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 →

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 →

US President Joe Biden defended America’s choice to leave Afghanistan on Thursday, dismissing the notion that the Taliban’s takeover was “inevitable.” However, the US president acknowledged that a unified Afghan government controlling the majority of the country was “very improbable.” His comments came as US and international soldiers began toRead More →

PORT-AU-PRINCE: Interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph stated in a statement early Wednesday that a gang of unidentified persons invaded Haitian President Jovenel Moise’s private residence overnight and shot him dead. The incident took place amid an increase in politically motivated violence in the poor Caribbean country. There are worries ofRead More →