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Taliban’s return to power

EDITORIAL: Nearly 20 years after their ouster from power in Afghanistan the Taliban are back in power, defeating the...

Published 17 Aug, 2021 04:42am

World

Russia says Afghan president fled with cars and helicopter full of cash

Ghani said he left Afghanistan on Sunday as the Taliban entered Kabul virtually unopposed

Published 16 Aug, 2021 06:43pm

World

Taliban declare 'war is over' as president and diplomats flee Kabul

Spokesman for its political office says form of the new regime in Afghanistan would be made clear soon, adding the Taliban did not want to live in isolation and called for peaceful international relations

Updated 16 Aug, 2021 12:21pm

World

Blinken says US embassy staff in Kabul are moving to airport

WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Sunday that embassy staff in Kabul are leaving the facility...

Updated 15 Aug, 2021 07:16pm

World

Taliban expose failure of US efforts to build Afghan army

Despite about $89 billion budgeted for training the Afghan army, it took the Taliban little more than a month to brush it aside

Published 15 Aug, 2021 03:58pm

World

What to watch for as the Taliban encircle Kabul

The insurgent Taliban have captured almost all of Afghanistan, leaving the government in control of little more than...

Published 15 Aug, 2021 12:05pm

World

Taliban race closer to complete Afghan takeover

The insurgents took control of the key eastern city of Jalalabad on Sunday, just hours after the seizing the northern anti-Taliban bastion of Mazar-i-Sharif -- furthering an astonishing rout of government forces and warlord militias achieved in just 10 days

Published 15 Aug, 2021 10:23am

Opinion

Hard choices

President Biden inherited a bad deal which diminished his bargaining power over Afghanistan pullout. And now...

Published 15 Aug, 2021 04:47am

Opinion

The Afghan cauldron

There's no denying the fact that both the US and its new ally in the region are overtly supporting the Afghan...

Published 15 Aug, 2021 04:47am

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Afghan president vows to stop bloodshed as Taliban close in on Kabul

KABUL: Afghanistan's beleaguered president vowed Saturday to prevent further bloodshed, as Taliban fighters closed ...

Published 15 Aug, 2021 03:36am

World

Afghan President vows to 'remobilise' forces as Taliban approach Kabul

Ghani gives no hint he would resign or take responsibility for the current situation
Says "consultations" taking place to try to help end the war

Updated 14 Aug, 2021 04:23pm

Pakistan

Security of Kabul airport: Pakistan to bring Turkey, Taliban face-to-face: PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan Thursday said that Pakistan would try to bring Taliban and Turkey on table to...

Published 13 Aug, 2021 04:44am

World

Taliban control 65% of Afghanistan, EU official says, after series of sudden gains

US says it's up to Afghan forces to defend country
Government pulls forces from hard-to-defend rural districts
Ghani seeks help from militias to protect Kabul, aides say

Updated 10 Aug, 2021 08:11pm

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Afghanistan: Pakistan not supportive of military takeover: Qureshi

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that Pakistan is not supportive of a military takeover in...

Published 10 Aug, 2021 04:12am

Pakistan

Pakistan has nothing to gain from an unstable Afghanistan: FM Qureshi

Maintains Islamabad has called for a responsible and orderly withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan

Published 09 Aug, 2021 06:41pm

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Dostum returns to fight for besieged home

KABUL: Infamous warlord Abdul Rashid Dostum has returned to Afghanistan as the Taliban inch closer to taking control...

Published 06 Aug, 2021 03:58am

Opinion

When history repeats itself…

When history repeats itself, the first time is tragedy, the second farce. This Karl Marx remark is now a received...

Published 05 Aug, 2021 04:34am

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Taliban seek ‘lion’s share of power’?

WASHINGTON: The Taliban and the Kabul government are far apart in U.S.-backed talks on bringing peace to ...

Published 04 Aug, 2021 02:20am

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Ghani blames US

KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani on Monday blamed Afghanistan’s fast-deteriorating security situation on a...

Published 03 Aug, 2021 04:40am

World

Afghan fighting rages as US and UK accuse Taliban of ‘massacring’ civilians

KANDAHAR: Afghan forces battled to stop a first major city from falling to the Taliban Monday as the United States...

Published 03 Aug, 2021 04:35am

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'Pakistan not a spokesman for Taliban,' says PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan Thursday said Pakistan is not a spokesman of Taliban and what is being done by...

Published 30 Jul, 2021 05:34am

World

NATO chief urges 'negotiated settlement' in Afghanistan

Since early May, violence has surged as the Taliban launched a sweeping assault just days after US-led NATO forces began a withdrawal which is now almost complete

Published 27 Jul, 2021 04:44pm

Pakistan

Nawaz-Afghan NSA meeting held on Ashraf Ghani's request, says Abbasi

Says Nawaz Sharif not only met Mohib but other officials as they were all part of a delegation from Afghanistan
Sharif wanted to improve Pakistan's ties with Afghanistan: PML-N leader

Updated 27 Jul, 2021 02:24pm

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Biden supports Ghani: White House

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden supports current leadership in Afghanistan, including the country's president,...

Published 24 Jul, 2021 03:51am

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Taliban deny responsibility: Rockets land near Afghan presidential palace

KABUL: Rockets hit the Afghan capital on Tuesday, landing near the presidential palace during prayers for the Muslim...

Published 21 Jul, 2021 02:06am

Pakistan

Task force’s next meeting’s agenda: Malik urges FATF to include Jai Shankar’s statement

ISLAMABAD: Former interior minister and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Senator Rehman Malik said on Tuesday he...

Published 21 Jul, 2021 01:51am

World

Rockets land near Afghan presidential palace, Taliban deny responsibility

KABUL: Rockets hit the Afghan capital on Tuesday, landing near the presidential palace during prayers for the Muslim...

Updated 20 Jul, 2021 09:33pm

Opinion

Bring me news of fresh disasters

At precisely the conjuncture when Pakistan is in the process of attempting to recreate a new avatar for itself as a...

Published 20 Jul, 2021 04:14am

Editorials

Country target of hybrid warfare

EDITORIAL: Speaking at a press briefing yesterday on the alleged abduction and release of the Afghan ambassador's...

Published 20 Jul, 2021 04:14am

Opinion

‘Afghan Taliban ask Pakistan to hold talks with TTP?’

This is apropos an exclusive Business Recorder news item “Afghan Taliban ask Pakistan to hold talks with TTP?”...

Published 19 Jul, 2021 06:17am