Afghanistan’s Ministry of Information and Culture has started putting up hoardings, writing slogans on walls and hoisting flags in Kabul ahead of announcing the new cabinet. Ahmadullah Muttaqi, who claims to be the chief of the multimedia branch cultural commission of Afghanistan, took to Twitter to share some…
Describing China as its “most important partner”, the Afghan Taliban has said it looks to Beijing to rebuild Afghanistan and exploit its rich copper deposits as the war-ravaged country faces widespread hunger and fears of an economic collapse. Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said the group supports…
United Nations: The UN Security Council, under India’s Presidency, adopted a strong resolution demanding that territory of Afghanistan not be used to threaten any country or shelter terrorists and that it expects the Taliban will adhere to commitments made by it regarding the safe and orderly departure from…
Kabul, Afghanistan: Rockets were fired at Kabul’s airport on Monday where US troops were racing to complete their withdrawal from Afghanistan and evacuate allies under the threat of ISIS group attacks. President Joe Biden has set a deadline of Tuesday to withdraw all US forces from Afghanistan, drawing to a…
President Joe Biden said on Tuesday the United States is on pace to finish evacuations from Afghanistan by Aug. 31, but left open the chance of extending the deadline, saying reaching that goal depends on cooperation from the country’s new Taliban rulers. The Taliban said earlier on Tuesday that all foreign…
New Delhi: Sixteen Afghanistan evacuees out of the 78 that landed in India yesterday are coronavirus positive. As a measure of precaution, all 78 have been quarantined. All 16 returnees are said to be asymptomatic – patients who don’t exhibit any symptoms for the virus. Among those infected are three…
The rapid collapse of Afghanistan’s government to the Taliban fueled fears of a humanitarian disaster, sparked a political crisis for President Joe Biden and caused scenes of desperation at Kabul’s airport. It’s also raised questions about what happened to more than $1 trillion the U.S. spent…
Abu Dhabi: Former Afghan president Ashraf Ghani said Wednesday he supports talks between the Taliban and top former officials, and denied allegations that he transferred large sums of money out of the country before fleeing to the United Arab Emirates. Ghani — making his first appearance since…
The Taliban have captured Afghanistan as the United States decided to withdraw the forces that included soldiers from other Nato countries after two decades. Afghanistan was a scene of chaos as the Taliban announced victory over the Afghan government forces just four months after the group launched a countrywide…
HIGHLIGHTS The Taliban has taken control of Afghanistan after President Ashraf Ghani fled the country Afghanistan Cricket Board chief assured all its players and their families are safe As of now no request form players to evacuate families they are good and safe: Shinwari Afghanistan cricket board president Hamid…