Tag: Afghan
CIA Chief Met Top Taliban Leader In Kabul
CIA Director William Burns secretly met the top Taliban figure in Kabul on Monday amid a chaotic US effort to evacuate American citizens and Afghans allied with the US in advance of an August 31 deadline, US officials said, the Wall Street Journal reported. ....
Landlords In Karnataka Ask Afghan Students To Pay Rent Or Vacate
As the Taliban mayhem continues in Afghanistan, students from the war-torn country who have come to Bengaluru to study are facing challenges on multiple fronts. Most will be out of accommodation facilities by next month and they have no clue on whether they will get financial support from their parents. ....
Americans Warned To Get Away From Kabul Airport Over IS Threat
Americans in Afghanistan are being warned to stay away from the Kabul airport due tothreats tied to the Islamic State (IS) terror group. ....
IAF Plane With 35 Evacuees From Kabul Lands At Hindon
The Indian Air Force (IAF) plane, C-17 Globemaster carrying 35 evacuees from Kabul, landed at the Hindon Air Force Station in Ghaziabad on Thursday. ....
Blast Near Abbey Gate Of The Kabul Airport, Suicide Bomber Suspected
Scores of people were feared injured in a blast on Thursday outside the Kabul airport, which is thronged by crowds of desperate Afghans seeking to flee the country after the Taliban takeover. ....
PM Modi Should Brief Opposition On Afghan Situation: Congress
During the all-party meet held on Thursday, Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge, Anand Sharma and Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should brief the opposition about the situation in Afghanistan and the government's stand with regard to the war-torn nation. ....
US President Biden Vows Retribution As Death Toll Rises To 103 In Kabul Bombings
US President Joe Biden has said that he will avenge the twin bombings at the Kabul airport that have killed at least 103 people, including 13 American service member, adding the ongoing evacuation in Afghanistan will continue uninterrupted. ....
Pakistan Intends To Run Taliban Govt In Afghanistan Through Haqqani Network: Experts
With the Haqqani commanders in Afghanistan being assigned important responsibilities in the last few days ever since the Taliban takeover of the war-torn nation on August 15, experts feel that Pakistan wants to run the Taliban government and will have a major say in the important decisions taken by the Afghan militia in the days to come. ....
Taliban Celebrate Victory As Last US Plane Leaves Kabul
Taliban fighters watched the last U.S. planes disappear into the sky over Afghanistan around midnight Monday and then fired their guns into the air, celebrating victory after a 20-year insurgency that drove the world’s most powerful military out of one of the poorest countries.....
Taliban Came With Positive Mind, Allowing Women To Work: Former Pakistan Captain Shahid Afridi
Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi is someone who always loves the limelight and continues to do the same after his international retirement as well. Afridi made a shocking statement to the media on Monday (August 30), claiming that Taliban, who have taken over Afghanistan recently, have come with a ‘positive mind’.....
