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.
Antony Blinken speaks with UK Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss, discuss Afghanistan issue
Sep 20, 2021, at 03:45 am
Washington: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with newly appointed UK Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss on Friday when they discussed numerous issues including the ongoing developments 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.
Sep 19, 2021, at 12:16 am
Kabul: Since capturing power more than a month ago the Taliban has been imposing restrictive rules for women’s education in universities and schools in Afghanistan.
UNICEF stresses Afghan girls must not be excluded from school
Sep 18, 2021, at 11:41 pm
New York: The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Friday welcomed the news that secondary schools are due to reopen in Afghanistan on Saturday, after months of closure due to COVID-19, but stressed that girls must not be kept from the classroom.
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.
Afghanistan: Security Council resolution calls for ‘equal and meaningful participation of women’
Sep 18, 2021, at 11:21 pm
New York: The Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution renewing the mandate of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on Friday, specifying the importance of “equal and meaningful participation” of women in public life.
Refugees face dire consequences from COVID-19 underfunding, UNHCR warns
Sep 18, 2021, at 03:31 pm
New York: Underfunding has left a “yawning gap” in the UN Refugee Agency’s ability to protect forcibly displaced people worldwide from the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, the UNHCR said on Friday.
Sep 18, 2021, at 03:03 pm
Washington/UNI/SPUTNIK: The top Republican on the US Senate Armed Services Committee, Jim Inhofe, said in a statement that President Joe Biden bears full responsibility for the US drone strike in Kabul that killed ten civilians.
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.
Pakistan is in a hurry to recognize Afghanistan govt: Geo-political expert
Sep 18, 2021, at 02:21 am
Islamabad: A senior geo-political expert has said Pakistan is in a hurry to recognize the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.
Tajik President urges SCO, CSTO to work on initiating inter-Afghan dialogue
Sep 18, 2021, at 01:38 am
Dushanbe/UNI/Sputnik: The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) can use their full potential to initiate inter-Afghan dialogue, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon said Friday.
World should give Taliban time on human rights: Imran Khan
Sep 17, 2021, at 05:45 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan PM Imran Khan has said the best way to establish peace and stability in Afghanistan is by engaging with the Taliban and "incentivizing" them on issues such as women's rights and inclusive government.
Afghanistan: Women employees barred from entering Ministry of Women Affairs in Kabul
Sep 17, 2021, at 02:51 pm
Kabul: Taliban members did not allow women employees from entering the Ministry of Women Affairs in Kabul on Thursday, showing yet another episode of atrocities faced by females in the nation.
Unfreeze assets belonging to Taliban controlled Afghanistan: China tells US
Sep 17, 2021, at 02:19 pm
Beijing: China on Wednesday called on the United States to unfreeze assets belonging to Afghanistan, and thanked the Taliban-controlled government for guaranteeing the security of Chinese investments in the nation, marking the development of a new episode between the two countries.
Voices for Sharia law to be raised in Pakistan soon, warns Rehman Malik
Sep 16, 2021, at 05:18 am
Islamabad: Former Interior Minister and Chairman Institute of Research and Reforms Rehman Malik has expressed fear that the Taliban's victory in Afghanistan may even lead to demand for implementing Sharia Law in Pakistan.
Taliban recruit Chinese cyber spies to help snoop on Afghanistan civilians
Sep 16, 2021, at 05:10 am
Kabul: The Taliban insurgents have recruited Chinese cyber spies to help them snoop on Afghan civilians, media reports said.
UN voices concern over civilian casualties in Panjshir
Sep 16, 2021, at 04:46 am
Kabul: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has expressed concern over civilian casualties and human rights violations in Panjshir region of Afghanistan which was recently captured by Taliban.
Pakistan makes first formal contact with Afghanistan's Taliban govt
Sep 16, 2021, at 03:11 am
Islamabad; Pakistan, which has been solidly backing the Taliban insurgents since the withdrawal of US troops, has formed a formal public contact with the Taliban government of Afghanistan when its envoy Mansoor Ahmed Khan met acting Afghan Foreign Minister Maulvi Amir Khan Mutaqi.
Conflict develops between Taliban leaders in Presidential Palace over govt's make-up: Reports
Sep 16, 2021, at 02:46 am
Kabul: A conflict seems to have developed in the Taliban leadership over the make-up of the group's new government in Afghanistan, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Female footballers flee to Pakistan to escape Taliban
Sep 16, 2021, at 01:21 am
Karachi/UNI: Female footballers of Afghanistan's national junior girls team, who had been in hiding following threats from the Taliban, crossed the Torkham border along with their families to reach Pakistan on Tuesday night.
Chinese official says ready to maintain ties with new Afghan Government
Sep 16, 2021, at 01:10 am
Beijing/UNI/SPUTNIK: China is ready to interact with the new government in Afghanistan, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said on Wednesday.
Afghanistan: First local radio station of Paktika shuts down
Sep 15, 2021, at 09:25 pm
Kabul: A local radio station of Afghanistan, which is located in Paktika province, has shut down, media reports said on Wednesday.
Afghanistan: Thousands demonstrate against Taliban in Kandahar
Sep 15, 2021, at 02:57 pm
Kandahar: Thousands of people, including women, demonstrated in Afghanistan's Kandahar city on Tuesday against Taliban's latest decision by which the families of late Afghan security forces should evacuate their residence.
Taliban claim acting Afghan Foreign Minister met UNHCR head
Sep 15, 2021, at 01:14 am
Kabul/UNI/Sputnik: The Taliban announced on Tuesday that acting Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, who is under the UN sanctions, met with UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi.
Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar releases audio tape to reject death rumour, confirms he is 'alive'
Sep 15, 2021, at 12:18 am
Kabul: Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Deputy Prime Minister of the Taliban government in Afghanistan, has rejected all rumours about his death and released an audio where he said he is 'alive'.
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.