-
Anxious family members of Bommana Rajanna, the migrant worker have been spending sleepless nights ever since the Taliban captured Kabul.
-
Announces amnesty, urges women to join government
-
He described the images coming out of Afghanistan as "gut-wrenching" but said: "I've learned the hard way that there was never a good time to withdraw US forces.
-
The girl, whose identity is unknown, seems to control her tears in order to make the video
-
Sources said Indian Air Force's transport aircraft C-17 with 150 passengers has left the Kabul airport for India
-
In the morning, some schools were open due to the ongoing examinations, but were advised to close until the situation gets better
-
It appears that desperate Afghans were clinging on to either the undercarriage of the C-17 or the landing gear of the transport plane when they got flung out due to the huge G-force exerted during take-off.
-
Witnesses reported seeing the bloodied bodies lying on the ground just outside the terminal building, according to the report.
-
Accordingly, a NOTAM (notice to airmen) was issued advising incoming and transiting civilian aircraft to reroute before entering the Kabul airspace.
-
"The crowd was out of control. The firing was only done to defuse the chaos," the official was quoted as saying.
-
Failure of Istanbul conference reflects Pak’s inability to persuade Taliban
-
Kabul: Taliban fighters entered the outskirts of Kabul on Sunday while panicked workers fled government offices and helicopters landed at the US Embassy in the Afghan capital as the militants’ further tightened their grip on the country. Three Afghan officials told The Associated Press that the Taliban were in the districts of Kalakan, Qarabagh and […]
-
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.
-
Talks with the Taliban will mean that India has begun to distinguish between good and bad terrorists
-
Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said on Thursday that India is closely monitoring developments and is concerned about deteriorating security situation.
-
While the US and China are hopeful that Islamabad would be able to rein in the Taliban, India does not share such optimism
-
"Following a series of government forces air-and-ground operations, 111 Taliban fighters have been killed and 79 others wounded in Wardak, Kandahar, Uruzgan, Zabul, Badghis, Faryab, Nimruz, Helmand
-
No one took responsibility for the attack in the neighbourhood, which is largely populated by the minority Hazara ethnic group who are mostly Shiite Muslims.
-
Interior Ministry spokesman Tariq Arian said the fire began when a spark set one fuel tanker ablaze.
-
In Faryab, 26 militants were killed and 33 wounded after the Afghan Air Force conducted airstrikes on a Taliban position in Sarchakan village of Gurziwan district, Xinhua news agency quoted the statement as saying.