Seeks unconditional surrender of Ashraf Gani’s government Kabul: Taliban fighters entered Kabul on Sunday and sought the unconditional surrender of the central government, officials said, as Afghans and foreigners alike raced for the exit, signalling the end of a 20-year Western experiment aimed at remaking Afghanistan. The beleaguered central government, meanwhile, hope for an interim […]
New Delhi: India has put in place contingency plans to evacuate hundreds of its officials and citizens from Kabul that has been gripped by fear and panic following reports of Taliban fighters entering the outskirts of the Afghan capital city on Sunday. People familiar with the development said the government will not put the lives […]
Washington: President Joe Biden has rushed an additional 1,000 US soldiers to Afghanistan for an “orderly and safe drawdown” of American and allied personnel, as the Taliban insurgents moved closer to retaking full control of the war-torn country. Biden’s authorisation of 5,000 troops in his statement on Saturday included 1,000 who are already on the […]
Kabul: Afghanistan’s embattled president left the country Sunday, joining his fellow citizens and foreigners in a stampede fleeing the advancing Taliban and signalling the end of a 20-year Western experiment aimed at remaking Afghanistan. The Taliban, which for hours had been in the outskirts of Kabul, announced soon after they would move further into a […]
Islamabad: Pakistan has closed the Torkham border point with Afghanistan after the Taliban took control of the Afghan border facility, the interior minister said Sunday. Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said the decision to close the Torkhan border was taken due to due to an extraordinary situation on the other side. Ahmed told the local Geo television […]
New Delhi: Expressing concern over the lack of debate in Parliament and state legislatures, Chief Justice of India N V Ramana on Sunday said it is a “sorry state of affairs” as the absence of quality debate leaves many aspects of laws unclear and increases the burden on courts. He said that an elaborate discussion […]
New Delhi: Outlining the roadmap for a new and assertive India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday announced a slew of development programmes, including a landmark Rs. 100 lakh crore “Gatishakti” initiative to boost infrastructure and employment opportunities In his eighth consecutive address from the ramparts of Red Fort on the 75th Independence Day, Modi […]
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Sunday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of only making announcements about schemes in his Independence Day speeches and not implementing them, even as it hit out at him for not withdrawing the three agriculture laws against which the farmers have been protesting. Senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge said for seven […]
Tally reaches 3,21,92,576; death toll climbs to 4,31,225 with 493 fresh fatalities New Delhi: India saw a single-day rise of 36,083 new coronavirus infections, raising its tally to 3,21,92,576, while the death toll has climbed to 4,31,225 with 493 fresh fatalities, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. The active cases have […]
London: The very rare blood clots that can be caused by the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine can be aggressive and deadly but is very rare, leading scientists have concluded in the findings of the first study of its kind on Thursday. A research team led by Dr Sue Pavord of the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation […]