Afghanistan updates: Caretaker President Amrullah Saleh loyalists attack Charikar, say reports
Aug 18, 2021, at 05:25 pm
Kabul/IBNS: Unconfirmed reports indicate that forces loyal to caretaker Afghanistan President Amrullah Saleh moved from the Panjshir valley and attacked the Charikar district of Parwan province (north of Kabul).
Taliban spokesperson says group will support women's rights in Afghanistan
Aug 18, 2021, at 03:56 pm
Kabul: Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid on Tuesday said the group will support women's rights and a free media under Islamic law.
Joe Biden, Boris Johnson discuss developments in Afghanistan
Aug 18, 2021, at 03:09 pm
Washington/London: US President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke on Tuesday regarding developments in Afghanistan.
US Army is preparing to house 22,000 Afghan refugees at military bases, says NORTHCOM Chief
Aug 18, 2021, at 02:25 pm
Washington/UNI/Sputnik: The US armed forces are already at work erecting emergency accommodation for at least 22,000 anticipated Afghan refugees fleeing the Taliban takeover of their country, Northern Command (NORTHCOM) chief General Glen VanHerck said on Tuesday.
'Will never bow to Taliban': Afghanistan ex-Vice President pledges new fight
Aug 18, 2021, at 05:43 am
Kabul/IBNS: Afghanistan's defiant Vice President Amrullah Saleh on Tuesday made it clear that he will not bow down to the Taliban after the group took over the capital Kabul.
Facebook, TikTok continue ban on posts promoting Talibans after Afghanistan fall
Aug 18, 2021, at 03:59 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Social media platforms like Facebook and TikTok on Tuesday announced that they won’t lift bans on content that promotes the Taliban after the group took control of Afghanistan.
'It did not have to end this way' : Chief of Afghan central bank
Aug 18, 2021, at 03:13 am
The governor of Afghanistan's central bank, who escaped the Taliban after the terror group captured Kabul, has blamed President Ashraf Ghani for relying on inexperienced advisers and also questioned the loyalty of national security forces.
Aug 18, 2021, at 02:38 am
Washington: The Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) and the Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs (Oxus) have released a new report documenting the complicity of the Pakistani and Afghan states in China’s transnational repression of Uyghurs.
Dhaka declines Washington's request to host Afghans
Aug 18, 2021, at 12:50 am
Dhaka/UNI/Xinhua: Bangladesh has brushed aside a request of the US government to provide temporary relocation shelter to some Afghan people who worked for the US-led entities in trouble-ridden Afghanistan, Bangladeshi Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said Monday night.
Russia is not rushing to recognize Taliban rule in Afghanistan: Lavrov
Aug 17, 2021, at 11:54 pm
Moscow: Russia is not rushing to recognize the Taliban movement as the legitimate Afghan authorities, similar to other countries, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday.
Afghanistan: TOLO News says it resumed broadcast with female presenters
Aug 17, 2021, at 11:42 pm
Moscow/UNI/SPUTNIK: Afghan TV channel TOLO News on Tuesday resumed broadcasting of programs with female anchors after the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, the channel's head of news, Miraqa Popal, said.
Aug 17, 2021, at 11:31 pm
Kabul: A picture of a man whitewashing the photo of a woman in Kabul has earned the attention of netizens as Taliban insurgents took control of the Afghanistan capital, triggering fears about the precarious condition of women in the country.
Afghanistan: ‘Now is the time to stand as one’, UN chief tells Security Council
Aug 17, 2021, at 11:13 pm
New York: As desperate Afghans were trying to escape the Taliban and board planes, during chaotic scenes at Kabul airport on Monday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for international unity on Afghanistan, in a briefing to an emergency session of the Security Council.
Human rights violations against women, girls in Afghanistan leaves Antonio Guterres deeply concerned
Aug 17, 2021, at 11:03 pm
New Delhi: UN Secretary of State Antonio Guterres on Tuesday expressed concern over the accounts of human rights violations against women and girls of Afghanistan 'who fear a return to the darkest days'.
US should protect Afghan journalists as Taliban take power in Afghanistan: CPJ
Aug 17, 2021, at 09:25 pm
New York: The United States must do more to ensure the safety of Afghan journalists as the county falls under the control of the Taliban, including facilitating safe passage out of the country and providing emergency visas, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
Afghanistan: Taliban holding talks in Doha about future government
Aug 17, 2021, at 07:40 pm
Kabul/UNI: The Taliban said discussions are underway in Doha about a future Afghanistan government, including its structure and name, and they will reveal the details soon.
Ashraf Ghani committed treason by abandoning his post, say angry Afghans
Aug 17, 2021, at 07:16 pm
Kabul/UNI: The fleeing of former Afghan president Ashraf Ghani and his aides from the country has been harshly criticized by Afghans who say Ghani played with the "blood of the people" and "committed treason" by abandoning his post after making pledges to stay.
Taliban leaders holding talks in Doha about future government
Aug 17, 2021, at 04:04 pm
Kabul/UNI: The Taliban said discussions are underway in Doha about a future government, including its structure and name, and they will reveal the details soon.
China ready to cooperate with US on Afghanistan to prevent civil war: Wang Yi
Aug 17, 2021, at 03:03 pm
Beijing: The Chinese governmet has said it is ready to cooperate with the United States on Afghanistan to prevent a civil war and prevent the country from becoming a breeding ground for terrorism again.
Stand squarely behind Afghanistan pull-out decision, buck stops with me: Joe Biden amid criticisms
Aug 17, 2021, at 10:37 am
Washington/IBNS: Facing severe criticism, US President Joe Biden on Monday broke his silence over the fiasco in Kabul following the Taliban's capture, stating his country's mission was never supposed to be nation building in Afghanistan and that he "stands squarely behind his decision."
Facing criticisms over Afghan crisis, US President Joe Biden to address nation
Aug 17, 2021, at 05:32 am
Washington/IBNS: US President Joe Biden will address the nation on Monday night (US time) after being criticised over the fiasco in Afghanistan following the Taliban's capture of capital city Kabul.
World should not turn its back on us: Afghan filmmaker urges to film community
Aug 17, 2021, at 04:38 am
Kabul/IBNS: Afghan filmmaker Sahraa Karimi has written a letter urging the world film community to join her “in protecting my beautiful people, especially filmmakers from the Taliban.”
Aug 17, 2021, at 03:42 am
Lahore: Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Sirajul Haq has said the "peaceful taking over" of Kabul by Taliban insurgents was actually a defeat of the US and a victory of Afghan people and the Islamic world.
Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani fled Kabul with cars filled with cash: Reports
Aug 16, 2021, at 11:43 pm
Moscow/UNI/Sputnik: Former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, who stepped down to prevent further violence in his country, was fleeing Kabul escorted with cars filled with cash, the Russian embassy said on Monday, adding that some cash was left in the airport.
Afghanistan Air Forces plane crashes in Uzbekistan: Reports
Aug 16, 2021, at 11:34 pm
Tashkent: An Afghanistan Air Forces plane has crashed in Uzbekistan's Surkhandarya region, media reports said on Monday.
Afghanistan has broken shackles of slavery, Pakistan PM Imran Khan says as Taliban captures Kabul
Aug 16, 2021, at 11:09 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan PM Imran Khan on Monday said Afghani people had “broken the shackles of slavery” while describing the Taliban’s seizure of power in the war-torn nation.
Afghanistan crisis: Desperate scenes at Kabul airport as people cling to moving C-17 aircraft
Aug 16, 2021, at 10:02 pm
Kabul: Scenes of desperation were witnessed at Kabul airport on Monday as hundreds of people, who are desperate to leave Afghanistan, clung on to a moving US Air Force C-17 aircraft on the tarmac.
Afghanistan: Guterres urges restraint as Taliban reach Kabul; UN Security Council set to meet Monday
Aug 16, 2021, at 09:49 pm
New York: As the crisis in Afghanistan deepens by the hour, with reports that insurgent forces reached the country’s capital, Kabul, earlier on Sunday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged the Taliban and all other parties “to exercise utmost restraint to protect lives and ensure that humanitarian can be addressed.”
Aug 16, 2021, at 09:38 pm
Beijing: The Chinese government on Monday said it hopes to see the Taliban implement what it promised to “ensure the smooth transition of the situation in Afghanistan."
Taliban govt will include non-Taliban Afghans: Spokesperson Shaheen
Aug 16, 2021, at 04:02 pm
Kabul: Taliban spokesman Sohail Shaheen has said the Taliban government will include non-Taliban Afghans.