalalabad city of eastern Nangarhar province on Saturday, media reports said.
Al-Qaeda's re-emergence will happen due to Taliban: Blinken
Sep 18, 2021, at 02:42 am
Washington: US Secretary State Antony Blinken has said if the terror group Al-Qaeda threatens the United States from Afghanistan, the Taliban will be responsible for it.