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Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn secure Afghan users' accounts

Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn secure Afghan users' accounts

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...

Taliban inherits new US-made war chest

Taliban inherits new US-made war chest

-- 2021-08-20 10:00:29

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...

Taliban call for Afghan unity as protests spread to Kabul

Taliban call for Afghan unity as protests spread to Kabul

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...

Planes, guns, night-vision goggles: The Taliban's new US-made war chest

Planes, guns, night-vision goggles: The Taliban's new US-made war chest

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...

Taliban burn down an amusement park a day after they were enjoying rides

Taliban burn down an amusement park a day after they were enjoying rides

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...

Son of slain Afghan hero Massoud vows resistance, seeks support

Son of slain Afghan hero Massoud vows resistance, seeks support

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...

Kolkata High Court orders federal probe into Bengal post-poll violence

Kolkata High Court orders federal probe into Bengal post-poll violence

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....

Taliban intensifying hunt for collaborators of US, Nato: UN

Taliban intensifying hunt for collaborators of US, Nato: UN

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...

Taliban's return clouds long-delayed plans for Afghanistan's resources

Taliban's return clouds long-delayed plans for Afghanistan's resources

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...

CPJ urges Taliban to immediately stop attacking journalists

CPJ urges Taliban to immediately stop attacking journalists

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...

Taliban members go door-to-door telling fearful Afghans to work

Taliban members go door-to-door telling fearful Afghans to work

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...

Three killed as Afghan protests test Taliban's promise of peace

Three killed as Afghan protests test Taliban's promise of peace

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...

UAE accepts Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on humanitarian grounds

UAE accepts Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on humanitarian grounds

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...

British man jailed in Singapore for not wearing face mask in public

British man jailed in Singapore for not wearing face mask in public

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...

Former Afghan president Karzai meets Taliban leader Haqqani

Former Afghan president Karzai meets Taliban leader Haqqani

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...

At least three dead following anti-Taliban protests in Jalalabad: Witnesses

At least three dead following anti-Taliban protests in Jalalabad: Witnesses

-- 2021-08-18 19:22:33

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...

Evacuations from Afghanistan gain momentum as Taliban promise peace

Evacuations from Afghanistan gain momentum as Taliban promise peace

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...

Saudi Arabia to accept Chinese vaccines only after booster shot

Saudi Arabia to accept Chinese vaccines only after booster shot

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...

Unwinnable Afghan war cost US $300m per day for two decades

Unwinnable Afghan war cost US $300m per day for two decades

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...

Malaysia's king to name new premier, prefers confidence vote

Malaysia's king to name new premier, prefers confidence vote

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...

Some Afghan women defiant despite Taliban return

Some Afghan women defiant despite Taliban return

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...

Afghan female TV presenter interviews Taliban leader

Afghan female TV presenter interviews Taliban leader

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...

Japan extends Covid emergency lockdown as infections rise

Japan extends Covid emergency lockdown as infections rise

-- 2021-08-18 09:34:53

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...

Taliban say they want peace, will respect women's rights under Islamic law

Taliban say they want peace, will respect women's rights under Islamic law

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...

Over 600 Afghans cram into US cargo plane in desperate flight from Kabul

Over 600 Afghans cram into US cargo plane in desperate flight from Kabul

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...

Taliban order fighters to respect foreigners in Afghanistan: official

Taliban order fighters to respect foreigners in Afghanistan: official

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...

India evacuates Kabul embassy staff

India evacuates Kabul embassy staff

-- 2021-08-17 14:17:19

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...

Taliban announces general ‘amnesty’ for all, urges women to join govt

Taliban announces general ‘amnesty’ for all, urges women to join govt

-- 2021-08-17 13:34:09

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...

Evacuation flights resume at Kabul airport

Evacuation flights resume at Kabul airport

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...

US must protect Afghan journalists as Taliban take power: CPJ

US must protect Afghan journalists as Taliban take power: CPJ

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...