Taliban say deal signed with UAE firm to manage airportsHowever, the deal left more questions than answers, particularly as Qatar had been in line to run the airports, though the deal apparently ...
24 May, 2022, 05.50 PM IST
Kabul airport reopens to receive aid, domestic flights restart, reports Al JazeeraThe airport's runway has been repaired in cooperation with authorities in Afghanistan, the ambassador said, according to Al Jazeera. The ch...
04 Sep, 2021, 04.06 PM IST
Qatar working with Taliban to reopen Kabul airport 'as soon as possible'The airport, the scene of a frenzied evacuation which ended with the US troop withdrawal on Tuesday, is out of operation with much of its i...
02 Sep, 2021, 04.06 PM IST
Massive explosion hits Kabul againUS President Joe Biden had on Saturday (local time) said that another terrorist attack at Hamid Karzai International Airport is "highly lik...
29 Aug, 2021, 07.23 PM IST
Turkey says Taliban wants it to run Kabul airportThe prospect of Turkey operating Hamid Karzai International Airport after the withdrawal of NATO troops was first raised in June but seemed...
27 Aug, 2021, 03.41 PM IST
US braces for more ISIS attacks after 85 killed in Kabul airport carnageU.S. forces are racing to complete their withdrawal from Afghanistan by an Aug. 31 deadline set by President Joe Biden, who says the United...
27 Aug, 2021, 11.16 AM IST
US troops surge evacuations out of Kabul but threats persistThe chief Pentagon spokesman, John Kirby, said the faster pace of evacuation was due in part to coordination with Taliban commanders on get...
24 Aug, 2021, 10.37 AM IST
Taliban fire in the air to control crowd at Kabul airportSky News showed footage of soldiers standing on a wall on Saturday attempting to pull the injured out from the crush and spraying people wi...
22 Aug, 2021, 04.45 PM IST
Pakistan temporarily suspends flight operations to AfghanistanPIA on Saturday "temporarily suspended Kabul flight operations owing to lack of facilities and heaps of garbage at Kabul's Hamid Karzai Int...
22 Aug, 2021, 02.06 PM IST
Afghans face 'impossible' race against time to flee KabulFamilies hoping for a miracle crowded between the barbed-wire that surrounds an unofficial no man's land separating the Taliban from US tro...
22 Aug, 2021, 09.55 AM IST
Indians detained on way to Kabul airport; Released subsequently: ReportsPeople tracking the developments in Kabul said there were no specific reports of any harm to Indians in Kabul so far. The Indians were amon...
21 Aug, 2021, 04.17 PM IST
Gunshots heard at Kabul airport, at least five people dead: ReportsIt isn't clear how the people died even as chaotic scenes played out at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul as several people t...
16 Aug, 2021, 04.34 PM IST
Britain says Taliban control Afghanistan - we're not going back"I acknowledge that the Taliban are in control of the country," Defence Secretary Ben Wallace told Sky News. "I mean, you don't have to be ...
16 Aug, 2021, 01.55 PM IST
Plane carrying Pakistan Speaker, lawmakers turned back after explosives recovered near Kabul airportRiaz Arian, the commander of Hamid Karzai International Airport (HKIR), told Afghanistan's Tolo News that Qaisar's flight was diverted beca...
09 Apr, 2021, 04.42 PM IST
Kabul attack: Narrow escape for SpiceJet passengersThe boarding for SpiceJet flight SG 22 operating Kabul-Delhi was almost complete when the incident took place. Passengers and crew were saf...
28 Sep, 2017, 12.11 AM IST
Kabul airport attack: Taliban targets US defence secretary James MattisIt was not a coincidence that the attack happened when India-US are engaged in efforts to stabilise Afghanistan through mega trade meet.
27 Sep, 2017, 10.18 PM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi condemns Kabul car bombingPrime Minister Narendra Modi tonight condemned the car bombing in Kabul, terming it as "unpardonable and deeply distressing".
10 Aug, 2015, 10.46 PM IST