UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council on Wednesday unanimously adopted a US-proposed resolution to help humanitarian aid reach desperate Afghans, while seeking to keep funds out of Taliban hands. The resolution, a first step by the UN after months of wrangling over how to avert a humanitarian catastrophe amid economic meltdown in Afghanistan, was welcomed by … Read more
KABUL: The US dollar has depreciated against afghani, Afghanistan’s national currency, from 130 afghani days ago to 95 afghani on Thursday, the government-run Bakhtar News Agency reported. Officials of Sara-i-Shahzada, the largest money changers market in Afghanistan, was quoted by the news agency as saying that the value of one US dollar has dropped from … Read more
KABUL: At a Kabul market, coal is arriving by the tonne as the winter cold sets in. Even as prices rise, Afghans have a few options but to burn it for heat, creating some of the world’s most dangerous air. “Pollution causes serious respiratory diseases … All Afghans know what coal does,” customer Amanullah Daudzai, dressed … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Global powers and aid groups that have loudly demanded an inclusive Afghanistan under the Taliban are now facing criticism for sending all-male delegations to Kabul to meet the hardline group. Since seizing power in August, the Taliban have excluded women from their new caretaker government and put restrictions on work and education, drawing condemnation from the … Read more
KABUL: Abdul Fawad, a resident of Afghanistan’s eastern Kapisa province, is visiting the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) hospital in Kabul to learn walking with his artificial leg, with his dream to become a construction engineer being shattered. “I am 19 years old and also a graduate of high school but unfortunately sitting … Read more
KABUL: The Taliban struck several journalists to prevent media coverage of a women’s rights protest in Kabul on Thursday. A group of about 20 women marched from near the ministry of education to the ministry of finance in the Afghan capital. Wearing colourful headscarves they chanted slogans including: “Don’t politicise education”, as traffic drove by … Read more
JOHANNESBURG: Sporting assignments do not come much tougher than Lance Klusener’s role as head coach of Afghanistan as he tries to plan a World Cup campaign with a team who are 12,000km away. In an ideal world, Klusener and his squad would already be in the United Arab Emirates preparing for their first fixture of … Read more
UNITED NATIONS: The humanitarians of the United Nations said that 635,000 people in Afghanistan were routed from their homes this year because of violence, with more than 12,000 recently displaced to Kabul, mainly from Panjshir Province. The World Health Organisation (WHO) and its partners have reached 8 million people in the first half of 2021, … Read more
The Afghan Taliban have sacked Hamid Shinwari, the Executive Director of the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) and has been replaced with a member of the Haqqani network, say reports. Shinwari put up a post on Facebook Monday in which he said he had been asked by Anas Haqqani, a senior member of the Taliban, that … Read more
Afghan women wearing full face veils sat in rows at a Kabul university lecture theatre Saturday, pledging commitment to the Taliban’s hardline policies on gender segregation. About 300 women — covered head-to-toe in accordance with strict new dress policies for education — waved Taliban flags as speakers railed against the West and expressed support for … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has decided to resume commercial flights to Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, starting from September 13, the airline said on Saturday. Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) will resume flights from Islamabad to Kabul next week, a spokesman for the airline told AFP on Saturday, becoming the first foreign commercial service since the … Read more
President Dr Arif Alvi said peace in Afghanistan would set the region on the path of economic prosperity and especially Pakistan would attract more investment and business opportunities. In an interview to a private television, he said if Afghanistan remained peaceful and without Indian interference it would be bonanza for Pakistan. A lot of development … Read more
A total of 7,629 people from different nationalities have been evacuated from Afghanistan so far through air and land routes. “Pakistan continues to evacuate diplomatic staff and foreign nationals including the personnel of international institutions stranded in Afghanistan since Taliban takeover of Kabul on August 15,”a statement said. Pakistan International Airline, the national flag carrier, … Read more
KABUL: A Taliban official said on Friday that the death toll from the Kabul airport attacks has reportedly risen to 103. He said there is no reason to extend the deadline for foreign forces to leave the country. The Taliban official also said that more than 20 Taliban members were killed at the airport attacks. Watch … Read more
France: France would fully end its operation to evacuate French nationals and Afghans in danger from Taliban-controlled Kabul by Friday evening, said the Prime Minister Jean Castex. “Beyond this date, it will not be possible to carry out evacuations from Kabul airport,” Castex told RTL radio Thursday. A source close to the government added that … Read more
Afghanistan national cricket team will travel to Sri Lanka from Pakistan. The players and staff have been issued visas by the Embassy in Kabul. According to reports, the flights from Hameed Karzai International Airport, Kabul, after the Taliban took over the country. So, the Afgan national team will first travel by road to Peshawar, from … Read more
KABUL: A Taliban official has denied reports that foreign nationals were kidnapped near Kabul airport, where big crowds still exist amid US-led evacuation efforts, local media reported on Saturday. “The report about kidnapping is a rumor. The Taliban members are helping all foreign nationals to get access to the airport. We are determined to provide … Read more
NEW DELHI: A special flight from the Indian Air Force (IAF) Saturday morning evacuated over 85 Indian nationals from Afghanistan, a local news agency report said. “An Indian Air Force C-130J transport aircraft took off from Kabul with over 85 Indians. The aircraft landed in Tajikistan for refuelling. Indian government officials are helping in evacuation … Read more
NEW DELHI: A special flight from the Indian Air Force (IAF) on Saturday morning evacuated over 85 Indian nationals from Afghanistan, a local news agency report said. “An Indian Air Force C-130J transport aircraft took off from Kabul with over 85 Indians. The aircraft landed in Tajikistan for refueling. Indian government officials are helping in … Read more
KABUL: A Taliban official has denied reports that foreign nationals were kidnapped near Kabul airport, where big crowds still exist amid US-led evacuation efforts, local media reported on Saturday. “The report about kidnapping is a rumor. The Taliban members are helping all foreign nationals to get access to the airport. We are determined to provide … Read more
KABUL: The Taliban are going house-to-house searching for opponents and their families, according to an intelligence document for the UN that deepened fears on Friday. The Taliban have been conducting “targeted door-to-door visits” of people who worked with US and NATO forces, according to a confidential document by the UN’s threat assessment consultants seen by … Read more
At a time when the whole world was horrified by the news of the Taliban’s control of Afghanistan, the top leaders in China and Russia kept in touch with the Taliban, according to the reports. US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has telephoned the foreign ministers of Russia and China to ask them to work … Read more
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid has said that the security of all foreigners in Afghanistan is guaranteed and women will be given all rights according to Sharia. “We do not want to repeat any conflict and war, so the Islamic Emirate has no enmity with anyone, all animosities are over,” Taliban spokesman Zabihullah told his first … Read more
women in the Afghan capital, Kabul, protested against the Taliban and demanded their basic rights in front of the Taliban after they took over Afghanistan. The video, which went viral on social media, shows women protesting in the Afghan capital, Kabul, holding handwritten placards and protesting against the Taliban and demanding their basic rights. Afghan … Read more
The U.S. Air Force says it is investigating human organs found on the side of the wheel of one of the 17-C planes flying from the Afghan capital, Kabul. According to the details, pictures circulating on social media earlier this week showed Afghans eager to leave Kabul running towards the C-17 plane and clinging to … Read more
KABUL: Evacuation flights carrying diplomats and civilians from Kabul continued as of Tuesday afternoon, a witness confirmed. “The military flights are continuing in Kabul airport. Roughly at 3:28 p.m. (local time), a huge cargo plane took off from Hamid Karzai International Airport,” witness Farhad Mohammdi who lives near the Kabul airport told Xinhua. “This is … Read more
NEW DELHI: An Indian Air Force (IAF) C-17 plane evacuated over 120 Indians, including diplomats, from Kabul and landed in the western state of Gujarat on Tuesday, said a government official. It is the first evacuation undertaken by an IAF plane amid the critical situation in Afghanistan after the Taliban took power in Kabul. The … Read more
KABUL: Normality has returned to Kabul, capital of Afghanistan as the Taliban on Tuesday urged the government employees to return to work, two days after the group took control of the capital. Declaring a general amnesty, the Taliban urged all to start routine life with confidence. It also urged women to join its government. Taliban … Read more
