Kabul: The Taliban has launched its first assault on a provincial capital in Afghanistan since waging a major offensive against government forces, local officials said, causing panic among local people and prompting prisoners to break out of the city’s prison, the Aljazeera reported. Fierce fighting erupted on Wednesday in the western city of Qala-e-Naw, the […]
Kabul: Eleven more districts have fallen to the Taliban in the last 24 hours – seven districts in Badakhshan, two districts in Kandahar, one in Parwan and one in Helmand, the Tolonews reported. The districts are Maimai, Nusai, Shuki, Khwahan, Ishakashim, Shuhada and Yawan in Badakhshan, Nish and Mianshin in Kandahar, Nawa in Helmand and […]
Srinagar: At least 45 people were killed and dozens injured when a Philippine air force aircraft crashed in the southern part of the country yesterday. The C-130 military plane was transporting over 90 people, mostly troops from Cagayan de Oro, in Mindanao, to Sulu province when it missed the runway on the island of Jolo, […]
Kabul: After nearly two decades, the US military has left the Bagram Airfield in central Afghanistan and has handed it over to Afghan National Defense and Security Forces, sources from the Ministry of Defense confirmed, the Tolonews reported. At its peak, the airfield, located 69 kilometers north of Kabul in the central province of Parwan, […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan PM Imran Khan said on Tuesday that his country was under pressure from the US and Western powers over its close ties with China as he vowed to never buckle under that pressure. Pakistan and China enjoy a “very special relationship” spanning over 70 years and nothing could change these time-tested ties, […]
Germany’s last troops left Afghanistan on Tuesday after nearly 20 years of deployment in the country, the German Defense Minister said Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, Tolo news reported. The German defense minister said in a tweet that the last Bundeswehr soldiers “left Afghanistan safely” on Tuesday evening. She thanked the more than 150,000 troops who have served […]
Kabul: About 5,000 Afghan families have fled their homes in the northern city of Kunduz after days of fighting between Taliban fighters and government forces, officials said on Saturday, as the deadline looms for US-led troops to withdraw, the Aljazeera reported. Heavy fighting has also been reported in the provinces of Kandahar and Baghlan, where […]
Kabul: The Taliban captured Afghanistan’s main border crossing with Tajikistan, officials said on Tuesday, with security forces abandoning their posts and some fleeing across the frontier, the Aljazeera reported. The seizure of Shir Khan Bandar, in the far north of Afghanistan, about 50 kilometres from Kunduz city, is the most significant gain for the Taliban […]
Jerusalem: At least nine Palestinians were hurt after Israeli forces stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem on Friday, the Aljazeera reported. Following Friday prayers, Palestinian worshippers started a rally in support of the Prophet Muhammad in response to insults directed at him during a hardline Israeli march through the area on Tuesday, […]
Kabul: At least 20 members of an Afghan Army’s special unit were killed in clash with the Taliban in the northern province of Faryab on Wednesday, a security official who wished not to be named said on Thursday, Tolo news reported. The clash started in Dawlat Abad district of the province after the commandos and […]
