Afghanistan

Hamid Karzai urges end to fighting between Panjshir resistance and a fractured Taliban

<p> As fighting between the resistance front mounted from the Panjshir valley and the Taliban rages on, former Afghan President…

3 years ago

What explains Turkmenistan’s embrace of the Taliban?

<p> <strong>The rapidly evolving situation in Afghanistan, with the Taliban taking over the country save for the Panjshir valley, has…

3 years ago

700 Taliban fighters killed, 600 captured in fierce Panjshir battle, claims Massoud

<p> <strong>Afghanistan’s Northern Resistance Front chief Ahmad Massoud claimed in a Tweet on Sunday that the resistance forces had killed…

3 years ago

Pak ISI chief in Kabul to sort out fight between Taliban and Haqqani groups over govt posts

<p> <strong>Pakistani ISI Chief Lt General  Faiz Hameed is in Kabul with his delegation of senior army  and civilian officials…

3 years ago

Kabul airport opens for flights to receive aid, but full ops to take more time

<p> A technical team was able to reopen the Kabul airport to receive aid on Saturday as  efforts are on…

3 years ago

Were Al Qaeda pilots who attacked 9/11 world trade centre lovers?

<p> <strong>Twenty years after 9/11, a shocking report by the Newsweek reveals that the first two pilots Mohammad Atta and…

3 years ago

100 Afghan evacuees who landed in US red flagged for terror connections, says report

<p> <strong>The United States has flagged about 100 Afghan evacuees for "possible ties to the Taliban or terror groups" and…

3 years ago

Google locks accounts of former Afghan govt officials as Taliban step up hunt for reprisal

<p> Google has locked all accounts of the previous Afghan government amid news that the Taliban is hunting for people…

3 years ago

British MPs’ panel says Pakistan may revive terror training camps in Afghanistan to trouble India

<p> <strong>Britain’s all-party parliamentary group (APPG) on the Indo-Pacific region has raised serious concern over the possibility of the Taliban…

3 years ago

Panjshir fighters say they are standing firm in war with Pakistan-backed Taliban forces

<p> <strong>“News of Panjshir conquest is circulating on Pakistani media. This is a lie,” Ahmad Massoud, leader of the anti-Taliban…

3 years ago

Will the EU create its own military force after the Afghan debacle?

<p> The Afghan debacle is forcing the European Union (EU) towards introspection. The West's 20-year presence in Afghanistan, which was…

3 years ago

Ready to wear burqas but let us go to school and work, women tell Taliban

<p> Friday was a day of unprecedented scenes on the streets of Kabul. Taliban were seen  putting posters and banners…

3 years ago

250 Afghan women judges who jailed militants fear for their lives as Taliban has freed prisoners

<p> As many as 250 women judges in Afghanistan fear their lives are in danger from militants they had sentenced…

3 years ago

Afghan Women Protest In Herat For Right To Work & Female Participation In New Afghan Govt

<p> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BUTn7xm7CVk" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p> <p> In a rare,…

3 years ago

Taliban unlikely to model its political system on Iran

<p> <strong>The Taliban’s hybrid model of “governance,” with Hibatullah Akhundzada as the unelected “Supreme Leader” is likely to have only…

3 years ago

Royal intervention saves an Afghan officer and his family from Taliban

<p> <strong>While thousands may still be making desperate attempts to escape the Taliban rule in Afghanistan, some royal intervention helped…

3 years ago

Fierce battle rages as Panjshir fighters repulse Taliban attack

<p> Even as Taliban leaders in Kabul are working to form a government, fierce fighting is still raging in the…

3 years ago

US no longer a superpower, says British Defence Secretary after the Afghan pullout

<p> The withdrawal of US-led troops from Afghanistan may have severely dented America's image of being the world's superpower with…

3 years ago

Russia will recognise Taliban only if it forms an inclusive government

<p> Russia is in no hurry to recognise a Taliban-led regime, and will do so only if the group passes…

3 years ago

Dragon Dreams: How China is Trying to Take Advantage of Taliban’s Takeover of Afghanistan

<p> <strong>A report by Brookings, a think tank is predicting  how <a href="https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2021/08/18/how-will-china-seek-to-profit-from-the-talibans-takeover-in-afghanistan/">America’s withdrawal</a> from Afghanistan will impact China’s regional…

3 years ago

Top Taliban leaders were born, brought up and trained in Pakistan, says interior minister Sheikh Rashid

<p> <strong>After the US’s exit, Pakistan has been trying its best to cosy up to the Taliban. Pakistan’s interior minister…

3 years ago