Afghanistan: Antonio Guterres condemns Kabul blasts
Aug 28, 2021, at 12:17 am
Kabul: United Nations Secretary of State Antonio Guterres on Thursday condemned the blasts in Kabul city of Afghanistan which left over 100 people dead.
Bangladesh is role model in birth control: Health Minister Zahid Maleque
Aug 27, 2021, at 11:38 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh has shown remarkable progress in population control since its liberation from Pakistan in 1971. Health Minister Zahid Maleque told the official news agency BSS that the country has made remarkable progress in population control and it is now a role model in the world.
Bangladesh plane makes emergency landing in Nagpur after pilot suffers heart attack
Aug 27, 2021, at 11:25 pm
Nagpur/UNI: A Biman Bangladesh plane going from Muscat to Dhaka made an emergency landing at Nagpur on Friday after the pilot suffered a heart attack, an airport official said.
Pakistan: Karachi factory fire leaves 15 people dead
Aug 27, 2021, at 10:49 pm
Karachi: A fire broke out at a factory in Pakistan's Karachi city on Friday which left at least 15 people dead, media reports said.
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.
Taliban say 28 members died in Kabul blasts
Aug 27, 2021, at 03:59 pm
Kabul/UNI/Sputnik: At least 28 Afghan citizens, who were killed by a series of explosions in Kabul, were members of the Taliban Islamist movement, the Reuters news agency reported on Friday, citing a Taliban official.
Pakistan will remain on UK red list for travel
Aug 27, 2021, at 03:54 pm
London/UNI: In what is being seen as a major blow to Pakistan the UK government refused to remove the country from the red list for travel to the United Kingdom, Dawn reported here on Friday.
Osama Bin Laden’s involvement in 9/11 attacks were never proven: Taliban
Aug 27, 2021, at 03:50 pm
Washington/UNI: Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid has said that Osama bin Laden's role in the September 11, 2001 attacks were never proven and hence there was no justification for the US led invasion of Afghanistan to take place the same year, Dawn reported on Friday.
Afghanistan: Over 60 die in Kabul airport blasts
Aug 27, 2021, at 02:48 pm
Kabul: More than 60 people died as twin blasts rocked Kabul airport in Afghanistan on Thursday, targeting those people who are attempting to flee the war-torn nation.
Afghan crisis: 13 dead in twin blasts outside Kabul airport, Baron Hotel; suicide attack suspected
Aug 27, 2021, at 02:35 am
Kabul/IBNS: Amid a massive evacuation efforts by western troops, a suspected suicide bomb exploded outside Kabul airport in Afghanistan on Thursday, killing at least 13 people including children, civilians and US service members, media reports said. A second explosion occurred near Baron Hotel right after the first one.
Pentagon warns of a Islamic State offshoot targeting evacuation plane from Kabul
Aug 27, 2021, at 12:01 am
Washington: Pentagon officials have alerted that an Afghan-based Islamic State-offshoot called ISIS-K are 'targeting' evacuation planes flying out of Kabul.
As Taliban overruns Afghanistan, World Bank halts aid
Aug 26, 2021, at 11:57 pm
Kabul: The World Bank has halted funding for projects in Afghanistan as Taliban overran the country on Aug 15, giving a jolt to the insurgent group.
Geopolitical expert Fabien Baussarat says women have no place in Taliban's Afghanistan
Aug 26, 2021, at 11:27 pm
Tel Aviv: Fabien Baussarat, the President of Center of Political and Foreign Affairs (CPFA), has said that Taliban's attitude towards women has not changed.
Missing Uyghur businessman confirmed to be detained in Xinjiang camp
Aug 26, 2021, at 11:15 pm
Xinjiang: A leading Uyghur entrepreneur who returned from a visit to the United States in 2016 and vanished without a trace has now been found to be detained by authorities in an internment camp in Xinjiang.
Human Rights Watch asks Europe to lead efforts to protect Afghans
Aug 26, 2021, at 10:55 pm
The European Union, the United Kingdom, and other European countries should lead global efforts to urgently facilitate safe passage from Afghanistan of civilians at risk from the Taliban, Human Rights Watch has said.
Afghanistan's first woman Mayor blames Pakistan for Taliban control over war-torn nation
Aug 26, 2021, at 10:11 pm
Kabul: Former Afghan Mayor of Maidan Shahr Zarifa Ghafari has blamed Pakistan for Taliban taking control over Afghanistan.
Afghanistan: Tolo News reporter alleges he was beaten by Taliban in Kabul
Aug 26, 2021, at 07:00 pm
Kabul/UNI: A reporter of Tolo News in Afghanistan was allegedly beaten by the Taliban while reporting on poverty and unemployment at Haji Yaqub Square in Kabul on Thursday.
Pakistan: PM's aide on finance quits, FBR gets 6th head in three years
Aug 26, 2021, at 03:45 am
Islamabad: The Pakistan government on Tuesday removed the chairman of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), marking yet another reshuffle in the administration.
Afghanistan: Shia clerics ask Taliban to ensure equal role for all
Aug 26, 2021, at 03:41 am
Kabul: The Shia Ulema Council on Tuesday asked Taliban insurgents, who overran Kabul on Aug 15, to ensure that they will treat all faiths and ethnicities with equality and justice.
Taliban now orders working women in Afghanistan to stay at home
Aug 26, 2021, at 03:29 am
Kabul: Issuing a diktat that is reflective of the real intention of the Taliban, the spokesperson of the group has directed working women to stay at home until proper systems are in place to ensure their safety.
Tajiks make up 46% of Afghan population, should play major role in Afghan govt: Tajikistan Prez
Aug 26, 2021, at 12:51 am
Dushanbe/Kabul/UNI: Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon has firmly conveyed to Pakistan that Tajiks make up more than 46 percent of Afghanistan's population and should play a major role in the future government there, and Tajikistan will not recognize any government to be formed in Kabul through oppression.
In Taliban's Afghanistan artists' fate to be decided as per Islamic law
Aug 26, 2021, at 12:01 am
Kabul/IBNS: Taliban has made it clear that the singers, actors, filmmakers will have to switch to other professions if what they do doesn't comply with Sharia law.
Pakistan: Gunmen kill three coal miners in Balochistan
Aug 25, 2021, at 11:35 pm
Quetta: Unknown gunmen gunned down three coal miners working in the Marwar coalfield area on Monday night, media reports said on Monday.
Afghanistan's 12-member council to include ex-President Hamid Karzai, Abdullah, Baradar: Source
Aug 25, 2021, at 10:33 pm
Kabul/UNI/Sputnik: Afghanistan will be led by a 12-member council, and the seven candidates that have been already agreed on include ex-Afghan President Hamid Karzai, the High Council for National Reconciliation chief Abdullah Abdullah and Abdul Ghani Baradar, a co-founder of the Taliban, a source close to senior Taliban circles told Sputnik on Tuesday.
Aug 25, 2021, at 10:17 pm
Lahore: Indian Army officials have warned that American weapons seized by Talibans from the Afghanistan Army will be first used to create havoc in Pakistan before they are smuggled to India, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Negotiations to bring 500 tonnes of urgent medical supplies ongoing, says WHO
Aug 25, 2021, at 10:12 pm
New York: Negotiations are underway to bring 500 metric tonnes of urgently needed medical supplies into Afghanistan, senior regional officials with the World Health Organization (WHO) said during an online briefing on Tuesday.
Pakistan is behind empowering Taliban: Afghanistan singer Aryana Sayeed
Aug 25, 2021, at 10:06 pm
Kabul: Afghani pop star Aryana Sayeed, who escaped from her nation after Taliban overran Kabul on Aug 15, blamed Pakistan for empowering the insurgent group.
Taliban leaders will be held accountable for their actions, says G7 on Afghanistan situation
Aug 25, 2021, at 03:09 pm
Washington: G7 leaders, who met on Tuesday, said the Taliban leaders will be held accountable for their actions on preventing terrorism, on human rights, especially of women and girls and minorities, and on pursuing an inclusive political settlement in Afghanistan.
Afghanistan: Senior Taliban leader meets Chinese Ambassador in Kabul
Aug 25, 2021, at 02:55 pm
Kabul, /UNI/SPUTNIK: Abdul Salam Hanafi, the deputy head of the Taliban political office in Qatar, met with Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan Wang Yu in Kabul on Tuesday, a Taliban spokesperson said.