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World Published 20 Jan, 2022 10:51am

Afghan women losing jobs fast as economy shrinks and rights curtailed

KABUL: In a small tailoring workshop in Kabul, 29-year-old Afghan entrepreneur Sohaila Noori looks on as her...

World Published 12 Jan, 2022 11:22am

Taliban increase payment in wheat as economic crisis deepens

KABUL:The Taliban administration said on Tuesday it was expanding its 'food for work' program, in which it uses...

World Published 09 Jan, 2022 02:32pm

Taliban arrest Afghan professor after social media criticism

Professor Faizullah Jalal has blamed Taliban for worsening financial crisis

World Published 08 Jan, 2022 02:51pm

Taliban issue posters ordering women to cover up

Poster was slapped on cafes and shops this week by the Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice

World Published 30 Dec, 2021 11:54am

Pilots detail chaotic collapse of the Afghan Air Force

By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON:Hours before Kabul fell to the Taliban on Aug. 15, the Afghan Air Force was melting ...

World Published 23 Dec, 2021 02:55pm

Suicide bomber killed at Kabul passport office gate

While there are no details on casualties, the building and streets around the area have been locked down by Taliban security forces.

World Published 19 Dec, 2021 04:15pm

Hundreds queue for passports in Kabul in bid to leave Afghanistan

Tense Taliban personnel periodically charged crowds that formed at the front of the queue and at a nearby roadblock

World Published 18 Dec, 2021 04:19pm

Taliban govt resumes issuing Afghan passports in Kabul

Interior Ministry Passport Department head Alam Gul Haqqani says initially travel documents will be given to those who had already applied before the office suspended work

World Updated 14 Dec, 2021 11:49am

No punishment for US troops involved in Kabul strike: Pentagon

Spokesman John Kirby says senior commanders recommendations to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin about the incident did not include any accountability measures for specific personnel

World Updated 13 Dec, 2021 01:17pm

Kabul passport office head urges patience as anxious crowds keep gathering

KABUL:The head of the Kabul Passport Office has asked for patience from thousands of Afghans waiting for documents...

World Published 22 Oct, 2021 01:46pm

For Afghan Hazaras, where to pray can be life and death choice

By Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam KABUL:Each time Hussain Rahimi leaves his Kabul home for the mosque to pray, he recites...

World Published 20 Oct, 2021 01:41pm

Beauty salon a women's haven in the Taliban's Kabul

It is one of the last places in Kabul where women can meet outside their households

Pakistan Published 14 Oct, 2021 03:17pm

PIA suspends Afghan operations citing Taliban interference

The suspension came as the Taliban govt ordered the airline to cut ticket prices to levels seen before the fall of the Western-backed Afghan govt in August

World Published 06 Oct, 2021 02:44pm

Hundreds throng passport office in Afghan capital

By Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam and Jorge Silva KABUL:Hundreds of Afghans flocked to the passport office in Kabul on...

Business Published 02 Oct, 2021 12:49pm

Afghan central bank drained dollar stockpile before Kabul fell - document

By John O'Donnell and Rupam Jain FRANKFURT/MUMBAI,:The Afghan central bank ran down most of its U.S. dollar cash...

Business Published 25 Sep, 2021 01:17pm

Hundreds protest in Kabul to demand release of Afghan foreign reserves

Hundreds of people protested in Kabul on Friday, demanding that the United States release billions of dollars in...

World Published 24 Sep, 2021 07:28pm

Afghan Taliban defence minister orders crackdown on abuses

Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob said in an audio message that some "miscreants and notorious former soldiers" had been allowed to...

World Published 24 Sep, 2021 09:23am

U.S. fallout over Kabul drone strike grows with plans for multiple probes

By Patricia Zengerle A senior U.S. Democrat said on Thursday that multiple congressional committees will ...

Science Published 22 Sep, 2021 03:57pm

What next for Afghanistan's deserted beauty salons?

By Bahaar Joya and Emma Batha Shortly after the Taliban seized Kabul, gunmen visited Sadaf's beauty salon and...

World Published 18 Sep, 2021 10:50am

US says Kabul drone strike killed 10 civilians, including children, in 'tragic mistake'

Our investigation now concludes that the strike was a tragic mistake, McKenzie told reporters.

Pakistan Updated 13 Sep, 2021 05:03pm

First PIA commercial flight leaves Kabul since Taliban takeover

On Monday morning, a PIA jet touched down in Kabul, before making a return flight to Islamabad

World Published 13 Sep, 2021 02:01pm

U.N. seeks $600 million to avert Afghanistan humanitarian crisis

By Emma Farge GENEVA: The United Nations is convening an aid conference in Geneva on Monday in an effort to raise...