Kabul [Afghanistan], December 30 (ANI): Former President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday said that only after taking off from Afghanistan did he learn that he was headed outside the country.
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 30 (ANI): About 4,000 Afghan soldiers were killed and 1,000 others went missing between July 1 and August 15 ahead of the fall of Kabul to the Taliban, Washington Post reported, citing Yasin Zia, the former chief of staff of the Afghan military.
Kabul [Afghanistan], Decemeber 30 (ANI): A new meeting of Russia, United States, China and Pakistan under Extended Troika format is scheduled for January next year in Kabul, announced Russia special Presidential Representative for Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov.
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 30 (ANI): In a surprising decree, the Taliban led Ministry of Vice and Virtue has ordered their forces against invading "people's privacy" and asked them not to take the phones of people and go through them.
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 30 (ANI): Amid the rapid spread of the Omicron variant, the Taliban led government has asked the World Health Organization (WHO) to provide the Omicron's testing kits for Afghanistan.
Kabul [Afghnistan], December 30 (ANI): Uzbekistan has temporarily decreased nearly 50 per cent electricity supply to Afghanistan, causing disruption in services in nearly 15 provinces in the country including Kabul, reported local media.
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 30 (ANI): Funding issues in Afghanistan have led to the closure of nearly 50 per cent of hospitals that used to treat COVID-19 patients, leaving many Afghans waiting for treatment, reported Sputnik.
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 29 (ANI): Afghanistan Prime Minister Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund on Wednesday met with Ali Mohammad bin Hammad Al Shamsi, UAE Minister of Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs and Port Security, and discussed bilateral relations.
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 29 (ANI): Dozens of women came out on the streets of Kabul on Wednesday to protest the continued hold on Afghan bank assets by the US amid an economic crisis in Afghanistan, local media reported.
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 29 (ANI): Russian President Vladimir Putin's concerns over lack of security on Afghanistan's borders with Central Asian countries has drawn a response from the Taliban who said that there is no threat from Afghanistan's borders to regional countries.
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 29 (ANI): Several dozen Afghan women on Tuesday protested against the new directives of the Taliban putting limitations on their movement.
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 29 (ANI): Contrary to general amnesty announced by the Taliban post the takeover of Afghanistan, a video on social media showing a military officer of the former government, who was arrested, being tortured by two men has sparked sharp reactions.