KABUL (Reuters) – According to sources, Afghanistan’s Taliban administration will begin paying outstanding paychecks to government employees on Saturday. Thousands of Afghan government employees are due at least three months’ pay, one of the numerous difficulties confronting the Taliban since the Islamist outfit took control of the nation in August.Continue Reading
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – The US government, through the US Agency for International Development (USAID), will donate $7 million to the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) continued assistance for the Ehsaas Programme in Pakistan, which is addressing the COVID-19’s secondary impacts. According to a news statement released by the US embassy onContinue Reading
UNITED NATIONS – A senior committee of the UN General Assembly overwhelmingly endorsed a resolution reiterating the right to self-determination for peoples subjected to colonial, foreign, and alien occupation on Thursday, with Pakistan describing it as a “cardinal value” of the UN. The resolution, proposed by Pakistan, was co-sponsored byContinue Reading
PARIS (AFP) – Libya was advised on Friday by world powers to stick to a plan for presidential elections on December 24, and that foreign mercenaries should depart as well, allowing the country to go on with its history. President Emmanuel Macron of France invited leaders and diplomats for anContinue Reading
ISLAMABAD: According to a source and the US State Department, the new US special envoy for Afghanistan, Thomas West, will visit Pakistan this week for a meeting with the Taliban foreign minister and top diplomats from China and Russia. It will be West’s first trip to the region since succeedingContinue Reading
UNITED NATIONS, (AFP) – After meeting with Pakistan, China, and Russia, important actors with Afghanistan’s new authorities, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated Thursday that the world was unified in pressuring the Taliban. Blinken met with his counterpart from Pakistan, the main ally of the Taliban regime that wasContinue Reading
ZURICH: The United Nations has agreed to hold an international assistance meeting in Geneva on September 13 in order to help prevent what UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has described as a “looming humanitarian disaster” in Afghanistan. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced the summit on Twitter, saying it will seekContinue Reading
NEW YORK – At least 44 people were killed in the New York region by flash flooding produced by Hurricane Ida’s leftovers overnight and into Thursday, including some who died in basements during the “historic” weather disaster that officials blamed on climate change. Record rains transformed streets into rivers andContinue Reading
WASHINGTON – The United States military confirmed the departure of the final US troops from Afghanistan on Monday, bringing an end to a 20-year struggle that saw the Taliban seize power in the country. “I’m here to declare the conclusion of our withdrawal from Afghanistan and the military operation toContinue Reading
KABUL: In response to the US drone strike in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar region, Suhail Shaheen, a spokesperson for the Taliban’s political office, warned that Washington will have no authority to attack the nation after August 31. According to Reuters, the US launched a drone strike against a Daesh attack “planner” inContinue Reading
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