Afghan government bans motorcycles in Kabul
Jun 28, 2021, at 11:34 pm
Authorities in Afghanistan have put a temporary ban on motorcycles in Kabul province, including in the capital area, without revealing the purpose behind it, reports Ariana News of Afghanistan.
Afghanistan: Civilians now take up arms to resist Taliban
Jun 28, 2021, at 10:45 pm
Kabul/UNI: Hundreds of civilians in Afghanistan have taken up arms against the Taliban and in support of the government forces.
Afghanistan: Blast targets passenger bus, 13 injured
Jun 28, 2021, at 02:43 pm
Dhaka: At least 13 people, including women and children, were hurt in Afghanistan's Parwan province on Sunday as a blast targeted a bus carrying dozens of passengers in the city of Charikar, media reports said.
Taliban transferring seized Afghan military equipment to Pakistan, say Afghan officials
Jun 28, 2021, at 02:11 am
The Taliban has been trying to transfer military equipment they seized from the Afghan military to Pakistan, claimed Afghanistan’s acting Interior Minister General Abdul Sattar Mirzakwal. The group has in the past two months seized a number of military equipment, including tanks and armored vehicles.
Pakistan hopes Taliban won't allow TTP to operate in Afghanistan: Sheikh Rashid
Jun 27, 2021, at 10:09 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan's Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid has said Islamabad is expecting the Afghan Taliban will not allow terrorist groups like TTP to carry out activities against Pakistan.
Afghan government losses custom revenue; dry port at Tajikistan border held by Taliban
Jun 27, 2021, at 12:29 am
The Afghan government has been losing around $32000 in daily custom revenue as the Taliban insurgents seized a dry port on its northern border with Tajikistan. The port fell to the insurgent group this week, forcing 134 of its employees to take refugee in Tajikistan.
US to retain several hundred troops in Afghanistan post-withdrawal: Report
Jun 26, 2021, at 03:43 pm
Washignton: The United States will retain at least 650 troops in Afghanistan after the withdrawal of its forces from the country for the protection of diplomats in Kabul, reported the American newswire Associated Press. This comes after the Taliban, the main Afghan insurgent group, swept across several districts in the country’s northern part, creating further panic about the sustainability of the embattled Afghan government and forces.
China prepares for security threat as US troops exit war-ravaged Afghanistan
Jun 26, 2021, at 05:06 am
China is feeling concerned that the exit of American troops from Afghanistan might create a security vacuum in the war-ravaged nation and pose a threat to its Belt and Road Initiative.
Pakistan, Iran discuss Afghanistan peace issue
Jun 26, 2021, at 04:49 am
Islamabad: Top Pakistani and Iranian diplomats on Thursday discussed the issue of peace in Afghanistan, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Government ready to arm, support civilians willing to fight Taliban
Jun 25, 2021, at 11:47 pm
Kabul: The Afghanistan government has said it might arm and support civilians who are willing to fight against the Taliban, media reports said.
Uzbekistan closes border with Afghanistan following Covid spike
Jun 24, 2021, at 01:28 am
Amid the rising Covid-19 cases in Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, its northern neighbor, has decided to close its borders with Afghanistan, media reports said. Uzbekistan’s embassy and consulates have also stopped issuing tourist visas to Afghans.
Afghanistan: Kandahar blast leaves five dead
Jun 23, 2021, at 10:12 pm
Kandahar: At least five civilians died and 20 more, including women and children, were injured as a roadside bomb blast rocked Afghanistan's Kandahar region on Tuesday, media reports said on Wednesday.
UN envoy to Afghanistan criticizes Taliban’s intense military campaign
Jun 23, 2021, at 09:19 pm
Kabul: Deborah Lyons, the United Nations envoy in Afghanistan, has criticized the Taliban’s recent “intensive military campaign”, warning that it would lead to continued violence in the country. Any attempt to install a government in Kabul by force will go against everyone’s interest, she said.
Time running out to prevent ‘worst case scenario’ arising in Afghanistan
Jun 23, 2021, at 04:07 pm
New York: With all the major indicators for Afghanistan’s security and development looking “negative or stagnant” as international troops withdraw, the threats that lie ahead cannot be overstated, the top UN official in the country told the Security Council on Tuesday.
Despite facing backlash, Pakistan ramps up Durand Line
Jun 23, 2021, at 02:10 am
Kabul: Pakistan has completed 80 percent of the Durand Line fencing despite witnessing backlash from the people on both sides of the line, media reports said.
National mobilization against Taliban under way; locals take up arms
Jun 23, 2021, at 02:00 am
Days after the Taliban captured several key districts in northern Afghanistan in a lightning offensive, locals and former mujahideen commanders, in a seemingly new development in a socially volatile nation, are taking up arms against the Taliban in several provinces.
Pakistan says Islamabad will help in rescuing US national from Taliban custody in Afghanistan
Jun 23, 2021, at 01:41 am
Pakistani officials said Islamabad will help in the ongoing process to rescue US national Mark Frerichs who has been allegedly abducted by a Taliban group in Afghanistan.
Jun 23, 2021, at 12:54 am
Michelle Bachelet, the United Nations human rights chief, has expressed concern over the “sharp increase in violence” and harm to civilians in Afghanistan. She also called the recent attack on Hazara girls’ school in Kabul “shocking:
Pakistan PM Imran Khan says Taliban can’t win over whole of Afghanistan
Jun 23, 2021, at 12:49 am
Islamabad: The Taliban, the main Afghan insurgent group, can’t take over the whole of Afghanistan, said Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, adding any attempt to do so will lead to a long civil war.
Afghan President Ghani, peace negotiator Abdullah Abdullah to meet US President Biden
Jun 22, 2021, at 02:22 am
Amidst the intensified fighting in Afghanistan, President Ashraf Ghani and chief peace negotiator Abdullah Abdullah will visit the United States this week and meet US President Joe Biden, the White House said in a statement.
Foreign forces leaving us in total ‘disgrace’ and ‘disaster’: Former Afghan president Karzai
Jun 22, 2021, at 02:08 am
US and NATO forces came to Afghanistan to fight extremism and bring stability and they are leaving almost two decades after having failed at both, said former Afghan president Hamid Karzai, calling the legacy of foreign forces a "total disgrace and disaster" for the war-ravaged country.
Maldives struggles to bring back children of Maldivian ISIS terrorist stuck in Afghanistan
Jun 22, 2021, at 01:40 am
Saifiu and his wife, both Maldivian nationals, were arrested by Afghan authorities in 2018 from eastern Nangarhar province, where they had joined ISIS. Since then, they, along with their children, are in an Afghan prison. The Maldivian government despite making several efforts have failed to repatriate their children.
Pakistan-Iran goods train service suspended after freight train derails in Balochistan
Jun 21, 2021, at 05:20 am
Islamabad: Following the derailment of a freight train, goods train service between Pakistan and Iran was suspended on Saturday, media reports said.
Pakistan to complete fencing along Afghan border this month
Jun 21, 2021, at 02:39 am
Islamabad: Pakistan will complete all the fencing works along its border with Afghanistan by the month-end, announced Pakistan’s Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid in parliament. The two countries share 2760 kilometers of the long border.
Afghan government replaces security chiefs as Taliban marches on cities
Jun 21, 2021, at 01:16 am
Amidst the intensified fighting across Afghanistan, the country’s President Ashraf Ghani unveiled major shake-ups-- the second time in two months period-- in the top echelon of the country’s security establishment, replacing defense and interior ministers as well as army chief.
US locks down Kabul embassy amid Covid surge
Jun 19, 2021, at 04:19 pm
Kabul: Amid a rising Covid-19 surge in Afghanistan, especially in capital Kabul, the US embassy has ordered a near-complete lockdown. At least one embassy staffer succumbed to the Covid-19, 114 are in isolation and several have been evacuated on medical grounds, according to US newswires.
Border closes due to COVID: Afghanistan students on scholarship may miss exams in Pakistan
Jun 19, 2021, at 02:27 am
Kabul: Afghan students, who study in Pakistani universities and have returned home on vacation, fear they might soon miss their examinations if Islamabad does not open the border between the two nations.
Jun 18, 2021, at 04:41 am
Kabul: Afghanistan's former vice president Mohammad Karim Khalili has cautioned the nation that the people will “attempt anything” to ensure their safety if the government does not prevent “targeted attacks against Hazara community” as well as other injustices in the country.
Blast claims 4 lives in northern Afghanistan
Jun 18, 2021, at 01:50 am
Kabul/UNI: At least four people, including three civilians and a law enforcement member, died in a car bomb blast in the Afghan province of Balkh, TOLO news outlet reported on Thursday.
Five polio vaccination workers shot dead in Afghanistan; UN condemns ‘brutal’ killings
Jun 16, 2021, at 04:06 pm
New York: Five health workers carrying out a polio vaccination campaign in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar Province were killed on Tuesday, and four others injured, during a series of attacks condemned by a senior UN official on the ground as brutal and “senseless”.