UNITED NATIONS — United Nations chief Antonio Guterres called on the world to work together Monday to “suppress the global terrorist threat in Afghanistan.” “The international community must unite to make sure that Afghanistan is never again used as a platform or safe haven for terrorist organizations,” Guterres told an emergency UN Security Council meeting […]
TASHKENT — An Afghan military jet was shot down by Uzbek air defence forces and crashed after crossing the border into Uzbekistan, the Uzbek defence ministry said on Monday. The Afghan government collapsed on Sunday and the Taliban insurgents took control of the capital Kabul. The jet crashed late on Sunday in Uzbekistan’s southernmost Surxondaryo […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday seemed to endorse the Taliban taking over Kabul by saying that Afghanistan has broken the “shackles of slavery” in the neighbouring war-torn country. The longstanding war in Afghanistan reached a watershed moment on Sunday when the Taliban insurgents closed in on Kabul before entering the city […]
NEW DELHI — Delhi police has found that Bharatiya Janata Party leader Ashwini Upadhyay had connections with the men who raised anti-Muslim threats at a demonstration in Jantar Mantar on August 8. While Upadhyay and five others had been arrested two days after the crime took place, Upadhyay who has been a BJP spokesperson has […]
SRINAGAR — The administration of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has approached the Crime Branch to probe an appointment list which was in circulation on social media. A senior official of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh told that the list is fake and they are approaching the Crime Branch […]
BEIJING — China is ready to deepen “friendly and cooperative” relations with Afghanistan, a government spokeswoman said Monday, after the Taliban seized control of the country. Beijing has sought to maintain unofficial ties with the Taliban throughout the US’ withdrawal from Afghanistan, which spurred an advance by the Islamist hardliners across the country that saw […]
Have lost everything including gold, cash: Owner SRINAGAR — A fortnight before the marriage ceremony, the dreams of twin would-be brides got shattered after a massive blaze reduced their residential house at Basant Bagh area of Srinagar into ashes. The blaze broke out in the wee hours of Monday morning. In the blaze, one residential […]
NEW DELHI — Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday paid his tributes to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his death anniversary at the ‘Sadaiv Atal’ Samadhi in the national capital. Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and other Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders were also present at the memorial. […]
DHAKA — Human Rights Watch on Monday called for a United Nations probe into the alleged enforced disappearances of Bangladesh opposition activists, demanding sanctions on the officials found responsible. The rights watchdog released a report identifying 86 political activists, businessmen and student members of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party who went missing over the past […]
WASHINGTON — The collapse of Kabul without any resistance to the Taliban will go down as one of the greatest defeats in American history, former US President Donald Trump has said. “What Joe Biden has done with Afghanistan is legendary. It will go down as one of the greatest defeats in American history,” Trump said […]