Kabul: Amid a sharp rise in fighting, Afghan forces have retaken two districts in the north in the last five days. However, other districts continue to fall to the Taliban, the Tolonews reported. Khan Abad district in Kunduz was retaken on Monday and Chah Ab district in Takhar was retaken last week, reports said. Meanwhile, […]
Kabul: Amidst talks on handing over responsibilities of the security of Kabul airport to Turkish forces, Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday said his country would be the “only reliable” country left to stabilize Afghanistan after the US pulls out its troops, indicating Washington could rely on its NATO ally. Quoted by AFP, Erdogan […]
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has urged world leaders to crackdown on online hate and extremism following the deadly Ontario truck attack that targeted members of a Pakistan-origin family, the Express Tribune reported. “Everyone is shocked in [Pakistan], because we saw the family picture, and so a family being targeted like that has had a […]
Srinagar: At least six security force members were killed and more than 10 others were wounded in a car bomb attack close to a military base in the northern province of Baghlan early hours of Thursday morning, sources said, Tolo news reported. The attack took place at around 2am local time in Bagh-e-Shamal area in […]
Kabul: At least 14 Afghanistan force members, including Saifurrahman Dehzad, the police chief for Qaisar district of Faryab were killed in clashes with Taliban on Saturday night, said Nader Saeedi, a member of provincial council, the Tolonews reported. Taliban launched attack on the police HQ and other parts of the district on Saturday night and […]
KABUL: The Taliban on Saturday claimed to have overrun at least five districts in various parts of war-ravaged Afghanistan amid escalating violence, the Anadolu Agency reported. The group’s spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahed, stated in a series of tweets that the Taliban seized control of these districts in the southern provinces of Zabul and Uruzgan, as well […]
Kabul: Four security force members, including Shafiq Jahid, acting police chief for Farsi district in Herat, were killed in a Taliban attack on an outpost in Farsi district on Thursday night, the provincial governor Waheed Qatali said, Tolo news reported Qatali said that the Taliban launched attacks on security outposts in Farsi, Gulran and Adraskan […]
Kuwait: After a decade-long suspension, Kuwait on Sunday decided to resume granting visas to Pakistani families and businessmen, the Dawn reported. The Kuwaiti government took the decision during a meeting between Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah and Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed in Kuwait City, reports said. “During the meeting it was also […]
Kabul: Four people were killed in an explosion that targeted a bus carrying lecturers and employees of Alberoni University in Bagram district of Parwan on Saturday afternoon, a health official said, The Tolonews reported. Qasim Sangin, chief medical officer at Parwan Hospital, said 17 others were wounded in the explosion, reports said. The blast happened […]
Kabul: US President Joe Biden in a speech on Friday honored the sacrifice of combat veterans ahead of the planned withdrawal later this year from Afghanistan and said they have achieved their purpose in the country – which was “to prevent al Qaeda from using Afghanistan as a base from which to attack America in […]
