Articles about Afghanistan
24 Sep 2021
Biden-Modi meeting: Pakistan, Taliban likely to dominate talks
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the United States President Joe Biden will hold their bilateral meeting on Friday, reports stated that Pakistan and its influence over the Taliban are likely to be key topics to be discussed.
24 Sep 2021
Harris brings up Pakistan's role in terrorism during Modi meet
United States Vice President Kamala Harris, in her first meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, raised the issue of Pakistan's role in terrorism, sending out a positive message for India.
22 Sep 2021
Attackers strike Taliban vehicles in eastern Afghanistan, five killed
Attackers struck Taliban vehicles in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, witnesses said, killing at least two fighters and three civilians in the latest violence since the group's takeover of the country in mid-August.
22 Sep 2021
Taliban requests to address UN; names Suhail Shaheen as envoy
The Taliban has reportedly sent a request letter to United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, asking to address world leaders at the ongoing UN General Assembly.
22 Sep 2021
SAARC meet called off as Pakistan wanted Taliban participation
A meeting of Foreign Ministers of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries has been canceled, reports said.
21 Sep 2021
No women included in Taliban's new list of Cabinet members
The Taliban on Tuesday announced another list of new names for the remaining Cabinet positions in its new government. However, no women made it to the list once again.
19 Sep 2021
After promising inclusivity, Taliban orders women workers to 'stay home'
The Taliban has asked many female employees in Kabul city to stay home, interim city mayor Hamdullah Namony said.
19 Sep 2021
Kabul: CIA warned of children's presence before US drone strike
Seconds before the United States carried out a drone strike on a suspected terror target in Kabul on August 29, the Central Intelligence Agency had warned of the presence of civilians, including children, around the target.
18 Sep 2021
'Tragic': US admits its Kabul drone strike killed 10 civilians
The United States has admitted that 10 civilians were killed when it launched a drone strike against suspected ISIS terrorists in Kabul last month.
17 Sep 2021
PM Modi calls for SCO template to fight radicalization, extremism
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday pitched for developing a common template by the Shanghai Cooperation Organization to fight radicalization, saying it is a challenge to peace, security, and trust deficit in the region as reflected by recent developments in Afghanistan.
15 Sep 2021
Taliban infighting: Deputy PM, top minister involved in 'major row'
Days after the formation of the new Taliban government in Afghanistan, infighting has reportedly broken out within the extremist group, the BBC reported.
15 Sep 2021
UNHCR: 736 Afghans recorded for new registration in India
A total of 736 Afghans were recorded for new registration from August 1 to September 11, the UNHCR said, adding that it is scaling up its capacity to meet increasing requests for registration and assistance of Afghans in India.
15 Sep 2021
Afghan female footballers evade Taliban, reach Pakistan
Thirty-two women football players from Afghanistan, who were facing threats from the Taliban, have reached Pakistan along with their families after the government issued emergency humanitarian visas to evacuate them.
14 Sep 2021
Evictions trigger anti-Taliban protests by thousands in Afghanistan's Kandahar
Thousands of Afghans on Tuesday protested against the Taliban in Kandahar after residents were asked to vacate a residential army colony.
14 Sep 2021
Pakistan harbors Taliban members, says US; to reassess relationship
The United States will be reassessing its relationship with Pakistan in the coming days, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said Monday, noting that some of Pakistan's interests "are in conflict with ours."
14 Sep 2021
Once inmates, Taliban now in charge in a Kabul prison
Once, Kabul's main prison was crowded with thousands of Taliban captured and arrested by the government. On Monday, a Taliban commander strolled through its empty halls and cell blocks, showing his friends where he had once been imprisoned.
13 Sep 2021
UN official slams Taliban over reprisal killings
The United Nations human rights chief says that her office has received credible allegations of reprisal killings by the Taliban of former Afghan security forces, as well as instances in which officials in the previous government and their relatives were arbitrarily detained and later turned up dead.
12 Sep 2021
Undated video shows Taliban celebrating after beheading Afghan soldier
An undated video has emerged which shows the Taliban's fighters celebrating after reportedly beheading an Afghan soldier while yelling "God is Great."
12 Sep 2021
Kabul: Women wearing niqab, burqa stage protest supporting Taliban
About 300 Afghan women wearing full-face veils staged a pro-Taliban protest at a university lecture theatre in Kabul Saturday.
11 Sep 2021
Classified documents from Afghanistan transferred to Pakistan in three aircraft
Pakistan now has access to crucial, classified data from Afghanistan as three of its planes—which had actually come with humanitarian aid for the neighboring country—returned with "bags full of documents" on Thursday, reported CNN-News18.
10 Sep 2021
Pakistan rejects allegations it backed Taliban in Panjshir Valley
Pakistan has rejected reports that it aided the Taliban's takeover in the Panjshir province.
10 Sep 2021
Taliban tortures, kills ex-VP Amrullah Saleh's brother in Panjshir: Report
Afghanistan's former Vice President Amrullah Saleh's elder brother Rohullah Saleh was reportedly killed while he was leaving Panjshir for Kabul.
10 Sep 2021
Taliban says women cannot be ministers; should just give birth
Days after forming an all-male Cabinet in Afghanistan, the Taliban's misogyny was exposed once again when its spokesperson claimed that women shouldn't be ministers and they should only give birth.
10 Sep 2021
Pakistan rejects reports of aiding Taliban offensive in Panjshir Valley
Pakistan has rejected reports that it was aiding the Taliban offensive in Afghanistan's Panjshir Valley, terming these as a "mischievous propaganda campaign."
10 Sep 2021
India tells UNSC Afghanistan still fragile; calls for inclusive government
India has told the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) that the "fragility" of the Afghanistan situation is of great concern to India.
10 Sep 2021
Afghanistan is on brink of 'universal poverty,' says UN envoy
Afghanistan is at the risk of a "total breakdown" of the economy if the international community does not immediately step in and infuse money into the country, the United Nations (UN) has warned.
10 Sep 2021
Pakistan will use own currency for trade with Taliban: Report
Pakistan is planning to carry out bilateral trade with the Taliban using its own currency, the Pakistani rupee.
09 Sep 2021
After Taliban announces Cabinet, Afghan embassy in Delhi says 'illegitimate'
A day after the Taliban announced its Cabinet, Afghanistan's embassy in New Delhi on Wednesday dismissed the "so-called Cabinet" as "illegitimate and unjustifiable."
09 Sep 2021
My statement on Taliban deliberately distorted: Mehbooba Mufti
Stating that most countries claiming to uphold the Sharia have failed to imbibe its true values, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday said that her statement on the Taliban is being deliberately distorted.
09 Sep 2021
Fled country to save 6mn lives in Kabul: Ashraf Ghani
Ex-Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani, who fled to the UAE before the Taliban seized power last month, on Wednesday apologized to the people for leaving the country abruptly, saying he believed it was the "only way to keep the guns silent and save Kabul and her six million people."
08 Sep 2021
CIA chief meets Ajit Doval in Delhi to discuss Afghanistan
National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval met with William Burns, the chief of the United States' Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), in New Delhi on Tuesday, reports said.
08 Sep 2021
Pakistan deports over 200 Afghan nationals
Pakistan has deported over 200 Afghan nationals, including women and children, after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, according to a media report on Wednesday.
08 Sep 2021
India should not do business with the Taliban government: Yashwant
As the Taliban announced a caretaker Cabinet, former external affairs minister Yashwant Sinha on Tuesday said India cannot and should not do business with the government formed in Afghanistan.
08 Sep 2021
Who is Sirajuddin Haqqani, Afghanistan Minister and FBI's 'most wanted'?
Sirajuddin Haqqani, who has long featured on various terror lists and carries up to a $10 million bounty on his head, is the new Interior Minister of the interim Taliban government in Afghanistan.
07 Sep 2021
Afghanistan: Mullah Mohammad Hasan Akhund to head 'acting' Taliban government
Weeks after overthrowing the government in Afghanistan, the Taliban has named Mullah Mohammad Hasan Akhund as the leader of the new government, spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid announced on Tuesday.
07 Sep 2021
Who is Mullah Hassan Akhund, likely new Afghanistan PM?
The Taliban may have finally zeroed in on the head of their upcoming government in Afghanistan, more than three weeks after taking over the country.
07 Sep 2021
What explains Taliban's invite to 6 countries for government ceremony?
As the Taliban is getting closer to announce Afghanistan's new government, the group has invited six countries to attend the government formation ceremony.
07 Sep 2021
Kabul: Taliban arrests journalists as protesters chant 'death to Pakistan'
The Taliban on Tuesday fired shots to disperse a rally in Kabul against Pakistan and its intelligence agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).
07 Sep 2021
US faces pressure as NGOs say flights stranded in Afghanistan
United States President Joe Biden-led administration is facing increasing pressure as reports suggest nearly 1,000 people are currently stranded near an airport in northern Afghanistan.
07 Sep 2021
Seventy-eight Afghanistan evacuees released from ITBP quarantine center
Seventy-eight people including Afghan nationals, who were evacuated from Afghanistan after Kabul fell to the Taliban last month, were on Tuesday discharged from an ITBP facility in Delhi after they completed a 14-day quarantine rule in place to check the spread of coronavirus infection.
