International community must unite to ensure Afghanistan never again used as platform for terrorist outfits: Guterres tells UNSC
United Nations: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Monday called on the international community to unite and use all available instruments to ensure Afghanistan is never again used as a platform or safe haven for terrorist organisations, telling the UN Security Council that we cannot and must not abandon the people of the war-torn country. The […]
Pak high-level security meet endorses Biden’s troop withdrawal from Afghanistan
Islamabad, Aug 16 (PTI) Pakistan’s high-level security huddle chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday endorsed US President Joe Biden’s decision to pull American troops out of Afghanistan, saying the presence of foreign troops for a longer period would not have produced a different result in the war-ravaged neighbouring country. Senior political and military leaders, […]
Chaos as thousands flee Afghanistan after Taliban takeover
Kabul: Thousands of people packed into the Afghan capital’s airport on Monday, rushing the tarmac and pushing onto planes in desperate attempts to flee the country after the Taliban overthrew the Western-backed government. US troops fired warning shots as they struggled to manage the chaotic evacuation. The Taliban swept into Kabul on Sunday after President […]
UN Security Council to discuss Afghan situation
United Nations: With Kabul falling into the hands of the Taliban, the UN Security Council under India’s current Presidency will hold an emergency meeting on the situation in Afghanistan on Monday, the second time in just over a week. The longstanding war in Afghanistan reached a watershed moment on Sunday when the Taliban insurgents closed […]
Left Afghanistan to avoid bloodshed, ‘big human disaster’: Ashraf Ghani
Kabul: Embattled Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani has said he left Kabul to avoid bloodshed and a “big human disaster” in the city of six million people, urging the Taliban to reveal their intentions and reassure the people who are unsure about their future after the insurgents took over the war-torn country. Taliban insurgents swept into Afghanistan’s […]
Taliban enters Kabul, awaits ‘peaceful transfer’ of power
Kabul: Taliban fighters entered the outskirts of the Afghan capital on Sunday and said they were awaiting a peaceful transfer of the city after promising not to take it by force, but the uncertainty panicked residents who raced to the leave the capital, with workers fleeing government offices and helicopters landing at the US Embassy. […]
At least 304 killed as 7.2 magnitude earthquake hits Haiti
Les Cayes (Haiti): A powerful magnitude 7.2 earthquake added to the misery in Haiti, killing at least 304 people, injuring a minimum of 1,800 others and destroying hundreds of homes. People in the Caribbean island nation rushed into the streets to seek safety and to help help rescue those trapped in the rubble of collapsed […]
Taliban seize Jalalabad, cut off Afghan capital from east
Kabul: The Taliban seized the city of Jalalabad early Sunday, cutting off Afghanistan’s increasingly isolated capital Kabul to the east as the insurgents’ blitz across the country continued ahead of the withdrawal of U.S. and NATO forces from the country after two decades of war. The collapse of Jalalabad, which had been the last major […]
Taliban approach Kabul’s outskirts, attack north Afghan city
Kabul: The Taliban seized two more provinces on Saturday and approached the outskirts of Afghanistan’s capital while also launching a multi-pronged assault on a major northern city defended by former warlords, Afghan officials said. The insurgents have captured much of northern, western and southern Afghanistan in a breakneck offensive less than three weeks before the […]
Afghanistan is spinning out of control: UN chief
United Nations: Voicing concern that Afghanistan is “spinning out of control”, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on the Taliban to immediately halt the offensive and asserted that seizing power through military force is a “losing proposition” and can only lead to prolonged civil war and the complete isolation of the war-torn nation. The Taliban has […]
