31-08-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ ISLAMABAD/ WASHINGTON: Taliban fighters fired their guns into the air in celebration in the Afghan capital as the United States completed the withdrawal of it forces from Afghanistan, nearly twenty years after it invaded the country following the September 11, 2001 …

30-08-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ WASHINGTON/ ISLAMABAD: The operations at the Kabul airport were unaffected after rockets were fired at Kabul airport Monday but were intercepted before they could do damage. US President Joe Biden was briefed on the rocket attack at the Hamid Karzai …

30-08-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ KABUL/ WASHINGTON: A US drone attack struck a vehicle carrying “multiple suicide bombers” from ISIL’s (ISIS) Afghanistan affiliate before they could attack the ongoing military evacuation at Kabul’s international airport, American officials have said. There were few initial details about …

Anti-Taliban march in London 29-08-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies LONDON/ KABUL/ WASHINGTON/ TEHRAN/ BAGHDAD/ DOHA/ ISLAMABAD:  US President Joe Biden warned that conditions in Kabul during the final days of the US evacuation remain “extremely dangerous” and said his military commanders had informed him during a briefing on …

28-08-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies WASHINGTON/ KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: The United States forces helping to evacuate Afghans desperate to flee Taliban rule were on alert on Saturday for more attacks after an ISIL-affiliated suicide bombing killed at least 175 people. Thirteen US service members and 162 Afghans …

27-08-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ ISLAMABAD/ WASHINGTON: Suicide bombers struck the crowded gates of Kabul airport with at least two explosions on Thursday, causing a bloodbath among civilians, killing four US marines among 73 and effectively shutting down the Western airlift of Afghans desperate to …

26-08-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ ISLAMABAD/ WASHINGTON: At least 13 people have been killed in two powerful explosions outside Kabul’s international airport, a Taliban official has said, amid a huge and chaotic evacuation effort from Afghanistan. A “complex attack” on Thursday at the airport in …

26-08-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Afghans on Thursday hurried to escape Taliban rule, but Western officials said the group had made assurances that some evacuations would be permitted after next week’s US withdrawal deadline. Over 80,000 people have been evacuated since August 14, but …

24-08-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ BEIJING/ ISLAMABAD/ WASHINGTON: The Chinese Special Envoy for Afghan Affairs Yue Xiaoyong has said that the US is responsible for the current uncertainty in Afghanistan. In an interview with Geo News, aired on Sunday, the special envoy said that the US left …

23-08-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: The Taliban has said “hundreds” of its fighters were heading to the Panjshir Valley, one of the few parts of Afghanistan not yet controlled by the group. Since the Taliban overran Afghanistan, flickers of resistance have begun to emerge …