REUTERS 2021-08-20 10:00:51
Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn said this week they had moved to secure the accounts of Afghan citizens to protect them against being targeted amid the Taliban's swift takeover of the country. Faceboo...
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About a month ago, Afghanistan's ministry of defense posted on social media photographs of seven brand new helicopters arriving in Kabul delivered by the United States. "They'll continue to see a ste...
REUTERS 2021-08-20 09:32:12
The Taliban called on Afghanistan's imams to urge unity when they hold their first Friday prayers since the Islamist group seized control of the country, as protests against the takeover spread to mor...
Reuters 2021-08-19 22:14:11
About a month ago, Afghanistan's ministry of defense posted on social media photographs of seven brand new helicopters arriving in Kabul delivered by the United States. "They'll continue to see a ste...
INDIA TIMES 2021-08-19 20:54:14
Taliban have allegedly burnt down an amusement park a day after they were seen enjoying rides following the capture of Kabul. The Taliban, some of them with weapons in hand, were seen enjoying a ride...
Reuters 2021-08-19 19:44:25
The son of Ahmad Shah Massoud, one of the main leaders of Afghanistan's anti-Soviet resistance in the 1980s, has pledged to hold out against the Taliban from his stronghold in the Panjshir valley. In...
UNB 2021-08-19 19:34:01
In a big setback for Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's government, a higher court in Kolkata on Thursday ordered a federal probe into the post-poll violence in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal....
FE ONLINE DESK 2021-08-19 19:28:35
A UN document says the Taliban is intensifying its hunt for all people who worked and collaborated with Nato and US forces, reports The BBC. The confidential paper was reportedly produced by the Norw...
REUTERS 2021-08-19 17:06:51
China is warily eyeing the resumption of some Afghan resource projects but it will take years before the infrastructure is ready while security issues threaten to once again stall projects, according...
FE Online Report 2021-08-19 10:56:43
The Taliban must immediately cease attacking journalists and searching their homes, and allow members of the press to operate freely and without fear of violence or reprisal, said the Committee to Pro...
REUTERS 2021-08-19 10:15:43
Armed Taliban members knocked on doors in cities across Afghanistan on Wednesday, witnesses said, telling fearful residents to return to their jobs a day after the militants announced they wanted to r...
REUTERS 2021-08-19 09:20:00
At least three people were killed in anti-Taliban protests in the Afghan city of Jalalabad on Wednesday, witnesses said, as the Islamist group moved to consolidate power and Western countries ramped u...
REUTERS 2021-08-18 20:45:35
Afghanistan’s ousted President Ashraf Ghani is in the United Arab Emirates, the Gulf state's foreign ministry said on Wednesday, after he left his country as Taliban fighters seized control. "T...
REUTERS 2021-08-18 19:56:08
A Singapore court sentenced a British man to six weeks in prison on Wednesday, local media reported, after he repeatedly breached coronavirus protocols by refusing to wear a face mask in public. Benj...
REUTERS 2021-08-18 19:25:12
Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai has met a Taliban commander and senior leader of the Haqqani Network militant group, Anas Haqqani, for talks amid efforts by the Taliban to set up a government. K...
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At least three people were killed and more than a dozen injured after Taliban militants opened fire during protests against the group in the Afghan city of Jalalabad on Wednesday, two witnesses told R...
Reuters 2021-08-18 18:34:00
More than 2,200 diplomats and civilians have been evacuated from Afghanistan on military flights, a Western security official said on Wednesday, as the Taliban made first efforts to set up a governmen...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-08-18 18:22:19
Saudi Arabia will allow travellers vaccinated with Sinopharm or Sinovac vaccines only after receiving a booster dose of any vaccine approved in the Kingdom. The Consulate General of Bangladesh in Jed...
Forbes 2021-08-18 17:22:58
The Taliban, in a shocking blitzkrieg, have swept through Afghanistan in less than a month and the 300,000-man Afghan army is all but melting away in their path. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, as he f...
REUTERS 2021-08-18 14:21:11
Malaysia's king will name a new prime minister as soon as possible but the appointee will have to face a confidence vote in parliament to prove his majority, the palace said in a statement on Wednesda...
REUTERS 2021-08-18 12:03:56
Afghan women and girls who have won freedoms they could not have dreamt of under the last Taliban rule that ended 20 years ago are desperate not to lose them now the Islamist militant movement is back...
FE Online Desk 2021-08-18 11:00:31
On Tuesday an unprecedented discussion took place on an Afghanistan television channel: a female presenter interviewed a Taliban spokesperson about the group’s plans for the country, d...
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Japan on Tuesday extended its state of emergency in Tokyo and other regions and announced new measures covering seven more prefectures to counter a spike in COVID-19 infections that is threatening the...
REUTERS 2021-08-17 21:49:39
The Taliban held their first official news conference in Kabul on Tuesday since the shock seizure of the city, declaring they wanted peaceful relations with other countries and would respect the right...
REUTERS 2021-08-17 19:16:27
More than 600 Afghan men, women and children, crouching and crammed up against each other on the floor of a US military plane, left Kabul after the city was seized by Taliban insurgents. A photograph...
Reuters 2021-08-17 16:45:57
The Taliban have ordered their fighters to maintain discipline and not enter any diplomatic buildings or interfere with embassy vehicles, and for ordinary people to go about their business as usual, a...
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India Tuesday evacuated all its diplomatic staff, including the Ambassador, from its embassy in Kabul on a special flight of the Air Force, some 36 hours after the Taliban seized the capital. "In vie...
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A Taliban official has announced a general “amnesty” for all in Afghanistan and urged women to join its government. Enamullah Samangani, member of Islamic Emirate’s cultural commiss...
REUTERS 2021-08-17 11:30:50
Military flights evacuating diplomats and civilians from Afghanistan restarted early on Tuesday after the runway at Kabul airport was cleared of thousands of people desperate to flee after the Taliban...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-08-17 11:20:32
The United States must do more to ensure the safety of Afghan journalists as the county falls under the control of the Taliban, including facilitating their safe passage out of the country and providi...
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