Taliban

Qatari foreign minister holds first high-level meeting with Taliban in Kabul

Sep 13, 2021 03:04

Qatar's foreign minister has held talks with senior officials of Afghanistan’s new Taliban-led government, becoming the first foreign official to visit the war-torn nation since the Taliban’s takeover on August 15.
Exclusive report shows Afghan refugees living in inhumane conditions at Kabul refugee camp

Sep 12, 2021 14:51

A large number of Afghan people fleeing from armed conflict in various provinces of the war-ravaged country are now living under inhumane conditions at a refugee camp near the capital city, Kabul, an exclusive report by Tasnim news agency says.
Taliban: Women are allowed at universities, not in mixed classes though

Sep 12, 2021 09:48

The Taliban’s higher education minister has announced that Afghan women would be allowed to study at university as long as they are separated from men, stressing that there would be a ban on mixed classes.
Afghan police return to work alongside Taliban at Kabul airport

Sep 12, 2021 06:20

Afghan police officers have returned to work alongside Taliban security at the Kabul airport, as the international airfield is resuming operations following the hasty withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan.
Innocent aid worker, not Daesh bomber, targeted in deadly US drone strike: NYT probe

Sep 11, 2021 03:17

A drone strike that US military officials said killed a Daesh bomber in Kabul late last month appears to have targeted the wrong man, killing an innocent Afghan aid worker along with members of his family, according to newly published testimony and footage.
Afghanistan ‘graveyard’ of US war machines: China Foreign Ministry official

Sep 11, 2021 01:14

Afghanistan has been transformed into the “graveyard” of US war machines, says the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman, as new footage purportedly shows the Taliban members using a dismantled US aircraft as a swing.
Aid groups warn Afghan health system on verge of 'collapse'

Sep 10, 2021 15:15

International aid agencies working in Afghanistan are sounding the alarm over a health system at "risk of collapse" as the financial support to the war-torn nation was slashed following the Taliban's return to power last month.
Taliban response to Afghan protests ‘increasingly violent’: UN

Sep 10, 2021 09:52

The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has condemned the Taliban’s increasingly violent response to peaceful protests in Afghanistan, calling on the group to cease the use of force against the protesters.
First civilian flight leaves Kabul airport since US pullout

Sep 10, 2021 09:49

An international flight transporting passengers, including American citizens, has left the Afghan capital for Qatar, for the first time since the last of the US forces left Afghanistan ten days ago.
Iran slams Panjshir 'fratricide', urges inclusive Afghan government

Sep 10, 2021 03:47

Iran’s permanent representative to the UN has censured the recent attack against Afghanistan’s Panjshir Valley as an “unjustifiable and condemnable fratricide” that runs counter to the position of the international community.