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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.
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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.
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Marco Mendicino, Canadian Immigration Minister said Friday the program will welcome 20,000 Afghans, targeting those who belong to groups vulnerable to persecution by the Taliban.
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Talks with the Taliban will mean that India has begun to distinguish between good and bad terrorists
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The Pentagon's massive task of removing service members and equipment out of Afghanistan is nearly complete and the US military mission is slated to end by August 31.
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The Taliban has re-imposed repressive laws and retrograde policies on Afghan women that defined its 1996-2001 rule when they enforced their version of Islamic Sharia law.
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Over the last few weeks, the Taliban captured several districts in Afghanistan including Takhar, the country's northeastern province.
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The rights violations that are likely to follow in the aftermath of withdrawal will be attributed to the United States
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Sporadic fighting started early Friday when dozens of Taliban militants armed with guns and heavy weapons entered from two directions in the south and east of the city
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Deeply disturbed by the sad news of the killing of a friend, Danish Seddiqi in Kandahar last night (Thursday). The Indian Journalist and winner of the Pulitzer Prize was embedded with Afghan security forces
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India needs to reposition its priorities and reach out to the moderate sections within the Taliban as its stakes in the country are high
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A special aircraft of the Indian Air Force was sent on Saturday to bring back the Indian diplomats, officials and other staff members including a group of Indo-Tibetan Border Police personnel, they said.
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"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
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Islamabad must stop misleading the international community with a farce to cover up its sponsorship of terror
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Complete exit from Afghanistan without ensuring real “enduring freedom” will mean a US failure
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India needs to reposition its priorities and reach out to the moderate sections within the Taliban
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The upcoming September 11 is the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks that drew the United States into war in Afghanistan.
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Removing all of the troops and their equipment in the next three weeks — along with coalition partners who can't get out on their own — would be difficult logistically.
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Much will depend on how it reorients and dedicates itself to the welfare of the common Afghan
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The Taliban's propaganda arm is churning out a steady stream of social media messages and videos, and publishing reports on a slick website depicting themselves as good governors.
