Monday, August 16th, 2021
Bringing relations between Yerevan and Delhi to a new level: Armen Grigoryan
Armenia and India still have a lot to do to realize the untapped potential of bilateral cooperation in various fields. AGENCIES YEREVAN, 15 Aug – Yerevan is ready to bring the Armenian-Indian cooperation to a qualitatively new level for the benefit of the two countries and peoples. This was announced at a reception on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Independence Day of this country by acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Armen Grigoryan. He noted that relations between the Armenian and Indian peoples are rooted in theRead More
Russian diplomats meet Taliban today
KABUL: The Russian ambassador and other diplomats based in Kabul are likely to have a meeting with the senior Taliban leadership today (Tuesday). The Russian authorities say they will decide about the recognition of Taliban government after the outcome of the meeting. Sources say, the Russian officials have decided not to close down their mission in Afghanistan. Similarly Chinese have also decided to stay in Afghanistan. Meanwhile the Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen announced that Mujahideen have been asked to protect lives and properties of people. He said, nobody was allowedRead More
5 killed at Kabul airport shooting
DNA KABUL: At least five people were killed in Kabul airport as hundreds of people tried to forcibly enter planes leaving the Afghan capital, witnesses told Reuters. One witness said he had seen the bodies of five people being taken to a vehicle. Another witness said it was not clear whether the victims were killed by gunshots or in a stampede. U.S. troops, who are in charge of the airport, earlier fired in the air to scatter the crowd, a U.S. official said.
War in Afghanistan is over: Taliban
Taliban wanted to have peaceful relations and was keen to develop several channels of communication it had already opened with foreign countries News Desk KABUL: The spokesperson for the Afghan Taliban on Monday declared that the war in the country is over, saying that the group desires peaceful relations with the world. Afghan war updates: At least five killed at Kabul airport as US forces open fire to scatter crowd. The statement comes a day after the Afghan Taliban entered Kabul as President Ashraf Ghani left the country, saying heRead More
EU foreign ministers to hold talks on Afghanistan Tuesday
Brussels, Aug 16 :EU foreign ministers will hold crisis talks via videolink Tuesday on the situation in Afghanistan as European nations scramble to evacuate personnel from the country, diplomats told AFP. Member states and Brussels are frantically trying to pull their foreign and Afghan staff out of Kabul amid fears of reprisals after the Taliban’s takeover of power.
Who is Mullah Habitullah?
khundzada was appointed as the Taliban supreme commander on 25 May 2016 as the replacement for Mullah Akhtar Mansour DNA ISLAMABAD: Mawlawi Hibatullah is a hardline religious scholar and the leader of the Taliban. As of August 16, 2021, Akhundzada is said to be the de facto Military Leader/President of Afghanistan, due to the “official” president, Ashraf Ghani’s departure from Afghanistan’s presidential palace. Akhundzada reportedly issued the majority of the Taliban’s fatwas, and was the head of the Taliban’s Islamic courts. Unlike many Taliban leaders, Akhundzada is believed to haveRead More