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 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
Pakistan PTI govt has failed to ensure rule of law in KP: Sharjeel KARACHI: Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon Thursday demanded of Pakistan Tehreek Insaf to immediately... Published 12 Aug, 2022 05:44am
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
Pakistan Resurgence of Taliban in Swat a dangerous sign: PTI leader ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Murad Saeed on Wednesday warned that the resurgence of Taliban in... Published 11 Aug, 2022 04:35am
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 Taliban say investigating US claim of killing Zawahiri ISLAMABAD: The Taliban are investigating a US "claim" that al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in a US ... Updated 04 Aug, 2022 11:47am
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 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 Taliban intelligence officers force Foreign Policy columnist apologies for her reporting WASHINGTON, D.C: Taliban authorities must stop harassing members of the press, and the intelligence officers who... Published 23 Jul, 2022 04:10am
World Facebook removes Afghan media pages controlled by Taliban KABUL: Facebook has removed the accounts of at least two state-owned media outlets in Afghanistan, the company... Published 21 Jul, 2022 06:54pm
World UN records hundreds of killings and rights violations by Taliban KABUL: The Taliban have carried out hundreds of human rights violations in Afghanistan since seizing power last... Published 20 Jul, 2022 05:30pm
World Taliban excavate ex-leader Mullah Omar's 'getaway car' KANDAHAR: The car used by Taliban founder Mullah Omar to escape being targeted by US forces after the 9/11 attacks... Updated 07 Jul, 2022 02:39pm
World Taliban still ‘illegitimate’ rulers, say Afghan women activists KABUL: The Taliban remain illegitimate rulers despite a declaration by thousands of male clerics endorsing their... Published 04 Jul, 2022 06:17am
World US, Taliban talk earthquake aid, foreign reserves in Doha WASHINGTON: Talks between the United States and the Taliban continued in Doha earlier this week to discuss ... Updated 02 Jul, 2022 11:43am
World ‘Stop interfering in Afghanistan’, says Taliban leader in rare appearance KABUL: The Taliban’s reclusive supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada called Friday for the world to stop telling... Published 02 Jul, 2022 04:10am
World UN rights chief urges Taliban to respect women’s rights ZURICH: The United Nations human rights chief urged the Taliban authorities on Friday to respect the rights of women... Published 01 Jul, 2022 06:14pm
World Taliban to meet US on releasing frozen Afghan funds after quake DOHA: The United States and the Taliban plan talks Thursday in Qatar on unlocking some of Afghanistan’s reserves... Published 01 Jul, 2022 06:13am
World Taliban to meet US on releasing frozen Afghan funds after quake DOHA: The United States and the Taliban plan talks Thursday in Qatar on unlocking some of Afghanistan’s reserves... Published 30 Jun, 2022 12:03pm
World Thousands gather at all-male meeting to rubber-stamp Taliban rule KABUL: Thousands of Afghan religious scholars and tribal elders gathered in the capital Thursday for a men-only... Published 30 Jun, 2022 11:33am
World Taliban to hold grand council to chart Afghan progress KABUL: Hundreds of religious leaders and “people of influence” from around Afghanistan have been summoned to the... Published 29 Jun, 2022 05:44am
World Taliban call for release of frozen funds after deadly earthquake KABUL: Afghanistan’s Taliban administration called on international governments on Saturday to roll back sanctions... Updated 26 Jun, 2022 09:47am
World Afghan held in Guantanamo prison freed, say Taliban KABUL: One of the last Afghan detainees held inside the Guantanamo Bay US detention centre in Cuba has been freed... Published 25 Jun, 2022 04:42am
Editorials IS-K attack in Kabul EDITORIAL: Despite Afghan Taliban’s claim that they have stamped out rival Sunni militant group, the IS-K, during... Published 25 Jun, 2022 04:42am
Print Veteran cameraman among five UK citizens released by Taliban LONDON: The Taliban has freed a veteran television cameraman and four other British nationals held in Afghanistan ... Published 21 Jun, 2022 05:51am
World IS claims Kabul Sikh temple attack KABUL: The Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack on a Sikh temple in Afghanistan that killed one... Published 20 Jun, 2022 05:51am
World Minibus bomb attack kills four in Afghan capital: police KABUL: A bomb blast on a minibus killed at least four people and injured several others in the Afghan capital on... Published 11 Jun, 2022 11:37pm
World Former Afghan minister returns to Kabul at Taliban invitation KABUL: A former Afghan minister, who fled as the Taliban took over Afghanistan last year, returned on Wednesday,... Published 09 Jun, 2022 08:02am
Perspectives Women's eroding rights in Afghanistan Under the Taliban regime that came into power last year in Afghanistan the lack of women’s rights is again ... Published 04 Jun, 2022 12:30pm