August 2021

Moscow, Aug 24 (UNI/SPUTNIK) The Taliban expects countries that took part in Doha negotiations to make efforts so the movement is removed from the United Nations blacklist, Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen told Sputnik on Tuesday. "So on…

London, Aug 24 (UNI) The G7 Foreign Affairs Committee Chairs on Tuesday said that no member of the international community should unilaterally recognise the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, and the key criteria for recognition should…

Washington, Aug 24 (UNI/SPUTNIK) The US Department of Defense has declined to comment to Sputnik on the recent report that the Taliban (banned in Russia as a terrorist group) appointed Abdul Qayyum Zakir, a former detainee in Guantanamo Bay…

Washington, Aug 25 (UNI/Sputnik) The potential economic collapse in Afghanistan will significantly weaken the Taliban which may force them to compromise to remain in power, former Virginia state Senator Richard Black told Sputnik. "The…

Washington, Aug 25 (UNI/Sputnik) US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu about cooperation in the ongoing evacuation efforts in Afghanistan, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said.…

Kabul, Aug 24 (UNI/SPUTNIK) Abdul Salam Hanafi, the deputy head of the Taliban (banned in Russia) political office in Qatar, met with Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan Wang Yu in Kabul on Tuesday, a Taliban spokesperson said. "They…

Hyderabad, Aug 24 (UNI) : Few days after the arrest of the scam-hit Karvy Stock Broking Ltd (KSBL) Chairman C Parthasarathy by the city police based on a loan default complaint by IndusInd Bank, another similar case was registered against…

On a Reddit thread, working parents shared how they are juggling professional commitments and family time. Here’s what they said: “Family comes first. Kid is sick, you leave work and take them to the doctor. Spouse has a perforated sinus…

Bumper stickers on cars can symbolize just about anything under the sun. They can show support for a certain political candidate, identify you as a proud parent of an honor student or the fact that you just love that one special dog breed.…

THE DELHI High Court Monday directed authorities to forthwith release an NRI couple who were detained at Delhi’s IGI Airport on the basis of a look-out circular (LOC) on arrival from the UK. “Till the next date, subject to the petitioner…

In a covert operation in Srinagar, the J&K Police on Monday killed two militants, including Mohammad Abass Sheikh, one of the most wanted militant commanders, police said. A top commander and old hand of Hizbul Mujahideen, Sheikh last…

Still dousing the fires in its Punjab unit, the Congress is battling a building conflagration in Chhattisgarh, with Rahul Gandhi set to meet Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel and his rival and Cabinet colleague T S Singh Deo together Tuesday.…

AN APPARENT discrepancy between the Union Government’s order setting up the Delimitation Commission and the J&K Reorganisation Act could cast a shadow over the redrawing of Assembly seats in the state, a key element in kickstarting the…