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Mullah Baradar (AFP file photo)

Taliban co-founder Baradar to lead new Afghanistan government, sources

Haibatullah Akhunzada, the Taliban's surpreme religious leader, will focus on religious matters and governance within...

3 Sept 2021 2:31 PM IST

Taliban fighters gather along a street during a rally in Kabul. (Photo: AFP)

Al Qaeda praises Taliban's 'historic victory' in Afghanistan

Al Qaeda's leaders said it 'soothed' their hearts to hear verses from the Quran recited in the 'Presidential Palace' in...

1 Sept 2021 2:40 PM IST

Taliban fighters wave from the back of a pickup truck, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 30, 2021. Many Afghans are anxious about the Taliban rule and are figuring out ways to get out of Afghanistan. (AP /Khwaja Tawfiq Sediqi)

Taliban celebrate defeating the United States

US' longest military conflict drew to a close on Monday when its forces abandoned Kabul's airport, where it had overseen...

31 Aug 2021 12:50 PM IST

Smoke rises from a deadly explosion outside the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021. Two suicide bombers and gunmen have targeted crowds massing near the Kabul airport, in the waning days of a massive airlift that has drawn thousands of people seeking to flee the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. (AP/Wali Sabawoon)

Islamic State group claims latest Kabul attack

The attack did not halt the steady stream of U.S. military C-17 cargo jets taking off and landing at Hamid Karzai...

30 Aug 2021 7:26 PM IST

$A destroyed vehicle is seen inside a house after a U.S. drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021. A U.S. drone strike destroyed a vehicle carrying \multiple suicide bombers\ from Afghanistans Islamic State affiliate on Sunday before they could attack the ongoing military evacuation at Kabuls international airport, American officials said. (AP)$ World

Rockets fired at Kabul airport as US troops pull out

US forces are now focused chiefly on flying themselves and American diplomats out safely

30 Aug 2021 11:41 AM IST

Emirates planes are parked at the Dubai International Airport in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP)

UAE to resume visas for tourists vaccinated against Covid

Those eligible would have to be fully inoculated with one of the Covid-19 vaccines approved by the World Health...

29 Aug 2021 1:51 PM IST

The window for civilian evacuations has all but closed for thousands of Afghans as many countries have either ended or are about to end airlift operations on security concerns. (Photo: Repesentational/AFP)

US kills ISIS-K planner in drone strike

Large crowds milled around Kabul's international airport on Friday despite repeated warnings of more terrorist attacks

28 Aug 2021 1:04 PM IST

A plane carrying evacuees from the virus zone in China lands at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Wednesday. PTI image

Ukraine, Iran deny hijacking of evacuation plane from Afghanistan:...

Ukraine's deputy foreign minister Yevgeny Yenin had claimed that a Ukrainian plane was hijacked in Afghanistan by...

24 Aug 2021 5:57 PM IST

Taliban fighters patrol in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021. (AP)

Taliban 'intensifying' search for Afghans who helped US: UN document

The report says the group has 'priority lists' of individuals it wants to arrest

20 Aug 2021 11:17 AM IST

A Taliban fighter walks past a beauty saloon with images of women defaced using a spray paint in Shar-e-Naw in Kabul on August 18, 2021. (AFP)

Images of women vandalised as Kabul faces up to Taliban rule

Stores begin whitewashing its outdoor walls to cover up advertisements showing the faces of smiling women in bridal...

19 Aug 2021 11:49 AM IST

Taliban fighters take control of Afghan presidential palace after the Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled the country, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021. (AP)

Taliban sweep into Afghan capital after government collapses

Taliban official said the group would announce from the palace the restoration of the 'Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan'

16 Aug 2021 11:51 AM IST

An Afghan security personnel stand guard in the checkpoint of airport after a suicide attack in Jalalabad province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, March 6, 2019. (AP)

Several rockets hit Kandahar airport as Taliban-led violence rages

Violence has escalated in Afghanistan in recent weeks as the Taliban have intensified their offensive

1 Aug 2021 10:31 AM IST