Afghanistan

Anti-Pakistan sentiments explode amid Afghan migrant expulsion: Pak Minister

Islamabad: Amid the Pakistan government’s crackdown to drive out all illegal migrants from the country, “anti-Pakistan sentiments” are being incited among Afghans in the neighbouring country, Pak Senator Shehzad Saleem said while…
Taliban criticises Pak’s decision to deport Afghan immigrants from country

Kabul: Afghanistan’s Taliban-appointed deputy of the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) Mohammad Arsala Kharoti, has called Pakistan’s decision to deport Afghan immigrants from the country “rushed”, TOLO News reported. TOLO News…

Suicide bombing at Shiite mosque during Friday prayers kills 7 worshippers in Afghanistan

Kabul: A suicide bomber blew himself up among worshippers attending Friday prayers at a Shiite mosque in northern Afghanistan, killing at least seven people and wounding 15 others, a police spokesperson said.…
Massive 6.3-magnitude quake hits Afghanistan, 80 injured

Kabul: Just five days after a massive earthquake struck Afghanistan’s Herat province killing more than 2,000 people, another temblor measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale hit the same region on Wednesday, injuring…
Taliban needs to meet its commitments to get legitimacy: White House

Washington: The Taliban needs to meet its commitments to get legitimacy, the White House has said. “We’ve not recognised them as a governing power in Afghanistan. They want that. They want legitimacy.…
Afghanistan headed to a civil war with Taliban splitting into various factions, says former Afghan commander

Washington: Two years after the US forces abruptly left Kabul, Afghanistan is headed towards a civil war, the Taliban is now riddled with factionalism, and the country is fast becoming a safe…
Taliban releases Iranian photojournalist: Media

Tehran: Iranian photojournalist Mohammad-Hossein Velayati, who was detained last week in Afghanistan, has been released, Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency, which Velayati works for, reported. The journalist was handed over to the…

Afghan caretaker govt declares Aug 15 as ‘victory day’

Kabul: The Afghan caretaker government has declared August 15, the day of the administration’s takeover of Kabul, as the “victory day” and a public holiday in the war-ravaged country. “Tuesday, Asad 24,…
Earthquake measuring 5.8 magnitude hits parts of Pakistan

Islamabad: An earthquake measuring 5.8 magnitude jolted parts of Pakistan on Saturday with no loss of life or property reported so far. According to National Seismic Monitoring Centre here, the epicentre of…
US officials in crucial talks with Taliban to address Afghan crisis

Washington: A group of senior American diplomats met representatives from the Taliban and technocratic professionals during which they discussed critical issues concerning Afghanistan’s well-being and humanitarian crisis, the State Department said. The…
Taliban burns musical intruments, claims music ’causes moral corruption’

Kabul: Authorities from the Taliban regime in Afghanistan have burned thousands of dollars worth of musical equipment, which included a guitar, harmonium and tabla, claiming that music “causes moral corruption”, a media…
Pak Army expresses serious concerns over TTP’s safe haven in Afghanistan

Rawalpindi: The Pakistan Army has expressed serious concerns over safe havens and liberty of action available to the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in Afghanistan, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a…
No Taliban infiltration into Kashmir after Kabul’s fall, says GOC Chinar Corps

Srinagar: The apprehensions about the influx of Taliban fighters into Kashmir after the fall of Kabul in 2021 did not materialise and no Afghani Taliban has infiltrated into the valley, a senior…
4 killed, 25 injured during rainstorm, flash floods in Afghanistan

Jalalabad: Heavy rains and flash floods killed four people and injured 25 others in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province, said a statement of the provincial government released here on Saturday. Heavy rains, which…
India invited to join regional group on Afghanistan: Lavrov

United Nations: Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said that India has been invited to join the core group of four countries neighbouring Afghanistan that say they seek to bring stability there.…