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A tourist waits for her luggage upon arrival at Teminal 3 at Dubai airport, in the United Arab Emirates. PTI photoWorld
UAE to resume visas for tourists vaccinated against Covid

Those eligible would have to be fully inoculated with one of the Covid-19 vaccines approved by the World Health...

29 Aug 2021 1:52 PM IST

The window for civilian evacuations has all but closed for thousands of Afghans as many countries have either ended or are about to end airlift operations on security concerns. (Photo: Repesentational/AFP)World
US kills ISIS-K planner in drone strike

Large crowds milled around Kabul’s international airport on Friday despite repeated warnings of more terrorist attacks

28 Aug 2021 11:17 AM IST

Suspension of scheduled international passenger flights extended till Sept 30. (PTI Photo)World
Ukraine, Iran deny hijacking of evacuation plane from Afghanistan:...

Ukraine-'s deputy foreign minister Yevgeny Yenin had claimed that a Ukrainian plane was hijacked in Afghanistan by...

24 Aug 2021 4:59 PM IST

Afghan security forces on Humvee vehicles move in a convoy at Parakh area in Bazarak, Panjshir province on August 19, 2021, after the Taliban stunning takeover of Afghanistan. (Photo: AFP)World
Panjshir Valley last bastion to hold out against Taliban

Surrounded by the high peaks of the Hindu Kush north of Kabul, the Panjshir has long had a reputation as a bastion of...

21 Aug 2021 12:47 AM IST

Taliban fighters patrol in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021. (AP)World
Taliban -'intensifying-' search for Afghans who helped US: UN document

The report says the group has -'priority lists-' of individuals it wants to arrest

20 Aug 2021 11:17 AM IST

A Taliban fighter walks past a beauty saloon with images of women defaced using a spray paint in Shar-e-Naw in Kabul on August 18, 2021. (AFP)World
Images of women vandalised as Kabul faces up to Taliban rule

Stores begin whitewashing its outdoor walls to cover up advertisements showing the faces of smiling women in bridal...

19 Aug 2021 11:48 AM IST

Taliban fighters take control of Afghan presidential palace after the Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled the country, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021. (AP)World
Taliban sweep into Afghan capital after government collapses

Taliban official said the group would announce from the palace the restoration of the -'Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan-'

16 Aug 2021 11:51 AM IST

Incremental but meaningful gains in what is still a deeply conservative, male-dominated society: Girls are now in school, and women are in Parliament, government and business. (AFP)World
Afghan women fear return to -'dark days-' amid Taliban sweep

In just a few minutes, everything changed for the 26-year-old resident of Herat, Afghanistan’s third-largest city

16 Aug 2021 3:42 AM IST

Afghan security personnel patrol after they took back control of parts of Herat city following fighting between Taliban and Afghan security forces in Herat province, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Aug. 6, 2021. (AP Photo)World
US asks its citizens to leave Afghanistan as Taliban-led violence...

White House spokesperson Psaki said that US is -'closely tracking-' and is -'concerned about-' retaliatory killings of...

7 Aug 2021 2:27 PM IST

An Afghan security personnel stand guard in the checkpoint of airport after a suicide attack in Jalalabad province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, March 6, 2019. (AP)World
Several rockets hit Kandahar airport as Taliban-led violence rages

Violence has escalated in Afghanistan in recent weeks as the Taliban have intensified their offensive

1 Aug 2021 10:31 AM IST

Saudi police women, who are recently deployed to the service, stand alert in front of the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque, during the annual hajj pilgrimage, in Saudi Arabias holy city of Mecca. (AP)World
In a first, Saudi female officers allowed to guard Islam-'s holiest...

This year, 60,000 vaccinated citizens or residents of Saudi Arabia have been allowed to perform the Hajj

22 July 2021 10:11 AM IST

Peoples uprising loyal to Ata Mohammad Noor, chief of Jamiat-e-Islami and a powerful northern warlord, stand guard at their office in Mazar-e-Sharif north of Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP)World
India evacuates staff from Kandahar as Taliban captures new areas

A special aircraft of the Indian Air Force was sent on Saturday to bring back the Indian diplomats, officials and other...

11 July 2021 11:20 AM IST

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