17-08-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ ISLAMABAD/ WASHINGTON/ RIYADH/ AMMAN/ DUBAI: The Taliban have declared an “amnesty” across Afghanistan and urged women to join its government, trying to calm nerves across a tense capital city that only the day before saw chaos at its airport as …

17-08-2021 TEHRAN: Iran welcomes a peaceful transition of power in Afghanistan through a coordination council consisting of the major Afghan leaders, the spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry said, expressing hope that the problems in the neighboring country would be resolved with dialogue. Speaking at a press conference on Monday, …

17-08-2021 WASHINGTON/ TEHRAN: Iran has made progress in its work on enriched uranium metal, the UN nuclear watchdog said in a report to member states, despite Western warnings that such work threatens talks on reviving the Iran nuclear deal. The United States responded to the report by demanding that Tehran …

17-08-2021 NEW YORK: The Taliban’s rapid takeover of Afghanistan poses a new challenge for big U.S. tech companies on handling content created by a group considered to be terrorists by some world governments. Social media giant Facebook confirmed on Monday that it designates the Taliban a terrorist group and bans …

17-08-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ ISLAMABAD/ WASHINGTON/ DUBAI:  President Joe Biden acknowledged that the Afghan government collapsed more quickly than he expected and suggested that they had lacked the will to stand up to the Taliban. “The truth is, this did unfold more quickly than …

17-08-2021 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ KABUL: India has finally shut down its embassy in Kabul. The news has been confirmed by the Ministry of External Affairs of Twitter. FE Online has been told by the sources that apart from diplomats, two Indian journalists are also aboard that flight. …

16-08-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ WASHINGTON/ ISLAMABAD:  It’s just past 4:00 am there, and many in the country will undoubtedly be waking up to a completely changed country. Here’s what’s happened over the last few hours: The Taliban has effectively gained control of Afghanistan – …

16-08-2021 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised healthcare workers and scientists for helping India fight Covid-19 as the country celebrated 75 years of independence. Modi also paid tributes to those who died of the virus, saying “the pain of losing them will stay with …

16-08-2021 OTTAWA: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has called a snap summer general election as Canada enters into its pandemic fourth wave. The general election comes as polls indicate his minority Liberal government looks within reach of forming a majority. The 49-year-old Liberal leader says “Canadians need to choose how we …

15-08-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ ISLAMABAD/ WASHINGTON: Taliban insurgents entered the Afghanistan capital Kabul on Sunday, an interior ministry official said, as the United States evacuated diplomats from its embassy by helicopter. The senior official told Reuters the Taliban were coming in “from all sides” …