New Delhi, August 14 (IANS): The US Embassy in Kabul is instructing personnel to destroy sensitive materials as well as items "which could be misused in propaganda efforts", according to a management
Kabul, August 14 (IANS): Taliban militants have seized Pul-e-Alam city, the provincial capital of Logar province, located 60 km south of Kabul, as the insurgents continue their fight against government for
Kabul, August 14 (IANS): US troops have started arriving in Kabul to assist in the evacuation of the American Embassy personnel from the war-torn country where the Taliban is gaining ground against security for
Washington, August 14 (IANS): The global coronavirus caseload has topped 206 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 4.34 million and vaccinations soared to over 4.61 billion, according to the Johns
Washington, August 14 (IANS): The iconic One World Trade Center, the tallest building in the US standing on the site of the 9/11 terror attacks, will be be lit up in the Indian flags tri colours to commemorate
New York, August 14 (IANS): The New York state Assembly will suspend its impeachment investigation against Governor Andrew Cuomo upon his resignation taking effect on August 25, it was announced.
Cuomo annou
Kabul, August 14 (AP): The Taliban seized a province just south of Afghanistan's capital and launched a multi-pronged assault early Saturday on a major city in the north defended by powerful former warlords
KABUL, August 13 (AP): The Taliban completed their sweep of the country’s south on Friday as they took four more provincial capitals in a lightning offensive that is gradually encircling Kabul, just weeks
Islamabad, August 13 (PTI): A Pakistani parliamentary committee has ordered for a probe into a so-called "kill list" that mentions a number of public figures in the country, days after a former Taliba
Washington, August 13 (PTI): Twelve nations, including the US, India and China, along with representatives of the UN and EU have decided that they would not recognise any government in Afghanistan that seeks to
KABUL, AUGUST 13 (IANS): The speed of the Taliban advance in Afghanistan appears to have taken many by surprise, regional capitals seem to be falling like dominoes, the BBC reported.
The momentum is clearly
WASHINGTON, AUGUST 13 (IANS): Chinese researchers at the World Health Organization-led team probing the origins of the coronavirus pandemic pushed against the lab-leak theory, said a WHO scientist, who led the
Kabul, August 13 (AP): The Taliban have captured another three provincial capitals in southern Afghanistan, including in Helmand, the scene of some of the heaviest fighting in the past two decades, as the insur
Kabul, August 12 (AP): The Taliban captured a strategic provincial capital near Kabul on Thursday, the 10th the insurgents have taken in a weeklong sweep across Afghanistan just weeks before the end of the Amer
Washington, August 12 (AP): Afghan government forces are collapsing even faster than US military leaders thought possible just a few months ago when President Joe Biden ordered a full withdrawal.
But there
United Nations, August 12 (PTI): Nearly four lakh people have been newly displaced in Afghanistan since the start of the year, with a huge spike from May, a spokesperson for UN chief Antonio Guterres has said,
Islamabad, August 12 (PTI): Taking a dig at the US, Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that Washington sees Pakistan as "useful" only for clearing the "mess" it has left behind in Afghanista
Bangkok, August 11 (AP): Five people jumped from an apartment building in Yangon, Myanmar's largest city, to escape government security forces who were raiding the building, and at least two died, according
New York, August 10 (PTI): With embattled New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announcing his resignation amid sexual harassment allegations, his Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul is now set to become the first woman
NEW DELHI, AUGUST 11 (IANS): Almost half of Afghanistans population is in need of emergency relief assistance, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has said.
The last few days have seen deadly