Kabul: An Afghan footballer who played for the national youth team fell to his death after trying to cling to a US plane airlifting people out of Taliban-controlled Kabul, a sports federation has said. The General Directorate of Physical Education and Sports of Afghanistan, a government institution that worked with sporting groups, confirmed the death […]
Abu Dhabi: The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in a statement on Wednesday said that “the UAE has welcomed President Ashraf Ghani and his family into the country on humanitarian grounds”, the Tolonews reported. Social media users started a hashtag trend, calling on Interpol to arrest Ghani. The ambassador for the former […]
Dushanbe: The Afghanistan embassy in Tajikistan has demanded Interpol police to arrest former Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani, Afghan National Security Advisor Hamdullah Mohib and the former Chief Advisor to Ghani, Fazel Mahmood, the RIA news agency reported. The arrest was demanded after Ashraf Ghani, Hamdullah Mohib and Fazel Mahmood Fazly were accused of theft of […]
Kabul: The Taliban has declared an “amnesty” across Afghanistan and urged women to join its government, trying to calm nerves across a tense capital city that only the day before saw chaos at its airport as thousands mobbed the city’s international airport in a desperate attempt to flee, the Al Jazeera reported. Evacuation flights from […]
United States: The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has called for an immediate cessation of all hostilities and the establishment of a new government in Afghanistan that is united, inclusive, and representative. The Security Council has expressed deep concerns over reported serious violations of international humanitarian law and human rights abuses in Afghanistan, the […]
Kabul: The Taliban said discussions are underway in Doha about a future government, including its structure and name, and they are expected to report on the process in the very near future, the Tolonews reported. A high-ranking official of the Taliban said that their leadership is busy in discussions in Doha and is in contact […]
Srinagar: United Nations Security Council will meet today to discuss the situation in Afghanistan. This will be the second meeting on Afghanistan under India’s presidency at the council. Estonia and Norway have requested this urgent session. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will brief the Council, reports All India Radio. Meanwhile, Secretary General Antonio Guterres has […]
Kabul: The Taliban have begun entering Kabul, Afghanistan’s interior ministry and the armed group said, Aljazeera reported. The development on Sunday came just hours after the group seized control of the key eastern city of Jalalabad, securing critical roads connecting the country to Pakistan, reports said. A Taliban leader in Doha, which has been the […]
Kabul: The city of Herat in the west of Afghanistan and the third-largest city in the country fell to the Taliban on Friday after key government institutions were captured by the group, Tolo news reported Sources said that all government officials, including Herat governor, police chief, head of the NDS office in Herat, former mujahedeen […]
Kabul: The Afghanistan government has made a power-sharing proposal to the Taliban in exchange for a halt in the escalating violence in the country, a top government source said, Al Jazeera reported. The development, which was also reported in Afghanistan’s local media on Thursday, came as the armed group seized Ghazni, the 10th provincial capital […]
