Kabul, 17 August 2021 The Taliban declared the war in Afghanistan over and wished for peaceful relations with other countries. Addressing first official press conference after taking over Capital City Kabul on Monday, yesterday, spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid assured the world community that we're committed that you will not be harmed anyway from our soil." He...

Washington, 16 August 2021 President Joe Biden on Monday in his address to the US nation at the White House East Room said he 'stood squarely behind' his decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan and rejected broad criticism of the chaotic withdrawal that is posing a crisis for him. Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan, the...

Kabul, 15 August 2021 Afghan Taliban forces once again took over charge of presidential palace in country's Capital city after 19 years and 10 months loosing into the hands of invading US-NATO forces in October 2001. President Ashraf Ghani fled Afghanistan this morning as Taliban closes in on Kabul early today, according to the country’s...

12 August 2021 (AlJazeera News) Herat, Afghanistan’s third-largest city, has fallen to the Taliban, residents and local journalists said, becoming the eleventh provincial capital to be captured by the armed group in recent days. Earlier on Thursday, the armed group took control of Ghazni, the capital of Ghazni province, about 130km (80 miles) southwest of...

Doha, 13 August 2021 (QT) By Ashraf Siddiqui A three-day international meeting on Afghan conflict hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Qatar concluded on Thursday with a nine-point declaration, particularly with an agreement to accelerate the peace process in Afghanistan. The declaration was reached after extensive interactive discussions between the participating countries and...

Doha, 11 August 2021 (QT) A three-day talk session on Afghan negotiations between Extended Troika group and the Taliban-Afghan government delegates kicked off in Doha at the Hotel Grand Sheraton. The meeting is being hosted by Qatar. The first session of talks among the Extended Troika group members continued for almost three hours on the...

Albany, New York, 10 August 2021 Andrew Cuomo, Governor of New York, who has been lauded on his services during pandemic Covid-19 has resigned Tuesday after finding him sexually harassed 11 women, including current or former state employees. New York Attorney General, Letitia James issued a report in beginning of the month charging Andrew Cuomo sexually...

Doha, 09 August 2021 A three day international meetings on Afghan peace will be held from August 10-12 at the Sheraton Grand Hotel Doha.  Russian News Agency TASS had reported in last week of July referring Special Russian Presidential Representative for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov announcing the meeting of the Extended Troika comprising Russia, China, the...

Islamabad, o8 August 2021 A delegation from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) visited the Line of Control in Azad Kashmir on Saturday to assess the human rights situation in Indian-administered Kashmir, the Pakistani military’s media wing said in a statement. The 12-member delegation of the OIC’s Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission (IPHRC) were “given...

Sheberghan, Afghanistan, 07 August 2021 (AlJazeera) The Taliban forces has captured the city of Sheberghan, the second Afghan provincial capital reported by AlJazeera reporter Charlotte Bellis from the Afghan capital Kabul. He  said the situation on the ground is nuanced and fluid. “The Taliban put out a statement saying they have taken the city of...