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Opinion Published 28 Sep, 2021 03:51pm

The Taliban vowed no revenge. One Afghan family tells a different story

By Rupam Jain When the Taliban won back control of the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar last month, they set ...

World Updated 28 Sep, 2021 02:31pm

Women banned from Kabul University by new Taliban chancellor

"As long as real Islamic environment is not provided for all, women will not be allowed to come to universities or work. Islam first," Mohammad Ashraf Ghairat tweeted

World Published 28 Sep, 2021 01:18pm

No one from Afghanistan will address world leaders at U.N.

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS:No representative from Afghanistan will address the annual high-level U.N....

Pakistan Published 27 Sep, 2021 10:44pm

Pakistan not to blame for the outcome of Afghan war: PM Imran

PM Imran Khan expressed “surprise” over the recent Congressional hearings on Afghanistan, where “no mention was made of Pakistan’s...

World Updated 27 Sep, 2021 10:59pm

US Deputy Secretary of State to visit Pakistan, India after Taliban takeover

Wendy Sherman, after CIA chief Bill Burns, will be one of the first high-level officials under President Joe Biden to visit...

World Published 27 Sep, 2021 09:39pm

Afghan envoy cancels address on final day of UN meeting

The Taliban, in a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres last Monday, requested that its new foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi be...

Life & Style Updated 27 Sep, 2021 04:13pm

Taliban bans barbers in Helmand from shaving beards

The Taliban have allegedly banned barbers in Helmand from shaving or trimming beards according to a report in BBC on...

Blog Published 27 Sep, 2021 02:08pm

'It is a big relief for me': how the welfare provided by madrassas holds a key to fighting the Taliban

The swift reemergence of the Taliban in Afghanistan after a failed 20-year war means we need to look beyond military...

World Updated 26 Sep, 2021 11:06pm

Afghanistan desires good relations with the international community: Zabihullah

The minister said Afghanistan wanted good relations with the international community and desired to expand trade and...

World Published 26 Sep, 2021 06:09pm

Taliban urge international airlines to resume Afghan flights

Since then only charter flights have been operating, although Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), Iran's Mahan Air and...

Published 25 Sep, 2021 11:58am

U.S. condemns Taliban's reported plan to reinstate executions, amputations

U.S. State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on Friday that Washington condemns in the strongest terms reported...

Life & Style Published 25 Sep, 2021 11:27am

Malala pleads with world to protect Afghan girls' education

By Daphne Psaledakis UNITED NATIONS: Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, who was shot by a Taliban gunman in...

World Published 24 Sep, 2021 10:41pm

EU pushes for UN rights rapporteur to monitor Afghanistan

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet and the EU have called for the rights council to launch a...

Pakistan Published 24 Sep, 2021 09:51pm

U.S. can work with Taliban to promote peace, stability in the region: PM Imran

Prime minister Imran Khan said that Pakistan would prefer to reach a decision regarding recognition of the new government together with...

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 07:12pm

Strict punishment, executions will return: Taliban official

Mullah Nooruddin Turabi dismissed outrage over the Taliban’s executions in the past, which sometimes took place in...

World Updated 24 Sep, 2021 01:45pm

Why is Taliban's choice of new VC for Kabul University so controversial?

The Taliban's appointment of Mohammad Ashraf Ghairat as the new interim chancellor of Kabul University on Wednesday...

World Published 23 Sep, 2021 11:18am

Taliban, Islamic State arm themselves with weapons US left behind

The weapons and military equipment left behind by the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, including through the...

Life & Style Published 23 Sep, 2021 10:44am

Al Azhar scholars who left Afghanistan hope Islam's tolerant message survives Taliban

By Mahmoud Mourad Clerics from Egypt's ancient seat of Sunni study Al-Azhar, who spent years teaching in ...

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...

Pakistan Published 22 Sep, 2021 03:32pm

Taliban arrest men who removed Pakistan's flag from aid truck

The Taliban have said they will take action against those who removed Pakistan's flag from a truck carrying aid and...

World Published 22 Sep, 2021 11:50am

Women's rights activist to leaders at UN: Don't let Taliban fool you

By Daphne Psaledakis UNITED NATIONS: Afghan rapper and activist, Sonita Alizadeh, fled her homeland with her family...

World Published 22 Sep, 2021 11:31am

Taliban names Afghan U.N. envoy, asks to speak to world leaders

By Michelle Nichols The Taliban have asked to address world leaders at the United Nations in New York this week and...