Afghanistan
UNSC not holding discussions on sending UN peacekeeping mission to Afghanistan: Source
New York [US], August 30 (ANI/Sputnik): The UN Security Council (UNSC) is not engaged in any discussions regarding the possibility of sending a UN peacekeeping mission to Afghanistan following the…
Foreign nationals, Afghan citizens with travel authorisation can travel outside Afghanistan: Blinken
Washington DC [US], August 30 (ANI): All foreign nationals and Afghan citizens with travel authorisation from around 100 countries including the United States will be allowed to travel outside Afghanistan,…
CSTO chief denies plans of member states to deploy military in Afghanistan
Minsk [Belarus], August 30 (ANI/Sputnik): Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Secretary-General Stanislav Zas said on Sunday that the fears of the CSTO member states deploying their troops in Afghanistan were…
Children in Afghanistan should not be abandoned: UNICEF
New York [US], August 30 (ANI/Xinhua): With the needs of Afghan children greater than ever before, the world "cannot abandon them now," a senior official with the UN Children's Fund…
US, allies reaffirm commitment to evacuate citizens, at-risk Afghan nationals
Washington DC [US], August 29 (ANI): The United States and its partner countries in a joint statement on Sunday reaffirmed their commitment to ensuring the safe travel of their citizens…
Erdogan announces relocation of Turkish embassy in Kabul
Ankara [Turkey] August 29 (ANI/Sputnik): The Turkish Embassy in Afghanistan was relocated back to its premises in Kabul after it was temporarily stationed at the Kabul airport, Turkish President Recep…
‘Men not allowed to teach girls’: Taliban announces ban on co-education in Afghanistan
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 29 (ANI): Backtracking from its assurances to respect women's rights in Afghanistan, the Taliban, which is set to form a new government in the war-ravaged country has…
US airstrike in Kabul targeted plotter of another airport attack
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 29 (ANI): The United States carried out a "self-defensive" airstrike in Kabul against a suspected ISIS-K car bomb targeting the airport here, the US Central Command (CENTCOM)…
Afghanistan: Pak officials urge world to give ‘chance’ to Taliban
Islamabad [Pakistan] August 29 (ANI): After the Taliban's hostile takeover of Afghanistan, officials from Islamabad have been urging the world to give a 'chance' to the Taliban. Pakistan has been…
US will have ‘no right’ to carry out attacks in Afghanistan after Aug 31: Taliban
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 29 (ANI): Taliban has said that Washington will have no right to attack the country after August 31, following US drone strike in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, Geo…
Massive explosion hits Kabul again
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 29 (ANI): Merely two days after twin blasts rocked Kabul, another massive explosion hit the Afghanistan capital on Sunday, Arab News reported. According to reports, the explosion…
Taliban rule won’t last long in Afghanistan, says Amrullah Saleh
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 29 (ANI): The former Afghan government first Vice President and self-proclaimed acting President Amrullah Saleh on Saturday told that the Taliban rule won't last long in Afghanistan.…
