UNITED NATIONS: The multiple restrictions placed on women and girls by the Taliban authorities are costing them “both domestic and international legitimacy” and are highly unpopular across Afghanistan, the top…
UNITED NATIONS: The plight of women and girls in Afghanistan featured prominently at the Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday where UN-appointed rights experts warned of systematic “gender apartheid”…
MANHATTAN: A group of UN human rights experts has warned that Taliban restrictions on women’s rights and freedoms in Afghanistan could amount to a "crime against humanity". “In recent months,…
KABUL: Professor Faizullah Jalal, prominent Afghan university professor, arrested by Taliban authorities after criticizing them on television was released on 11th of January, 2022 (Tuesday). Professor Faizullah Jalal was arrested…
DOHA: The Taliban renewed its call for the United States to release billions of dollars in frozen funds after two days of talks in Doha as aid-dependent Afghanistan grapples with…
KABUL: Taliban Spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid, while speaking to journalists at a Presser held here on Tuesday 7th of August, 2021 has announced the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan's new government. The…
KABUL: Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar arrived in Kabul on Saturday for talks on establishing a new "inclusive" government in Afghanistan, a senior official said. It comes after other…
BRUSSELS: According to International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) Taliban militants carried out search operations in homes of at least three employees of German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW) and a…
KABUL: Spokesman of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Zabihullah Mujahid, has taken to the Twitter to post about Declaration of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan on the occasion of the 102nd…
PARIS: Here are the main developments since the Taliban seized Kabul, taking power again in Afghanistan after two decades of war. - Lightning takeover - On Sunday, Taliban fighters appear on…
JALALABAD: Dozens of people showing dissent attempted to lower the white flags of Taliban and replace them with the flags of Afghanistan (in order to commemorate the Independence Day on…
SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook said Tuesday it was blocking WhatsApp accounts linked to the Taliban after the Islamic group seized control of Afghanistan and sought to use the messaging service to…
KABUL: The Taliban have offered a pledge of reconciliation, vowing no revenge against opponents and to respect women's rights in a "different" rule of Afghanistan from two decades ago. The…
BRUSSELS: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday the alliance was surprised by the speed of the Taliban's victory in Afghanistan, but blamed Afghan leaders for the "tragedy". "Ultimately, the Afghan…
RAWALPINDI: An eight member Afghan delegation on Tuesday met with General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Chief of Army Staff (COAS). The delegation was comprised of Salahuddin Rabbani, Muhammad Younis Qanooni, Ustad…
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden, while commenting on the Kabul fall in a live televised address said that after two decades he had learned the hard way that there was…
KABUL: While Taliban, who have taken half of Afghan provincial capitals, are just 50kms away from Kabul, ridiculously President Ashraf Ghani claims he is busy in consultations on ending the…
MAZAR SHARIF (Afghanistan): The Taliban seized a sixth Afghan provincial capital on Monday (9th of August, 2021) following a weekend blitz across the north that saw urban centers fall in…
KABUL: The Taliban on Wednesday claimed responsibility for a huge bomb attack in Kabul targeting the defense minister as the insurgents fought for control of a string of besieged cities.…
KABUL: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has claimed Monday 2nd of August, 2021 that Taliban would be defeated in six months. Addressing an extraordinary joint session of parliament, he held: "Our…
KANDAHAR: More than 22,000 Afghan families have fled from their homes to escape fighting in the former Taliban bastion of Kandahar, officials said Sunday, as authorities arrested four suspected insurgents…
KABUL: The Taliban's claim to hold 90 percent of Afghanistan's borders is an "absolute lie," the defense ministry said Friday, insisting government forces were in control of the frontiers. "It…
KARACHI: Reuters' Pulitzer-winning photographer Danish Siddiqui, who was known for his work manifesting crisis scenarios/war zones, was killed in Taliban crossfire on Friday 16th of July while covering Afghan Security…
KABUL: Government negotiator Nader Nadery informed the journalists at at Presser held here on Thursday (15th of July, 2021) that the Taliban had proposed a three-month ceasefire in return for…
