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.
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.
Australia to receive at least 3,000 Afghan refugees in 2021: Scott Morrison
Aug 31, 2021, at 10:02 pm
Moscow/UNI/SPUTNIK: Australia expects to take in at least 3,000 Afghan refugees this year after the Taliban took over the country, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Tuesday.
US Embassy in Kabul suspends operations in Afghanistan
Aug 31, 2021, at 09:55 pm
Doha: The U.S. Embassy in Kabul has suspended operations in Afghanistan on August 31, 2021.
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.
Small number of Americans still in Afghanistan, says US Secretary of State Blinken
Aug 31, 2021, at 08:29 pm
Washington/Kabul/UNI: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has pledged ongoing support to the "small number of Americans" still in Afghanistan after the last US troops departed the country on Monday.
UN health agency secures life-saving medical supplies to Afghanistan
Aug 31, 2021, at 08:24 pm
New York: Lifesaving medical supplies reached Afghanistan by air on Monday, the first UN shipment to arrive since the Taliban takeover more than a week ago, as UN human rights experts called on the country's new rulers to live up to their promise to fully protect the rights of women and girls in the country.
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.
Number of Americans left behind in Afghanistan in 'very low hundreds': CENTCOM Chief
Aug 31, 2021, at 02:40 pm
Washington/UNI/Sputnik: The number of US citizens left behind in Afghanistan numbers in the very low hundreds, US Central Commander (CENTCOM) chief Kenneth McKenzie said during a press briefing.
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.
ISIS claims responsibility behind rocket attack on Kabul airport
Aug 31, 2021, at 04:22 am
Kabul/IBNS: The Islamic State (IS) terrorist group claimed responsibility for a rocket attack on Kabul airport on Monday, as US troops are racing to complete their troops' withdrawal from Afghanistan and evacuate allies from the war-torn country.
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.
Afghan children ‘at greater risk than ever’, top UNICEF official warns
Aug 30, 2021, at 06:53 pm
New Yok: With the needs of Afghan children greater than ever before, the world “cannot abandon them now”, a senior official with the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Sunday after concluding a visit to the country.
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.
Afghanistan: Kabul witnesses protests over bank closure for several days
Aug 30, 2021, at 06:22 pm
Kabul: Scores of people protested in Kabul city against the closure of the central bank, private banks, and money-changing markets across Afghanistan on Saturday, media reports said.
'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).
Afghanistan: US Air Defense activated after multiple rockets fired at Kabul Airport
Aug 30, 2021, at 05:38 pm
Kabul/UNI/Sputnik: At least five rockets were fired towards the Hamid Karzai International Airport in the Afghan capital of Kabul, a US official told ABC News.
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.
US carries out airstrike in Kabul targeting suspected ISIS-K car bomb: Reports
Aug 30, 2021, at 02:34 am
Washington: The US on Sunday carried out an airstrike which targeted a suspected ISIS-K car bomb which was heading towards the airport in the city, media reports said.
Afghanistan conflict: Pope Francis sends condolences to victims of terrorist attack in Kabul
Aug 30, 2021, at 02:03 am
Moscow/UNI/Sputnik: During his traditional Sunday address to believers from the window of the Apostolic Palace in Vatican, Pope Francis said he was deeply concerned about the situation in Afghanistan and sent his condolences to the victims of a recent terrorist attack at Kabul airport.
Afghanistan: Blast heard in Kabul city
Aug 30, 2021, at 12:03 am
Kabul: An explosion was heard in Afghanistan capital Kabul on Sunday, UNI reported.
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".