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Afghan acting PM urges Islamic countries to recognize Taliban regime
Kabul, Jan 19 (UNI) The Taliban’s Prime Minister Mullah Muhammad Hassan Akhund on Wednesday claimed the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has met the conditions for recognition and called on Islamic nations to take the lead in recognizing the…
Texas gunman identified as Malik Faisal Akram of UK
Washington, Jan 16 (UNI) The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) tonight identified the slain hostage-taker at Texas synagogue as British national Malik Faisal Akram.
The 44-year-old gunman was shot dead by security personnel in a…
Hostage crises: Extremists take 4 persons captive in Texas Synagogue
White House monitoring hostage situation at Synagogue in Texas ploice
Former UNI Editor ‘TVS’ dead
New Delhi, Jan 10 (UNI): Veteran journalist T V Satyanarayanan, who worked with the United News of India for 23 long years until retiring in 1995, passed away here on Monday due to old age complications, his family said. He was 86.
Having…
EAM speaks with Iranian FM, discusses Chabahar, Afghanistan
New Delhi, Jan 8 (UNI) External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday held a telephonic talk with his Iranian counterpart H. Amirabdolahian, during which the two discussed the challenges in Afghanistan, the prospects of Chabahar port…
Pak still playing games on India’s 50,000 MT wheat aid to Afghanistan
New Delhi, Jan 6 (UNI) Three months after India sought permission from Pakistan to transport 50,000 MT wheat and life-saving medicines via the Wagah border to Afghanistan, and over a month after Islamabad agreed to it as a one-time…
India sends 500,000 doses of Covaxin to Afghanistan
New Delhi, Jan 1 (UNI) India on Saturday supplied 500,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin to Afghanistan, and will be supplying an additional batch of 500,000 doses in the coming weeks.
The Ministry of External Affairs, in a statement,…
Taliban stops Pakistan from trespassing and building fence
Pakistani military had exceeded up to 15 km into Afghanistan territory
Saleh located in Panjshir, Afghan resistance has enough weapons
Dushanbe, Dec 28: Ex-Vice President of Afghanistan Amrullah Saleh is located in the Panjshir province, and resistance forces against the Taliban have enough weapons and military equipment there, Afghan Ambassador to Tajikistan Muhammad…
Hundreds of Afghans stuck at Islam Qala Port hoping to get into Iran
Kabul, Dec 27: Hundreds of Afghans seeking entry to Iran are struck at Islam Qala port awaiting permission from the Iranian authorities to cross the border, closed due to the spread of the Omicron coronavirus strain, Afghanistan's TV…
Taliban plan to revamp Afghan govt bodies
Kabul, Dec 26: A number of erstwhile Afghanistan government bodies have been dissolved by the Taliban in order to establish a new council, media reports said.
The Taliban is working on creating a grand council and other common councils,…
Iran closes land borders amid Omicron concerns
Tehran, Dec 26: Iran is closing its land borders with the neighboring countries amid a rapid spread of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, Rohollah Latifi, the spokesman for Iran's Customs, said.
"According to the decision of the…
Afghan ambassador in Dushanbe refuses to return $800,000 sent by Ghani gov’t
Dushanbe, Dec 24: The Afghan Embassy in Dushanbe has denied the Taliban (under UN sanctions for terrorism) the return of $800,000 that were sent from Kabul in the last days of the presidency of Ashraf Ghani, Afghan Ambassador Muhammad Zahir…
Kabul: Taliban deny any agreement with Turkey, Qatar on Kabul airport
Kabul, Dec 26: The Taliban (under UN sanctions for terrorism) denied that a deal had been reached with Qatar and Turkey that would allow the two to jointly run airports in Kabul and other Afghan cities.
The Turkish state news agency…
Terror and trade can’t go together: Amarinder
Chandigarh, Dec 22: Former Punjab chief minister and Punjab Lok Congress supremo Capt Amarinder Singh on Wednesday said that terror and trade cannot go hand-in-hand and there was no point in starting business and trade with Pakistan as long…
Karzai tells Imran Khan not to interfere in Afghanistan’s internal affairs
Kabul, Dec 19 (UNI) Former Afghan president Hamid Karzai on Sunday attacked Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan for his remarks about Afghan politics and the threat of Daesh attacks and asked him not to interfere in Afghanistan’s internal…
Three Russian planes take off from Kabul with about 200 evacuees
Moscow, Dec 18 (UNI/Sputnik) Three planes of the Russian Defense Ministry left Kabul with about 200 Russian and Kyrgyz citizens and Afghan students studying in Russia, the ministry said on Saturday.
Earlier in the day, the planes delivered…
Taliban nominee requests from UN Afghanistan’s envoy seat
Kabul, Dec 17 (UNI/Sputnik) The United Nations should hand the seat of the Afghan ambassador over to the "new government" of the country, the nominee of the Taliban to the UN, Suhail Shaheen, said on Friday.
No country has yet recognized…
India to send high-level delegation to Chabahar early next year
New Delhi, Dec 14: India has agreed to send a high-level delegation to Chabahar in Iran next year, following talks between India, Iran and Uzbekistan on joint use of Chabahar Port on Tuesday.
During the Second Trilateral Working Group…
India to host Afghanistan for ODI series
Kabul, Dec 13: India will host Afghanistan for three-match One-Day International series in March next year, the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) announced on Monday. The ACB put out their Future Tour Program (FTP) for 2022-23, which…
