Afghanistan

COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

No evidence that India is running afoul of US sanctions: Official

4:07 am August 21, 2019

Washington: The United states has no evidence that India is running afoul of American sanctions on Iran, a top US diplomat said on Tuesday. We have no evidence that India is running afoul of US sanctions, Special US Representative to Iran, Brian Hook, told reporters at the Foreign Press Centre. Hook was responding to a […]

Taliban welcome Trump's call to bring US troops home

US envoy to resume talks with Taliban on ending Afghan war

2:50 am August 21, 2019

Kabul: The US envoy negotiating with the Taliban for an end to nearly 18 years of fighting in Afghanistan was departing Tuesday for Qatar to resume the talks, the State Department said, amid concerns about a growing threat by an Islamic State affiliate. Zalmay Khalilzad also will visit with the Afghan government, which has been […]

Afghanistan mourns, vows to crush militants after attack

11:42 pm August 19, 2019

Kabul: As Afghanistan mourned the 63 people killed in a suicide bombing at a Kabul wedding, a brother of the groom spoke through tears of his weariness at the bloodshed in the country and the crushing guilt he felt at having to face his neighbors, many of whom lost relatives in the weekend blast. “Around […]

Afghanistan's Ghani wins majority in presidential poll: preliminary results

Afghanistan vows to crush Islamic State havens after attack

2:58 pm August 19, 2019

Kabul: Afghanistan’s president is vowing to eliminate all safe havens of the Islamic State group as the country marks a subdued 100th Independence Day after a horrific wedding attack claimed by the local IS affiliate. President Ashraf Ghani’s comments Monday come as Afghanistan mourns at least 63 people killed in the Kabul bombing. Many outraged […]

Afghan officials: 8 inmates dead after prison riot in Herat

Pakistan might redeploy troops from Afghan border amidst crisis with India over Kashmir: envoy

11:45 pm August 13, 2019

New York: Pakistan might redeploy troops from the Afghanistan border to the Kashmir frontier amidst fresh Indo-Pak tensions, according to Islamabad’s ambassador to the US, a move The New York Times said could complicate the ongoing peace talks between America and the Taliban. Such a possibility, coming just as Pakistan’s longstanding Kashmir crisis with India […]