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The US has halted all visa issuance for Afghan passport holders after an Afghan national, Rahmanullah Lakanwal—who arrived under the 2021 Operation Allies Welcome programme—shot dead a National Guard soldier near the White House. The FBI is probing the attack as terrorism.

An Ariana Afghan Airlines flight from Kabul mistakenly landed on runway 29R instead of the cleared 29L at Delhi’s IGI Airport on Sunday. The pilot cited ILS failure and poor visibility. DGCA has launched a probe into the near-miss incident.

The BCCI has expressed deep sorrow over the tragic loss of three young Afghan cricketers—Kabeer Agha, Sibghatullah, and Haroon—who were killed in a cross-border airstrike in Paktika province. The Board stands in solidarity with the ACB and the cricket community

It wasn't clear when the ban was imposed, but the Afghan Taliban have been resisting international pressure to form a more inclusive government.

New York: A New York-based media watchdog has called the Taliban to immediately release American journalist and independent filmmaker Ivor Shearer and Afghan producer Faizullah Faizbakhsh and cease detaining journalists. On August 17, Shearer and Faizbakhsh were filming in the Sherpur area of District 10 in Kabul-where a US drone strike killed Al-Qaeda leader Ayman […]

Geneva [Switzerland]: ‘Every day there are at least one or two women who commit suicide’, said a former deputy speaker of the Afghan Parliament on Friday, highlighting the lack of opportunity and ailing mental health that is taking a toll on Afghan women. This revelation came during a rare urgent debate on the woman’s rights […]

Kabul: The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan has announced that the death toll in the devastating 6.1-magnitude quake that hit Paktika province earlier this week has increased to 1,100, while the number of injured persons has also climbed to 1,600. In a statement on Thursday, the Ministry of State for Disaster Management said that more than […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday met an Afghan Sikh-Hindu delegation at his residence. A delegation of Sikh spiritual leaders had called on PM Modi on Friday also. Prime Minister met leaders of the minority community who have been facing persecution in Afghanistan after the Taliban took over the country in mid-August last […]

The officials also confirmed that 107 Indians have been brought back through this evacuation.

They are not among those who have been either killed or seriously injured amid the chaos at the airport that began on Sunday.

Ghani made the statement on Wednesday night, in an address compatriots in their native language Pashto, during a live Facebook broadcast from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), reports Xinhua news agency.

Ghani's last public appearance was on Wednesday in the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif, where the insurgents launched a multi-pronged attack early Saturday.

In addition, they say, Taliban commanders have demanded that communities must hand over unmarried women to become "wives" for their fighters a form of sexual violence, human-rights groups say, the Wall Street Journal reported.

The attack occurred on the outskirts of Ghazni, capital of the eastern province of Ghazni, which has seen regular fighting between the Taliban and government forces.

No group has claimed responsibility, but fighting between the Taliban and government has surged in recent weeks.

The peace negotiations between negotiating teams from the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the Taliban started on September 12.