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World Published 14 Sep, 2021 01:31pm

Family of U.S. hostage held by Taliban calls for Zalmay's firing

By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON: The family of Mark Frerichs on Monday urged U.S. President Joe Biden to fire his...

Life & Style Published 14 Sep, 2021 01:15pm

Kabul gamers fret over favourite pastime with Taliban back in power

The Sm:)le net club, a gaming cafe in downtown Kabul, used to be a haven for young people in the city: an escape ...

Blog Published 14 Sep, 2021 12:11pm

Women are at the forefront of protests against the Taliban

Despite what they insisted as they swept through Afghanistan, the Taliban appear to have remained largely the same...

World Published 14 Sep, 2021 11:50am

Afghan women should not work alongside men, senior Taliban figure says

By Alasdair Pal NEW DELHI:Afghan women should not be allowed to work alongside men, a senior figure in the ruling...

World Published 13 Sep, 2021 05:05pm

Qatar foreign minister says he urged Taliban to respect women's rights

Qatar's foreign minister said on Monday the Gulf state has urged Afghanistan's new Taliban rulers to respect women's...

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 02:20pm

Afghan pilots start leaving Uzbekistan for UAE, despite Taliban pressure-source

By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON: U.S.-trained Afghan pilots and other personnel held in an Uzbek camp for about a month...

Business Published 13 Sep, 2021 02:08pm

As West ponders aid for Afghanistan, China and Pakistan quick to provide relief

By Charlotte Greenfield ISLAMABAD:As international donors gather in Geneva on Monday to discuss humanitarian relief...

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...

World Published 13 Sep, 2021 11:54am

Twitter reacts to pro-Taliban women demonstration in Kabul

Social media users took to Twitter to discuss the women demonstrators who turned up in Kabul to rally in favor of ...

Pakistan Updated 13 Sep, 2021 10:29am

Denmark thanks Pakistan for assisting its citizens after Taliban takeover in Afghanistan

Shah Mahmood Qureshi apprised his counterpart of the current situation in Afghanistan and...

World Published 12 Sep, 2021 09:11pm

Top Qatar diplomat most senior to visit Kabul since Taliban takeover

Qatar has long acted as a mediator on Afghanistan, hosting the Taliban's talks with the United States under...

World Updated 13 Sep, 2021 10:32am

Taliban say women can study at university but classes must be segregated

The minister, Abdul Baqi Haqqani, said the new Taliban government, named last week, would...

Sports Published 11 Sep, 2021 03:06pm

Don't isolate us, Afghan board pleads after Australia warning

Afghanistan's cricket authorities on Friday pleaded with other national teams not to shun it over the country's new...

World Published 11 Sep, 2021 09:27am

Family claims Taliban executed Amrullah Saleh's brother

The Taliban have executed the brother of Amrullah Saleh, the former Afghan vice president who became one of the...

World Published 11 Sep, 2021 09:23am

Afghan economic meltdown would be 'gift for terrorists,' says U.N. chief

By Michelle Nichols U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed on Friday for an injection of cash into...

Published 10 Sep, 2021 03:28pm

Taliban have their work cut out to win hearts and minds in Kabul

After 20 years of fighting, the Taliban have tried to present a conciliatory face to the world. Afghanistan's new...

Life & Style Published 10 Sep, 2021 03:23pm

Traumatized and anxious, Afghans evacuees begin life in Australia

By Cordelia Hsu SYDNEY: After evacuating Afghanistan, the first of about 3,500 people - mostly women and children -...

Pakistan Published 10 Sep, 2021 12:01pm

Malala calls on UN to push to keep girls in schools in Afghanistan

Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, who was shot by a Taliban gunman in Pakistan as she left school in 2012,...

Business Published 10 Sep, 2021 12:01pm

Minerals, drugs and China: How the Taliban might finance their new Afghan government

Now that the Taliban have reportedly taken full control of Afghanistan and begun forming a government, a looming...