AFGHANISTAN

Letters: America’s unconvincing account of the Kabul operation to save civilians from the Taliban

SIR – The article “Pakistan goes to the root of Taliban support. Time to stop treating it as an ally” by Kyle Orton (telegraph.co.uk) includes the claim that Mullah Omar Read More

Taliban have reassured won’t allow TTP to use Afghan land against Pakistan: Sheikh Rashid

ISLAMABAD, AUG 23: Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid said on Monday the Afghan Taliban had reassured the government that the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) would not be given permission to operate Read More

Afghanistan’s Massoud refuses to surrender to Taliban and warns of war

The son of Ahmad Shah Massoud, who was one of the main leaders of Afghanistan‘s anti-Soviet resistance in the 1980s, said he will not surrender areas under his control to the Taliban,Read More

Taliban impose some order around Kabul airport

KABUL, AUG 22: Afghanistan‘s new Taliban rulers imposed some order around chaotic Kabul airport on Sunday, making sure people formed orderly queues outside the main gates and not allowing crowds to gather at the Read More

Iranian Navy commander welcomes Pakistani counterpart

Tehran, AUG 22: Admiral Mohammad Amjad Khan Niazi arrived in Tehran on Saturday and was officially welcomed by his Iranian counterpart Shahram Irani.Admiral Niazi is in Tehran at the official Read More

India should also play positive role for peace in Afghanistan

AGENCIES ISLAMABAD, Head of Hizb-e-Islami Engineer Gulbadin Hikmatyar on Sunday said that India should also play positive role for peace in Afghanistan. New Delhi should focus on its internal issues Read More