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Pakistan announces 48-hour ceasefire with Afghanistan
Islamabad: Pakistan on Wednesday said a 48-hour ceasefire has been agreed with Afghanistan, amid border clashes between the two countries that have killed dozens of people on both sides. “A temporary ceasefire…
- Bollywood
Javed Akhtar upset over respect shown to Taliban minister
Mumbai: Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi visited Darul Uloom Deoband in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, and was given a grand welcome during the visit. Expressing his disappointment, well-known Bollywood screenwriter and lyricist…
- India
Danish Siddiqui Foundation seeks justice as Taliban minister visits India
The Danish Siddiqui Foundation has appealed to the Union government to seek justice for the Pulitzer Prize–winning Indian photojournalist, who was killed while covering the Afghanistan conflict in 2021. “Captured, tortured, and…
- World
58 Pakistani soldiers killed in retaliatory action: Taliban regime
Kabul: Taliban regime’s chief spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said on Sunday that 58 Pakistani soldiers were killed and 30 others wounded during a retaliatory operation carried out by the Afghan forces, along the…
- Afghanistan
‘Insult to women’: Oppn slams govt over women journalists’ absence from taliban meet
New Delhi: The opposition on Saturday termed the absence of female journalists from a press conference of visiting Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi “unacceptable” and “an insult to women”, and asked…
- India
Priyanka slams PM Modi over no women journos at Taliban meet
New Delhi: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to clarify his position on the absence of women journalists from a press conference of visiting Afghan Foreign…
- World
Taliban government blames Pakistan for strike on Kabul
Islamabad: The Taliban government on Friday blamed Pakistan for striking the Afghan capital and bombing a market in the country’s east, accusing its neighbor of violating national airspace. A blast struck before…
- World
Confusion as internet in Afghanistan returns after 2 day blackout, Taliban silent
Islamabad: Confusion surrounds the state of internet connectivity in Afghanistan, after some networks were apparently restored on Wednesday following an outage that began Monday. The Associated Press earlier reported what it claimed…
- Pakistan
Pakistan’s anti-terrorism court sentences Taliban militant to 33 years in jail
Lahore: An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan has sentenced a Taliban militant to a 33-year jail term for his involvement in terror activities in Punjab, the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of Punjab police…
- World
Restore internet access across Afghanistan: UN to Taliban
Islamabad: The United Nations mission in Afghanistan urged the Taliban on Tuesday to restore internet and telecommunications access across the country, saying the blackout imposed by the government in Kabul has left…
- World
Internet blackout hits Afghanistan as Taliban enforce morality crackdown
Islamabad: An internet blackout hit Afghanistan on Monday, with local media reporting a potential nationwide cut of fiber-optic services as part of a Taliban crackdown on immorality. It’s the first time Afghanistan…
- World
Afghanistan: US citizen released by Taliban after prisoner-swap deal
Islamabad: The Taliban on Sunday freed a US citizen from an Afghan prison, weeks after they said they had reached an agreement with US envoys on a prisoner exchange as part of…
- World
British couple released by Taliban after Qatar’s mediation
Doha: The Taliban released on Friday, September 19, a British couple held in Afghanistan for more than seven months on undisclosed charges, an official said, likely part of a wider effort to…
- World
US troops could return to base in Afghanistan, says Trump
Washington: President Donald Trump on Thursday suggested that he is working to reestablish a US presence at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, four years after America’s chaotic withdrawal from the country left…
- Afghanistan
Taliban leader bans Wi-Fi in Afghan province to ‘prevent immorality’
Jalalabad: The Taliban leader banned fibre optic internet in an Afghan province to “prevent immorality”, a spokesman for the administration said Tuesday. It’s the first time a ban of this kind has…