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Taliban insists on creating an ‘independent Islamic System’ in Afghanistan
Doha, Jul 17 (UNI/SPUTNIK) Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the head of the delegation of the Taliban movement at the intra-Afghan peace talks in Doha, on Saturday advocated building a society that is underpinned by Islamic values.
Earlier…
Daughter of Afghan envoy to Pakistan kidnapped
Kabul, Jul 17(UNI) The daughter of the Afghan ambassador to Pakistan Najibullah Alikhil
was kidnapped and tortured before being released, said the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Saturday.
The ministry condemned the incident and…
Indian journalist killed in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province
Kabul, Jul 16 (UNI) Danish Siddiqui, an Indian photojournalist working for Reuters, was killed while covering clashes between Afghanistan security forces and Taliban militants in Spin Boldak district in Kandahar.
Afghan Ambassador to India…
Indian journalist killed in clashes in Afghanistan’ Spin Boldak district
Kabul , July 16 Danish Siddiqui, an Indian photojournalist working for Reuters, was killed on Friday during clashes in Spin Boldak district in Kandahar, sources confirmed.
Siddiqui was covering the situation in Kandahar over the last…
Biden, Erdogan top advisers discuss ‘range of regional Issues’
Washington, Jul 16 (UNI/SPUTNIK) White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan and Chief Adviser to the President of Turkey Ibrahim Kalin discussed a range of regional issues in a phone call on Friday, National Security Council…
Biden plans to evacuate 2,500 Afghan interpreters to US
Washington, Jul 17 (UNI/Sputnik) The Biden administration plans to evacuate 2,500 Afghan interpreters and their families to a base in the United States before the US withdrawal from Afghanistan is complete at the end of August, NBC News…
Afghan President blasts Pakistan for supporting Taliban
Tashkent, Jul 16(UNI) Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, while speaking at an international summit in Uzbekistan on Friday came down heavily on Pakistan for what he called support to the Taliban.
He urged Pakistan to use its influence and…
US to build support base for Afghan peace regionally, internationally
Washington, Jul 15 (UNI/Sputnik) The United States will continue to solicit strong support for the Afghan peace process both regionally and internationally, Homeland Security Adviser Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall said Thursday.
The White…
Taliban press advances, take key border post with Pakistan
KABUL: The Taliban are pressing on with their surge in Afghanistan, saying they seized a strategic border crossing with Pakistan on Wednesday - the latest in a series of key border post to come under their control in recent weeks.
The…
India to highlight Chabahar port’s importance at Central-South Asia conference in Uzbekistan,…
Tashkent (Uzbekistan), July 14, Uzbekistan is hosting the Central-South Asia Conference 2021 in Tashkent titled the International Conference on Central and South Asia Regional Connectivity, Challenges and Opportunities.
External Affairs…
India at Shanghai: Act against seizure of power by violence, force in Afghanistan
New Delhi, July 14 (UNI) Saying that the future of Afghanistan cannot be its past, India on Wednesday called upon fellow Shanghai Cooperation Organisation nations to act against the seizure of power by violence and force, and ensure that…
Jaishankar likely to meet Chinese foreign minister
NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is likely to meet his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Dushanbe in Tajikistan on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation foreign ministers’ meeting. The two leaders last met on…
SCO Foreign Ministers meet in Tajikistan; Focus on Afghan
New Delhi/Dushanbe, Jul 12 (UNI) Foreign ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) began arriving in the Tajik capital Dushanbe for meetings that would focus on the situation in Afghanistan in the wake of the US pullout and…
Kashmir, Jammu have separate issues, Farooq on NC’s proposals to Delimitation panel
Srinagar, Jul 11 (UNI) Amid criticism that NC’s proposal to Delimitation Commission in Jammu echoed the BJP demands of framing a new criterion to delimit constituencies, party president Farooq Abdullah on Sunday said that the issue…
India, Russia to have 2+2 talks , commit to a democratic Afghanistan
New Delhi, July 9 (UNI) India and Russia on Friday agreed to hold 2+2 talks involving foreign and defence ministers later this year, adding a new dimension to their steady and multi-dimensional relationship.
External Affairs Minister S…
Kabul calls on China, India, Russia to help fight terrorism in Afghanistan
Moscow, Jul 9 (UNI/SPUTNIK) Afghanistan is calling on China, India and Russia to help the country's defense and security forces fight terrorism, rather than interfere in internal affairs, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani's National Security…
China fear ‘Terror group’ in Xinjiang amid US withdrawal from Afghanistan: Report
Beijing , July 8 Amid the ongoing US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, China is worried about the instability to come in the country, a revival of the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM), its cross-border agitation and terrorism in…
US troops to be out of Afghanistan by end of August
Washington, Jul 6 (UNI/Sputnik) US troops will be withdrawn from Afghanistan by the end of next month, which is a little ahead of the September 11 deadline laid out by President Joe Biden, Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby told reporters…
Tajik president calls his Afghan counterpart
Dushanbe, Jul 4 (UNI/Sputnik) Tajikistan's President Emomali Rahmon has discussed the military and political situation in Afghanistan with his Afghan counterpart, Ashraf Ghani, the Tajik president's office said on Sunday.
"During a phone…
US exit from Afghanistan won’t be finished in next few days, says Biden
Washington (US) July 3 The US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan would not be completed in the next few days, said US President Joe Biden on Friday (local time).
"No," Biden said when asked by White House reporters if the withdrawal…
