Afghanistan
Blinken discusses Afghanistan with NATO, Canada, Germany
Washington DC [US], August 13 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has held phone talks with his Canadian and German counterparts as well as the NATO chief to discuss…
British jihadis take up arms with Taliban
London [UK], August 13 (ANI): British jihadis have secretly joined the Taliban in their aggressive offensive against the government in Afghanistan, a media report said on Thursday. The phone calls…
Doha meet calls for end to violence in Afghanistan, urges political settlement
Doha [Qatar], August 13 (ANI): The recent envoys' meet held in Doha over the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan has called for an end to violence in the country and urged…
Taliban capture former Afghan warlord after Herat falls
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 13 (ANI): Former Mujahideen leader and senior member of Jamaat-e-Islami party, Ismail Khan, whose militia helped US forces topple the Taliban in 2001, was captured on Friday…
US to send three battalions – two Marines, one Army to help evacuate embassy staff in Kabul
Washington [US], August 13 (ANI): The US Department of Defense on Thursday (local time) announced that it will be sending more than three battalions - two Marine, one Army --…
Pakistan fuelling a Taliban takeover in Afghanistan
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 13 (ANI): Hypocrisy and double standards have always been part of Pakistan's political elite's behaviour toward Afghanistan and is fuelling a Taliban takeover in Kabul. Pakistan openly…
India continues to hope for a comprehensive ceasefire in Afghanistan: MEA
New Delhi [India], August 12 (ANI): Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi on Thursday said India continues to hope that there will be an immediate and comprehensive ceasefire between…
US urges citizens to leave Afghanistan immediately
Washington [US], August 12 (ANI): The United States on Thursday (local time) urged its citizens to immediately leave Afghanistan using available commercial flight options. "The US Embassy urges US citizens…
11th Afghan provincial capital falls to Taliban
Kabul [Afghanistan] August 12 (ANI): The Taliban on Thursday claimed to have seized Herat, Afghanistan's third-largest city amid US troop withdrawal from the country. Herat "was also captured," Sputnik reported…
Scores of refuge women sheltered in camp haunted by Taliban atrocities
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 12 (ANI): Hundreds of war-affected people in Afghanistan who have taken refuge in the Shomal Sarai area of Kabul are speaking up against Taliban atrocities and offences…
Iran temporarily shuts consulate general in Afghanistan’s Mazar-i-Sharif as violence escalates
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 12 (ANI): Iran on Thursday announced that it was temporarily closing its Consulate General in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of Afghanistan's Balkh province and moving it to Kabul…
Imran Khan says US prefers India, “uses” Pakistan for settling Afghan crisis
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 12 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that the United States views Pakistan as "useful" only for clearing the "mess" it has left behind in…
