Afghanistan
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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Taliban kills IS leader behind Kabul airport bombing
Washington: Senior Islamic State leader, who was allegedly behind the 2021 bombing at Kabul airport in Afghanistan, has been killed by the Taliban, US officials have said. The August 2021 bombing at…
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‘Looking at it positively, says Jaishankar in Afghan meeting to be hosted by UN
United Nations: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Thursday that India is looking “positively” at the meeting of Special Envoys on Afghanistan to be hosted by UN chief Antonio Guterres in…
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Political power being transferred from Kabul to Kandahar
New Delhi: Afghanistan southern city of Kandahar is the historical birthplace and the political base of the Taliban. Now, the countrys second-largest city appears to be becoming the de facto capital under…
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Taliban bans video games, music, foreign films in Afghan city
Kabul: The Taliban-led Afghan government has banned video games, foreign films and music in the western city of Herat, branding them as un-Islamic, the media reported. The ban imposed by the Ministry…
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Banned TTP still using Afghan soil to attack Pakistan: Defence Minister Asif
Islamabad: Amid a surge in attacks by the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has said that the banned militant group was still using Afghan soil to carry out attacks…
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Biden admin defends Afghan troop pullout, blames ex-Prez Trump for chaos
Washington: Joe Biden’s administration has defended its decision to pull American troops out of Afghanistan and blamed former US President Donald Trump for the chaotic withdrawal from the war-torn country. The White…
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UN Women chief blasts Taliban ban on female Afghan UN staff
United Nations: Sima Bahous, UN Undersecretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women, has condemned the Taliban’s decision to ban Afghan women from working with the United Nations in Afghanistan. “We stand in…
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UN seeks clarity over Taliban ban on female staff
United Nations: The UN is seeking clarity after the Taliban regime in Afghanistan banned female staff of the world body from working in the war-torn country, said a spokesman. “Our colleagues on…
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Kabul rejects Washington’s claim over IS strength in Afghanistan
Kabul: The Taliban-led caretaker government in Afghanistan has dismissed Washington’s claim over the alleged stronger presence of Daesh or Islamic State (IS) in Afghanistan as utterly fabricated. “The statements of US officials…
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Afghan security forces discover IS weaponry in Jawzjan northern province
Kabul: The Afghan security forces have discovered a weapon cache and mine-making center of Daesh, or Islamic State (IS), in Shiberghan, the capital of Afghanistan’s northern Jawzjan province, the provincial police chief…
