'Return to your country' Kabul tells Afghans rebuffed by WashingtonThe Taliban government on Saturday urged Afghans hoping to emigrate to the United States to instead return to Afghanistan, after Washington...
07 Jun, 2025, 06.05 PM IST
Taliban ask airlines to resume international flights to AfghanistanThe foreign ministry statement regarding the resumption of international flights to Afghanistan comes at a time when the Taliban is trying ...
26 Sep, 2021, 04.38 PM IST
Afghan Taliban defence minister orders crackdown on abusesThe message from one of the Taliban's most senior ministers underlines the problems Afghanistan's new rulers have sometimes had in controll...
24 Sep, 2021, 05.05 PM IST
Afghan girls' football team flees to Pakistan"I received a request for their rescue from another England-based NGO, so I wrote to Prime Minister Imran Khan who issued clearance for the...
15 Sep, 2021, 02.58 PM IST
UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet slams Taliban over reprisal killingsIn some places, girls over 12 were barred from school while women were told to stay at home, she said, in throwbacks to the Taliban's oppre...
13 Sep, 2021, 05.22 PM IST
First foreign commercial flight since Taliban takeover lands in KabulThis was the first Pakistan International Airlines flight to touch down in Kabul after the foreign troop withdrawal and large-scale evacuat...
13 Sep, 2021, 03.42 PM IST
Afghan crisis: Scores march in Geneva; call Swiss govt to not recognise TalibanHolding red, green and black flags of Afghanistan and placards inscribed with their demands, the protestors raised slogans against the Tali...
05 Sep, 2021, 09.04 AM IST
Taliban again postpone Afghan govt formation announcementThe insurgent group was expected to announce on Saturday the formation of the new government in Kabul, likely to be led by the outfit's co-...
04 Sep, 2021, 04.11 PM IST
US presses Pakistan to fight terror groups as Afghan crisis spirals: Leaked diplomatic documentsThe Dawn newspaper on Saturday carried a report quoting a news report published on Friday by the Politico on a slew of diplomatic messages ...
04 Sep, 2021, 01.59 PM IST
Afghan female anchor Beheshta Arghand flees country after interview with Taliban leaderArghand, who worked for TOLOnews, interviewed Mawlawi Abdulhaq Hemad, a high-ranking Taliban representative in mid-August.
30 Aug, 2021, 08.37 PM IST
American official says CIA director met Taliban leader in KabulMichelle Bachelet urged the Human Rights Council to take "bold and vigorous action" to monitor the rights situation in Afghanistan in the w...
26 Aug, 2021, 08.58 PM IST
Taliban warns of 'consequences' if August 31 deadline for US-led troop withdrawal is extendedSpeaking to ‘Sky News' in Doha, Qatar, Taliban spokesperson Dr Suhail Shaheen stated that the month-end deadline was a "red line", as any e...
23 Aug, 2021, 07.02 PM IST
At least 20 deaths in last week during Kabul airport evacuation effort: NATO officialCrowds have grown at the airport every day over the past week, hindering operations as the United States and other nations attempt to evacu...
22 Aug, 2021, 04.00 PM IST
Facebook, Twitter & LinkedIn move to secure Afghan citizens' accounts amid Taliban takeoverFacebook has temporarily removed the ability for people to view or search the friends lists of accounts in Afghanistan.
20 Aug, 2021, 07.59 AM IST
IAF aircraft carrying Indian officials from Afghanistan lands in Gujarat's JamnagarEarlier, the Ministry of External Affairs informed that the Indian Ambassador in Kabul and his Indian staff will move to India immediately,...
17 Aug, 2021, 03.34 PM IST
Taliban fighters enter Kabul; helicopters land at US EmbassyThree Afghan officials told The Associated Press that the fighters were in the districts of Kalakan, Qarabagh and Paghman in the capital. T...
15 Aug, 2021, 05.10 PM IST
Pakistan says not solely responsible for Afghan peace talksPakistan today said it is making serious efforts for peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban but added it was not "solely...
26 Apr, 2016, 04.56 PM IST