Tag: kabul
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Kabul: Announcement of payment of 3 months salary to government employees
KABUL: The Afghan government has reportedly announced the payment of three months’ salary to all government employees. Taliban deputy spokesman Inamullah Samangani said the Afghan finance ministry had collected more than 26 billion afghanis in 70 days. He said all government employees would be paid their salaries for the last three months from today. Taliban…
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Afghan Taliban vehicle attacked, 2 killed, 3 injured
Attack on Afghan Taliban’s vehicle in Jalalabad left 2 people dead and 3 were injured; a roadside bomb blast in the Afghan city reportedly destroyed the vehicle. According to the International News Agency, a roadside bomb exploded in Dzhalal-Abad as a Taliban patrol vehicle passed by. The blast completely destroyed the Taliban vehicle, killing two…
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Trade between Afghanistan & China resumes
Trade between Afghanistan and China has restarted, as consignment of Afghan dry fruits reaches China. According to details, China has reactivated direct air trade links to help the Taliban rulers deal with the deepening economic and humanitarian crisis in war-torn neighboring Afghanistan. Air trade between China and Afghanistan has resumed and a large number of…
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Why does the World Need to Step up for Afghanistan?
This opinion is written by Shanawar Aziz. Afghanistan is once again at the brink of becoming a warzone. The onus is on the West once again. Taliban blitz coupled with US disinterest has brought a nightmare for the citizens of Afghanistan. For Taliban, opposing and fighting against an incumbent government is altogether a different ball…
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Foreign Minister: Taliban Delegation will visit Pakistan
Foreign Minister (FM) Shah Mahmood Qureshi reached Pakistan in the wake of finishing his first official visit to the Afghan capital, Kabul, since the Taliban takeover in August. FM Qureshi arrived at Kabul on Thursday evening, with a strong delegation in tow, to hold talks with Afghan authorities on respective relations and ways of reinforcing…
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TALKS: The Only Way to Engage Taliban
One may disagree with Prime Minister Imran Khan’s lopsided views on legions of issues plaguing the country, but his stance on the Afghanistan issue is spot on. As a staunch campaigner of a political solution in war-riven Afghanistan, he believes that peace will remain elusive in southwest Asia unless the Taliban are incentivized. At a…
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PIA suspends its Kabul flight Operations
Karachi, 14 October 2021: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has suspended its Kabul flights operations till further notice. The decision was taken in view of changed dynamics and non conducive conditions supporting international flights operations at Kabul. According to the details, PIA spokesperson Abdullah Hafeez Khan said that the decision to operate flights to/from Kabul was…
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IRGC castle in Afghanistan
15 August 2021 marks the historic day when the Afghan Taliban drove into Kabul after Afghan President Ghani flee the country despite the agreement between the two parties. This put an end to 20 years long war that resulted in the deaths of thousands of Afghans. This came weeks after ANA’s surrender across Afghanistan followed…
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Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan: Options for the world & Pakistan
Pakistan is the only nuclear power in the Islamic countries and has always been in the leading role whenever there’s any sort of problem or crisis in Muslim states all around the world. The Islamic Republic of Pakistan is already hosting refugees from Afghanistan for decades. [bs-quote quote=”Pakistan is the third-largest country when it comes…
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Cricket Australia reeks double-standards and hypocrisy
Cricket Australia (CA) on September 9, 2021, canceled the Afghanistan men’s tour of Australia after a ban on women cricket in Afghanistan by the Taliban government. However, on the other hand, Adelaide Strikers have signed Afghanistan’s star leg-spinner Rashid Khan for the fifth KFC Big Bash League (BBL) season which clearly shows the hypocrisy and double-standards of…