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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.

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.

Afghan Ambassador to Tajikistan Mohammad Zahir Aghbar says resistance in Panjshir only legitimate power

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.

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.

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.

Final flight leaves Kabul marking US withdrawal and end of 20-yr-long war in Afghanistan with Taliban in control

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.  

Pakistan created Taliban to counter India: Ex-Afghanistan envoy

Aug 31, 2021, at 12:02 am

A former Afghan envoy has cited ex-Pakistan president  General Pervez Musharraf to say that Pakistan created the Taliban in an attempt to counter India.

Switzerland ready to negotiate with all sides in Afghanistan, including Taliban : Official

Aug 30, 2021, at 11:44 pm

Geneva/UNI/SPUTNIK: Switzerland is ready to hold negotiations with all the sides, including the Taliban, to contribute to achieving peace in Afghanistan, but recognizes only nations, not governments, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs spokesman Pierre-Alain Eltschinger told Sputnik on Monday.

Afghanistan: female anchor flees country after interview with Taliban leader

Aug 30, 2021, at 11:24 pm

Moscow/UNI/SPUTNIK: Beheshta Arghand, a female Afghan TOLOnews anchor, fled the country after an interview with a Taliban leader, CNN reported on Monday.

Haqqani Network is now running Kabul following Taliban takeover, warns geopolitical expert

Aug 30, 2021, at 06:29 pm

Kabul: Haqqani Network, a group which has been designated by the US as a terror body, is now a part of the government in Afghanistan post the Taliban takeover of the country which has been ravaged by war for the past several decades.

'ISKP responsible for deadly Kabul blasts is a clever creation of Pakistan's ISI'

Aug 30, 2021, at 05:45 pm

A leading newspaper in its opinion piece has described the terror group  Islamic State in Khorasan Province (ISKP), which is responsible for the recent blasts in Afghanistan's Kabul airport that left over 150 people dead, as a 'clever creation' of Pakistan's spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).

Taliban are host to jihadis: Political analyst

Aug 30, 2021, at 05:33 pm

Kabul: Political analyst Dnyanesh Kamat has said the Taliban’s rise to power in Afghanistan is a grave threat to the Middle East.

Taliban kills folk musician Fawad Andarabi : Report

Aug 30, 2021, at 02:46 am

Kabul: Taliban has gunned down a folk singer in Baghlan province, where the resistance forces are giving a tough fight to the militant group and have reportedly recovered some areas, according to media reports.

UNSC drops 'Taliban' from statement, hinting change in stance against terror group

Aug 29, 2021, at 10:12 pm

New York: The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has removed the Taliban reference from a paragraph in its statement, pertaining to the terror attack on Kabul airport, that urged the Afghan groups not to support terrorists "operating on the territory of any other country".

Another attack on Kabul airport 'highly likely' in next 24-36 hours: Joe Biden warns

Aug 29, 2021, at 04:35 pm

Washington/IBNS: US President Joe Biden on Saturday warned of another terrorist attack on Kabul airport over the next 24-36 as the country is struggling to evacuate its citizens from the war-torn Afghanistan before Aug 31.

It’s a good thing they're no longer walking on the face of the Earth: John Kirby on ISIS-K casualties

Aug 29, 2021, at 06:37 am

Washington/UNI: The US drone strike in Afghanistan killed two 'high profile' ISIS-K targets and wounded another, and the fact that they are no longer walking on the face of the Earth 'is a good thing', Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said on Saturday.

Afghan resistance force inflicts heavy casualties on Taliban in Kapisa province

Aug 29, 2021, at 04:47 am

Kabul: The resistance force under Afghanistan's former vice-president Amrullah Saleh inflicted heavy casualties on the Taliban in Kapisa province where fierce fighting is underway.

Avoid traveling to Kabul airport: US embassy tells Americans in Afghanistan

Aug 28, 2021, at 11:45 pm

Kabul: The US Embassy in Afghanistan on Friday asked Americans, who are currently in Afghanistan, to avoid visiting Kabul airport or its gates.

No rush to recognize Taliban govt in Afghanistan: US

Aug 28, 2021, at 11:21 pm

Kabul: White House press secretary Jen Psaki has said the US and its partners are yet to recognize the Taliban government in Afghanistan.

US blows up last CIA military outpost in Afghanistan :Reports

Aug 28, 2021, at 10:59 pm

Washington/UNI/Sputnik: The United States forces carried out a controlled detonation to destroy Eagle Base, the last remaining outpost of the CIA in Afghanistan, near the Kabul airport, the New York Times newspaper reported on Saturday, citing the US officials.

We need to talk about Pakistan, says expert as Afghanistan witnesses rising conflicts

Aug 28, 2021, at 05:08 pm

Kabul: Terming Pakistan as a 'state sponsor of terror', terrorism analyst Kyle Orton has said the South Asian nation should be held accountable for the condition in Afghanistan, which is witnessing conflicts ever since Taliban overrun the nation,

Time to hold Pakistan accountable: US geopolitical expert Danielle Pletka

Aug 28, 2021, at 05:03 pm

Kabul: A geo-political expert has said Pakistan is responsible for destabilizing Afghanistan and delivering it into the hands of Islamist extremists.

Number of people crossing through Pakistan's Chaman border has spiked since Taliban takeover: Official

Aug 28, 2021, at 04:55 pm

Kabul: A border official has said people crossing through Pakistan's South-western Chaman border has increased significantly ever since the Taliban overrun Afghanistan.

Amrullah Saleh says Taliban have links to Islamic State

Aug 27, 2021, at 10:40 pm

Kabul: Amrullah Saleh, who has declared himself Afghanistan’s caretaker President, said that the Taliban's denying links to the Islamic State (ISIS) is identical to Pakistan's denial on the Quetta Shura, a militant group composed of leaders of the Afghan Taliban based within the city of Quetta in Balochistan province.

Afghanistan: Death toll in ISIS-led Kabul attacks reaches 103

Aug 27, 2021, at 05:52 pm

Kabul/UNI/Sputnik/IBNS: The death toll from a series of terrorist attacks, led by the Islamic State, in the Afghan capital of Kabul has reached 103 people, media reported Friday.