19-08-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KARACHI/ KABUL/ LAHORE: For the last 20 years, the Kartei Sakhi shrine in west Kabul has been one of the main gathering places for the annual Ashura commemorations in the city. Every year, thousands of men, women and children in black …

19-08-2021 Bureau Report + Agencies WASHINGTON/ KABUL/ ISLAMABAD DUBAI: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, speaking from exile in the United Arab Emirates, said on Wednesday that he had left Kabul to prevent bloodshed and denied reports he took large sums of money with him as he departed the presidential palace. Ghani …

19-08-2021 By SJA Jafri (Courtesy Al Jazeera) CANBERRA/ BRISBANE/ ISLAMABAD: Two refugees are taking the Australian government to court, arguing that their detention offshore was fundamentally illegal because they were children at the time. Cousins Mehdi and Adnan, who by chance travelled on the same boat from Jakarta to Australia, …

18-08-2021 By SJA Jafri + BBC KABUL/ NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD: The Taliban’s blisteringly fast takeover of Afghanistan has stunned security and diplomacy experts worldwide. Days after the fall of Kabul, nations are hurriedly evacuating their diplomats and citizens, leaving behind two decades of work and investments. The Taliban’s rout is …

18-08-2021 JALALABAD/ KABUL: The first pushback against the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan appeared to draw a violent response from the country’s new rulers. Reports from the local media suggested injuries, possibly even deaths as the Taliban opened fire on a protest where the national flag was unfurled. The firing comes …

18-08-2021 WASHINGTON: The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) Tuesday released a report on failures in the United States’ Afghanistan mission after the Taliban takeover of Kabul. The SIGAR report accuses US leaders of not fully comprehending Afghanistan’s political dynamics and said their priorities were influenced by their own …

18-08-2021 KABUL: The Taliban criticized Facebook for blocking freedom of speech in Afghanistan as a result of the crackdown by the US firm. A Taliban spokesman was responding to social media giant Facebook’s measure to block the Taliban and their content from its platforms, including the messaging app, WhatsApp. On …

Burqa not mandatory for women Mullah Baradar back in Afghanistan UK plans to resettle 20,000 Afghans Thousands Afghanis enter Pakistan 18-08-2021 By SJA Jafri KARACHI/ QUETTA/ ISLAMABAD/ KABUL/ WASHINGTON/ LONDON/ PARIS/ CANBERRA: Finally, after taking the control of Kabul by Taliban on 15th August 2021, the global hypocrisy, fraud and …

Hyderabad Aug 18 (PMI): According to press note Moulana Ali Hyder Farishta Qibla President of Majma-e-Olama wo Khutaba and his all members including executive body members are ready to extend their Co-Operation in Re-construction of Ibadat Khana-e-Hussani which has been built up in Hyderabad Dar-ul-Shafa. Moulana Farishta said Allah has …

17-08-2021 KABUL: Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid on Tuesday said that the insurgent group does not wish to “repeat any conflict, any war”. “We want to do away with the factors for conflict. Therefore, the Islamic Emirate does not have any kind of any kind of hostility or animosity towards anybody,” he …