Afghan Taliban order women TV anchors to cover their facesSeveral female anchors and presenters posted their photos on social media showing them with their faces covered with face masks during pres...
19 May, 2022, 07.33 PM IST
Taliban fire weapons into air, at least 2 killedTaliban in Kabul fired into the air Friday night to celebrate gains on the battlefield in Panjshir province, which still remains under the ...
04 Sep, 2021, 02.19 PM IST
Taliban sources say their forces take Panjshir, in full control of Afghanistan"By the grace of Allah Almighty, we are in control of the entire Afghanistan. The troublemakers have defeated and Panjshir is now under our...
03 Sep, 2021, 11.18 PM IST
Afghan media brace for what's next under Taliban ruleIn a first sign the Taliban are trying to soften their extremist reputation, one of its officials unexpectedly walked into the studios of t...
03 Sep, 2021, 02.00 PM IST
Evacuation flights resume in Kabul after deadly bombingsThursday's bombings near Kabul's international airport killed at least 60 Afghans and 13 U.S. troops, Afghan and U.S. officials said, in th...
27 Aug, 2021, 01.30 PM IST
View: Conservatives aren’t (lazier) bigotsTo mistake conservatism for fanaticism is silly. Every Hanuman worshipper is not a Bajrang Dal member. And every skull cap-wearer, a classi...
21 Aug, 2021, 10.34 PM IST
Taliban declares ‘complete amnesty’ across Afghanistan, says “everyone is forgiven”In another sign of the Taliban's efforts to portray a new image, a female television anchor on the private broadcaster Tolo interviewed a T...
18 Aug, 2021, 09.57 AM IST
Pulitzer Award-winning Indian photojournalist, Danish Siddiqui, killed in AfghanistanSiddiqui, in his early 40s, was covering the situation in Kandahar over the last few days. Based in Mumbai, he had received the Pulitzer Pr...
16 Jul, 2021, 06.30 PM IST
Blasts targeting Afghan school in Kabul kill 40, injures dozensInterior Ministry spokesman Tariq Arian said ambulances were rushing to the scene of the blast near Syed Al-Shahda school, in the Shiite ma...
08 May, 2021, 08.45 PM IST
Former Afghan TV presenter killed in explosion in capitalThe death of Yama Siawash is being investigated and the identity of the other victims was not immediately known, said police spokesman Ferd...
07 Nov, 2020, 12.43 PM IST
US condemns terrorist attacks in Pakistan, Afghanistan"We offer our deepest condolences to the victims of the attacks and to their families, and we stand with the people of the region against a...
21 Jan, 2016, 10.33 AM IST
Loud blast in Kabul, local TV reports suicide bombingTolo News, the largest private broadcaster in the country, reported the suicide attack but there was no immediate confirmation from authori...
11 Oct, 2015, 10.57 AM IST
Mullah Omar's son Mullah Yaqub killed in Pakistan: Top Afghan lawmakerThe son of Mullah Omar has been killed in Quetta with opposing factions and Pakistan having a hand in his death, according to a top Afghan ...
04 Aug, 2015, 08.17 PM IST
- Taliban denies reports of Mullah Omar's death spread by Afghan intelligence
The Taliban has contradicted a report by the Afghanistan intelligence agency that its spiritual leader Mullah Omar was killed in Pakistan, ...
24 May, 2011, 01.30 AM IST
- Suicide bombing near Indian embassy in Kabul, 3 dead
At least three people were killed in a suicide bombing near the Indian embassy in the Afghan capital.
08 Oct, 2009, 10.27 AM IST
- New deadline for ban on Indian shows on Afghan television
The Afghan government extended a deadline for two private television stations to drop Indian serials it claims violate Islamic morals, but ...
23 Apr, 2008, 09.48 PM IST
- Afghanistan set to ban Indian TV serials
Afghanistan government has ordered private TV stations in the war-ravaged country to stop broadcasting popular Indian soap operas by April ...
05 Apr, 2008, 03.33 PM IST