Afghanistan crisis

New York: The UN Security Council has condemned "in the strongest terms" the continued heinous terrorist attacks targeting civilians in Afghanistan. "The members of the Security Council reaffirmed that terrorism in all its forms and…

Washington: Former Afghanistan finance minister Khalid Payenda, who once oversaw a US-supported $6 billion budget, is now driving Uber in America to support his family. Talking to The Washington Post he said he earns “a little over 150…

Geneva: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has hinted that he is ready to talk to the Taliban that has taken over Afghanistan. "I'm ready to speak myself when it is clear with whom should I speak, for what purpose," he said on…

Abu Dhabi: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Wednesday said that ousted Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and his family are in Abu Dhabi now. The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs has accepted that they resided Ghani and his family for…

New Delhi: Amid the deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover of the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday chaired a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS). The meeting was attended…

New Delhi: The government announced a new category of electronic visa to fast-track applications from Afghans who wish to leave the Taliban-controlled country. The new visa category is called "e-Emergency X-Misc Visa". The announcement…

London: Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai said she was deeply concerned about the situation in Afghanistan, particularly the safety of women and girls. Yousafzai said US President Joe Biden "has a lot to do" and must "take a bold…

New Delhi: External affairs minister S Jaishankar spoke to US secretary of state Antony Blinken from New York today to seek American assistance in getting Indians evacuated from Kabul. India's External Affairs Minister Jaishankar…

Kabul: Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban leader freed from a Pakistani jail on the request of the US less than three years ago, emerged as an undisputed victor of the 20-year war. While reports say a delegation of Taliban and Afghanistan…