Flash floods kill 29 in Afghanistan KABUL: Flash floods triggered by heavy rains killed at least 29 people and destroyed scores of homes in eastern... Published 16 Aug, 2022 03:59am
Print ‘Great victory’ as Taliban mark turbulent first year in power KABUL: Taliban fighters chanted victory slogans next to the US embassy in Kabul Monday as they marked the first... Published 16 Aug, 2022 03:59am
World World ‘must not forget’ Afghan women and children: UN UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations on Monday implored the world to not forget the plight of Afghanistan’s women and... Published 15 Aug, 2022 08:38pm
World Flash floods kill 29 in Afghanistan: officials KABUL: Flash floods triggered by heavy rains killed at least 29 people and destroyed scores of homes in eastern... Published 15 Aug, 2022 07:05pm
World Taliban mark turbulent first year in power KABUL: The Taliban marked the first anniversary of their return to power in Afghanistan with a national holiday... Published 15 Aug, 2022 11:15am
Perspectives The Kabul drone strike and Ayman al-Zawahiri Nearly a year after Nato-led forces withdrew from Afghanistan, the US targeted Ayman al-Zawahiri, a senior al-Qaeda... Updated 14 Aug, 2022 09:13pm
World EU scolds Taliban after crackdown on women’s rally BRUSSELS: The EU on Sunday said it was “particularly concerned” about worsening conditions for women and girls in... Published 14 Aug, 2022 04:39pm
World Taliban violently disperse rare women’s protest in Kabul KABUL: Taliban fighters beat women protesters and fired into the air on Saturday as they violently dispersed a rare... Updated 13 Aug, 2022 02:30pm
World ‘Afghanistan’s Media Crisis’ CPJ releases special report KARACHI: One year after the Taliban’s return to power, Afghan media and press freedom are in crisis. The Committee... Published 13 Aug, 2022 06:15am
World One year on, Afghan family still divided after daughter fled, mother stayed KABUL/SALAMANCA: As thousands of Afghans crowded outside Kabul airport a year ago desperately trying to escape the... Published 12 Aug, 2022 12:36pm
World Taliban cleric killed in blast in Kabul: intelligence official KABUL: A prominent Taliban cleric, Sheikh Rahimullah Haqqani, was killed in an attack in Kabul on Thursday,... Published 11 Aug, 2022 05:56pm
World Taliban fighters swap arms for books as hundreds return to school KABUL: Gul Agha Jalali used to spend his nights planting bombs -- hoping to target an Afghan government soldier or,... Updated 11 Aug, 2022 04:57pm
World A year after Biden’s Afghanistan exit, accountability in short supply WASHINGTON: As weary US military planners wrapped up the evacuation and pullout from Afghanistan one year ago,... Published 10 Aug, 2022 07:23pm
World Kabul airport, symbol of chaotic US exit from Afghanistan KABUL: Tens of thousands of Afghan men, women and children rushed to Kabul’s airport a year ago in a desperate bid... Published 10 Aug, 2022 10:08am
World Afghanistan: one year since the Taliban takeover KABUL: The Taliban stormed back to power a year ago as US-led forces withdrew from the country, two decades after... Published 09 Aug, 2022 10:01am
Print Top TTP commander Khorasani killed in Afghanistan Death can deal blow to nascent peace talks between Pakistan’s Taliban and government Updated 09 Aug, 2022 10:01am
Print Bomb blast in Kabul kills eight, injures more than 20 KABUL: A bomb blast in a busy shopping street in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Saturday killed at least eight... Published 07 Aug, 2022 05:41am
World Blast hits Afghan capital Kabul, at least 22 injured KABUL: A bomb exploded in a busy shopping street in Afghanistan's capital Kabul on Saturday and at least 22 people... Published 06 Aug, 2022 07:08pm
World Bomb kills two in Shia area of Afghan capital KABUL: A bomb attached to a handcart exploded in Kabul on Friday, police said, killing two people in an area largely... Updated 05 Aug, 2022 10:11pm
World Anti-US protests erupt in Afghanistan KABUL: Hundreds of Afghans carried anti-American banners on Friday to protest against a US drone strike that... Published 05 Aug, 2022 05:20pm
World Zawahiri death: did US use secret 'flying ginsu' missile? WASHINGTON: Notorious Al-Qaeda head Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed by two missiles fired at his Kabul home -- but... Published 02 Aug, 2022 06:40pm
World US has no DNA on Zawahiri, confirmed death by other sources: White House WASHINGTON: The United States has no DNA confirmation of the death of Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in the heart... Published 02 Aug, 2022 05:40pm
World Biden says US killed Al-Qaeda chief al-Zawahiri in Afghanistan WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden announced Monday that the United States had killed Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri,... Updated 02 Aug, 2022 10:11am
World One dead in clashes between Taliban, Iran border forces: Afghan police official KABUL: Clashes between Taliban forces and Iran border guards on Sunday have left at least one dead on the... Published 31 Jul, 2022 07:34pm
World Two killed in Kabul cricket stadium grenade attack, police say KABUL: Two people were killed in the grenade explosion that shook Kabul’s main cricket stadium during a domestic... Published 30 Jul, 2022 05:43pm
World Hundreds of war-displaced Afghans return east KABUL: Hundreds of internally displaced Afghans who had taken refuge in the capital left for their homes in the... Published 30 Jul, 2022 03:39am
World Explosion inside Kabul cricket stadium injures four KABUL: An explosion went off inside Kabul’s main cricket stadium during a domestic league match on Friday, injuring... Published 29 Jul, 2022 07:26pm
World China to resume visa issuance to Afghans, exempt Afghan imports from tax BEIJING: China will resume issuing visas to Afghans from August 1 and allow 98% of Afghan imports to enter tax free,... Published 29 Jul, 2022 04:42pm
Pakistan Bilawal calls for enhanced cooperation with Afghanistan Stresses on promotion of economic integration and regional connectivity Updated 29 Jul, 2022 08:27pm
World US and Taliban make progress on Afghan reserves, but big gaps remain KABUL/WASHINGTON: US and Taliban officials have exchanged proposals for the release of billions of dollars from... Published 26 Jul, 2022 01:30pm