MUMBAI: As Taliban fighters consolidate power amid international troop withdrawals, India announced on Sunday that it has temporarily recalled personnel from its consulate in Kandahar, a significant city in southern Afghanistan. “India-based soldiers have been called back for the time being due to severe fighting near Kandahar city,” said ArindamRead More →

Iran’s participation with the Taliban and the Afghan government in quest of a negotiated settlement in the war-torn nation was welcomed by Pakistan on Friday.In a statement, Foreign Office Spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri stated, “Pakistan supports Iran’s involvement with Afghan parties to reach a negotiated political settlement.”Pakistan sees Iran asRead More →

MOSCOW – The Afghan Taliban claimed control of 85 percent of Afghanistan’s land on Friday, as the organisation pressed its attack despite the US military departure.Taliban negotiator Shahabuddin Delawar stated at a news conference in Moscow that the organisation controls “85 percent of Afghanistan’s land,” including 250 of the country’sRead More →

Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister, Mohammad Hanif Atmar, has asked Pakistan for assistance in ending the country’s raging conflict, saying he hopes Islamabad can encourage the Taliban to resume negotiations.The situation in Afghanistan has deteriorated, with the Taliban starting a blistering assault and seizing key areas of the nation, bolstering their positionRead More →

ISLAMABAD: Asad Umar, the Federal Minister for Planning, stated on Friday that there are obvious early indicators of the fourth COVID-19 wave beginning in Pakistan, owing to a lack of standard operating procedures (SOPs) and the proliferation of the Delta version. The federal minister, who is also the head ofRead More →