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'As You Like It'

This timeless quotation from a famous Shakespearean play has been taken literally by residents of this world. The...

Published 30 Aug, 2021 06:57am

Editorials

Taliban rejection of troop withdrawal delay

EDITORIAL: The unexpected and abrupt fall of Kabul to the Taliban caused a power vacuum creating conditions that ...

Published 25 Aug, 2021 04:43am

Pakistan

Pakistani envoy rejects US lawmaker’s claim

WASHINGTON: Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States, Asad Majeed Khan, has disputed a claim by a US lawmaker...

Published 24 Aug, 2021 05:02am

Opinion

'Wilful' surrender

Abandoned. Deserted. Gone with the wind. That is what the anguished visuals show. A US Air Force plane taking off...

Published 23 Aug, 2021 06:20am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: The fall of Kabul

"I have been watching the coverage of the fall of Kabul..." "Right, but it ain't a coup you know - I mean it isn't...

Published 21 Aug, 2021 04:21am

World

UAE to temporarily host 5,000 evacuated Afghans en route elsewhere

DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates has agreed to host 5,000 Afghan nationals to be evacuated from their country on ...

Published 20 Aug, 2021 11:48pm

World

Taliban urged to allow fleeing Afghans safe passage

Tens of thousands of people have tried to flee Afghanistan since the group swept into the capital on Sunday, completing a stunning rout of government forces and ending two decades of war

Published 19 Aug, 2021 01:20pm

World

Images of women vandalised as Kabul faces up to Taliban rule

The new regime's fighters took control of the city on Sunday after a lightning offensive that saw the former government's provincial strongholds around the country topple like dominoes in a matter of days

Updated 19 Aug, 2021 02:42pm

World

UAE says hosting Afghan ex-president ‘on humanitarian grounds’

ABU DHABI: The United Arab Emirates said on Wednesday that it is hosting former Afghan president Ashraf Ghani “on...

Published 19 Aug, 2021 04:15am

World

Taliban pledge to be ‘different’, as Afghans flee

KABUL: The Taliban have offered a pledge of reconciliation, vowing no revenge against opponents and to respect...

Published 19 Aug, 2021 04:15am

World

US reiterates Ghani ‘no longer a figure in Afghanistan’

WASHINGTON: The United States reiterated Wednesday that it did not see Ashraf Ghani as a player in Afghanistan, ...

Published 19 Aug, 2021 04:15am

Pakistan

‘I fear for my Afghan sisters,’ says Malala

NEW YORK: Nobel Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai wrote “I fear for my Afghan sisters” in an op-ed published in ...

Published 19 Aug, 2021 04:15am

Pakistan

Pak ambassador returns to Kabul

ISLAMABAD: Days after Taliban took over control of Kabul, Pakistan’s ambassador to Afghanistan Mansoor Ahmed Khan...

Published 19 Aug, 2021 04:15am

PM will decide about Taliban govt recognition: Sheikh Rashid

ISLAMABAD: As the world is constantly calling for an inclusive new government in Afghanistan, Federal Minister for...

Updated 19 Aug, 2021 12:05pm

Ashraf Ghani resurfaces in UAE

ISLAMABAD: The disgraced ex-Afghan president Ashraf Ghani resurfaced in UAE on Wednesday after fleeing Afghanistan...

Published 19 Aug, 2021 03:15am

World

Taliban met ex-Afghan leader Karzai, Abdullah Abdullah

Abdullah had led the government's peace council during failed talks between the warring sides in Qatar.

Updated 19 Aug, 2021 12:05am

World

Former Afghan president Ghani says supports Taliban-Karzai talks

Statement comes after UAE's announcement that it has welcomed Ghani and his family on 'humanitarian grounds'

Updated 18 Aug, 2021 11:55pm

World

Relieved to be in Canada, an Afghan refugee weeps for Kabul

Since then, he has often said to himself how "lucky" he is to have the opportunity to start anew in Canada, but "weeps" for those left behind

Updated 18 Aug, 2021 12:13pm

Future setup in Afghanistan: Govt decides to go for 'regional decision'

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's decision regarding recognition of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan will be a "regional...

Published 18 Aug, 2021 04:53am

Opinion

Afghan exiles fear relatives are trapped under Taliban

Afghans who have found sanctuary in France in recent years now fear the relatives they left behind will be...

Published 18 Aug, 2021 04:00am

Opinion

Biden defends his decision

US President Joe Biden addressed the US nation on Afghanistan from the White House where he stoutly defended his...

Published 18 Aug, 2021 04:00am

Afghan delegation meets PM, army chief

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan and Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa, on Tuesday, reiterated...

Published 18 Aug, 2021 03:53am

World

Biden defends US pullout, blames Afghan govt that 'gave up and fled'

In his first public appearance since Taliban seized control of the country, US president admits the advance had unfolded more quickly than expected
Says US gave Afghan govt every chance to determine future, but could not provide them with the will to fight for that future

Published 17 Aug, 2021 10:17am

From US withdrawal to fall of Kabul: NSC takes stock of situation

ISLAMABAD: The civil and military leadership reiterated Pakistan’s commitment for an inclusive political ...

Published 17 Aug, 2021 04:50am

World

Russia sees Kabul ‘stabilising’, Taliban ‘restoring order’

MOSCOW: The Russian foreign ministry said Monday the situation in Kabul was “stabilising” after the Afghan...