KABUL — United States soldiers stationed at the airport at Kabul Hamid Karzai International Airport are distributing pork-containing food packages to Afghans desperately waiting for a chance to flee the country. An Afghan woman, who is stuck at the airport with her daughter and husband, shared a picture of the package on her Instagram account. […]
KABUL — All Indians who were picked up by the Taliban from an area close to Hamid Karzai International Airport on Saturday morning have been released and are now being taken to the Kabul airport, according to a local media report. The Taliban abducted over 150 people, mostly Indian citizens, while they were on their way […]
NEW DELHI — The Indian Women’s Press Corps (IWPC) on Friday condemned the killing of an Afghan journalist’s relative by Taliban fighters and called upon the international community to make every effort to stop such “barbarity”. It also hoped that the Taliban will keep its word and protect the freedom of press, not harass journalists, […]
KABUL — An Afghan footballer who played for the national youth team fell to his death after trying to cling to a US plane airlifting people out of Taliban-controlled Kabul, a sports federation has said. The General Directorate of Physical Education and Sports of Afghanistan, a government institution that worked with sporting groups, confirmed the […]
ISLAMABAD — An explosion in a procession being carried by Shia Muslims on the occasion of Muharram in the Punjab province of Pakistan on Thursday has killed at least three and left at least 59 people injured. Shia leader Khawar Shafqat confirmed that the blast took place when the procession was passing through a congested […]
KABUL — Even as evacuations from Afghanistan gathered momentum as Taliban promised peace, a Taliban commander at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Afghanistan’s capital said that at least 40 people have been killed in shooting by the foreign forces and due to a stampede at the Kabul airport since Monday. In a statement quoted […]
NEW DELHI — Taliban spokesperson Suhail Shaheen has said they will not allow Afghanistan’s soil to be used against any other country and called on India to complete the infrastructure projects if New Delhi wished, the New Indian Express reported. “We will not allow any country or any group to use the soil of Afghanistan […]
KABUL — Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said on Tuesday that the insurgent group does not wish to “repeat any conflict, any war”, and women will get equal opportunities within the framework of Sharia. “We want to do away with the factors for conflict. Therefore, the Islamic Emirate does not have any kind of hostility or […]
MOSCOW — Russia has said that the situation in Kabul under the Taliban is “better” than it was under the Ashraf Ghani-led Afghanistan government, according to a media report, signalling Moscow’s apparent endorsement of the insurgent group and an attempt to establish ties with the outfit, still officially designated a terrorist organisation in the country. […]
KABUL — A Taliban spokesman has pledged to honor women’s rights, but within the norms of Islamic law. Zabihullah Mujahid made the comment Tuesday at his first news conference. For years, he had been a shadowy figure issuing statements on behalf of the militants. His assertion that the Taliban would protect women’s rights comes after […]