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Taliban fighter stand guards in the city of Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo: AP)

Taliban say they won't work with US to contain Islamic State

IS has carried out relentless assaults on the country's Shiite Muslims since emerging in eastern Afghanistan in 2014

9 Oct 2021 4:08 PM IST

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast, which took place in Kunduz, the capital of Kunduz province, but militants from the Islamic State group have a long history of attacking Afghanistans Shiite minority. (AP Photo)

Taliban official: At least 100 dead, wounded in Afghan blast

The Taliban have been targeted in a series of deadly attacks by rival IS militants, including shooting ambushes and...

8 Oct 2021 7:59 PM IST

Taliban fighters gather along a street during a rally in Kabul. (Photo: AFP)

Nothing changed between Taliban of 1990s and 2021: Report

Quraishi on Thursday that nothing has changed from how the outfit ruled that country in the 1990s

8 Oct 2021 4:38 PM IST

Taliban fighters stand guard on the backdrop of shops selling antiques and decorative merchandise at Chicken Street in Kabul on September 26, 2021. The once-bustling hotspot, where aid workers and adventurous tourists would shop for vintage tribal rugs, pottery and metalware, is almost empty of visitors looking for a bargain. (WAKIL KOHSAR / AFP)

Taliban resumes passport services for Afghans

Khosti added that all female employees of the passport department have been asked to return to their jobs

5 Oct 2021 5:41 PM IST

High waves break on the Mutrah sea side promenade in the Omani capital Muscat on October 2, 2021, as the Shaheen tropical storm hits the country. (AFP)

Death toll in Cyclone Shaheen now 5 as storm moves into Oman

The Emirates, home to Abu Dhabi and Dubai, had issued warnings to residents that the storm was coming

4 Oct 2021 11:15 AM IST

Taliban also announced that they will launch a program to send students abroad to pursue higher education. (Representational image: ANI)

Taliban to deploy suicide bombers to Afghanistan's borders

Ahmadi said that the battalion is named Lashkar-e-Mansoori -"Mansoor army-" and will be deployed to the borders of the...

2 Oct 2021 7:06 PM IST

A member of the Taliban special forces pushes a journalist (L) covering a demonstration by women protestors outside a school in Kabul. (Photo: AFP)

Rights group expresses concern over Taliban's new media rules

As per the regulations, journalists are required to 'ensure that their reporting is balanced'

1 Oct 2021 12:54 PM IST

Taliban also announced that they will launch a program to send students abroad to pursue higher education. (Representational image: ANI)

Taliban announce operation to defeat IS terrorists: Reports

The IS claimed an attack on Kabul airport on August 26, which killed more than 100, including 13 US personnel

29 Sept 2021 6:25 PM IST

An Afghan man has his photograph taken for facial biometric information as he applies for his passport at the passport office in Kabul. -AFP

Taliban to change Afghan passports, national identity cards

Deputy Minister of information & Culture said that the documents possibly will have the name 'Islamic Emirate of...

26 Sept 2021 12:48 PM IST

Taliban members inspect near the site of a blast in Jalalabad. (Photo: AFP)

Taliban to female Kabul city workers: Stay home

Hamdullah Namony told reporters Sunday that only women who could not be replaced by men have been permitted to report to...

19 Sept 2021 2:25 PM IST

A young Afghan girls stands next to her mother participating with other Afghan women against Pakistan and the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. (Photo: AP)

'Suffered most' from Afghan war, says Pakistan citing USD 150 bln...

Afghans and the previous Kabul government had blamed Pakistan for its proxy war in Afghanistan

19 Sept 2021 11:48 AM IST

Smoke rises from a deadly explosion outside the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo: AP)

Three dead as series of explosions hit Afghanistan's Nangarhar...

Also on Saturday a sticky bomb exploded in the capital Kabul wounding two people, said police officials

18 Sept 2021 6:34 PM IST