The Taliban announced a new caretaker government on Tuesday evening and appointed leaders to key ministerial positions. Addressing a press conference in Kabul, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said the new head of state will be Mullah Hassan Akhund; the first deputy will be Mullah Baradar; the second deputy will be Mawlavi Hannafi; acting minister of […]
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Tue 07 September 2021: While Afghanistan’s National Resistance Front (NRF) urged citizens to join the fight “against the Taliban and Pakistani agents’ control of the country,” Indian news channels reported on the NRF shooting down a “Pakistani jet plane” in Panjshir. India Today used a tweet by account ‘@mohsood123’, which claimed to be the official account […]
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Tue 07 September 2021: A town in Indonesia has come up with a unique method to provide joy to COVID-19 patients as part of its fight against the pandemic. During the pandemic, a homemade robot created by Indonesian villagers and scientists for fun has acquired a new purpose: carrying food, and maybe a smile, to […]
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Tue 07 September 2021: President Joe Biden stated late Monday that the US is still a long way from recognizing the Taliban, who took control of Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital, in mid-August after the US withdrew. “That’s a long way off,” Biden told reporters at the White House. At a briefing last Thursday, White House press […]
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Tue 07 September 2021: On a heavy news day, with the crisis in Afghanistan crisis escalating, the usual suspects of Indian TV news continued to do what they do best: run news without verifying facts, and peddle misinformation. Republic, Times Now Navbharat, and Zee Hindustan ran footage that they claimed were visuals from the ongoing military conflict […]
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Mon 06 September 2021: The Taliban on Monday said their officials held discussions on the situation in Afghanistan with Turkey’s ambassador to the country. Suhail Shaheen, a Taliban spokesman, said on Twitter that Qari Din Mohammad Hanif, head of Taliban’s Political Office Department for Turkey and Russia, met with Turkish Ambassador Cihad Erginay in Kabul […]
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Mon 06 September 2021: Lt Gen Hameed was the first high-ranking foreign official to visit Afghanistan since the Taliban seized the Afghan capital in mid-August. During a press conference in Kabul on Monday, Mujahid confirmed that the ISI chief had met with Mullah Baradar during his visit to Kabul, BBC Urdu reported. Earlier, Pakistani media […]
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Mon 06 September 2021: Iran on Monday “strongly” condemned the Taliban’s military offensive against holdout fighters in Afghanistan’s Panjshir Valley, as the Islamist group claimed it had taken control of the area. “The news coming from Panjshir is truly worrying,” Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh told reporters. “The assault is strongly condemned.” Iran, the region’s dominant […]
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Mon 06 September 2021: Proceedings in the Jharkhand Assembly were disrupted on Monday by the opposition BJP, who protested over the allotment of a room for offering namaz. Before the session began for the day, BJP MLAs sat on the stairs at the entrance of the assembly chanting Hanuman Chalisa and ‘Hare Rama’ with placards. As […]
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Mon 06 September 2021: The Taliban has taken entire control of Panjshir province, the final area of Afghanistan controlled by resistance troops, according to a spokesman for the group, three weeks after taking control of Kabul. “With this victory, our country is completely taken out of the quagmire of war,” chief spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said. […]
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