Tag: Afghan
5 Afghan Pilots Who Escaped From Afghanistan Have Returned: Taliban
Five Afghan pilots who had left the country after the Taliban takeover in August last year, have returned and resumed work, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced. ....
Americans Were Never Clear On What They Were Trying To Achieve In Afghanistan: PM Imran Khan
Criticising the US over its 20-year war in Afghanistan, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that Washington had no clear aims in the war-torn country, The News reported. ....
WHO Chief, Taliban Delegation Discuss 'dire' Health Crisis In Afghanistan
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), said that he met Taliban Health Minister Qalander Ebad for talks on the "dire" health and humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. ....
'Afghanistan Will Initially Have 110,000-member Army'
Afghanistan will initially have a 110,000-member army, the Taliban's acting Defence Minister Mullah Muhammad Yaqoob Mujahid said, adding that the number will be increased if required. ....
8 Afghanistan Cricketers Test Positive For COVID-19 In Bangladesh: Report
Eight cricketers in the Afghanistan squad, currently touring Bangladesh for three ODIs and two T20Is, have reportedly tested positive for COVID-19, eight days before the scheduled start of the series on February 23. ....
Taliban Shuts Afghan Girls' Schools Just Hours After Reopening
The Taliban has ordered the secondary girls schools in Afghanistan to shut just hours after they reopened, saying they would remain closed until a plan was drawn up in accordance with the Islamic law for them to reopen, RFE/RL reported. ....
Afghanistan: Blast Reported At A Mosque In Kabul, At Least 6 Injured
At least six people were injured in a hand grenade explosion inside a mosque in Kabul on Wednesday, sources said.....
Deadliest Week In Afghanistan Since Taliban Came To Power
At least 128 people were killed and 161 others were injured in violent incidents last week, the deadliest week since the regime change last year in Afghanistan, Pajhwok News reported. ....
Siddharth Anand: Went To Eight Countries To Shoot 'Pathaan'
Director Siddharth Anand's upcoming actioner 'Pathaan' has been shot across eight countries of the world. The film has been shot in Spain, UAE, Turkey, Russia and Siberia, Italy, France, India and Afghanistan to present an outlandish action thriller. ....
Afghans Marrying Off Young Daughters To Avoid Forced Marriages With Taliban
Since Kabul fell to the Taliban in August 2021, there has been a dramatic increase in early marriages of Afghan girls -- a trend activists and human rights campaigners attribute to parents' belief that securing a spouse for their girls is better than seeing them forced to marry members of the Taliban, a media report said. ....
