Archive Detail
| Title | Description | Posted Date |
|---|---|---|
| Kabul's 'terror challenge' in Kashmir an | Kabul/New Delhi, Aug 30 (TIWN) Global media reports supported by security experts indicate that the Taliban 2.0 now ensconced in Afghanistan has come to control $85 billion military equipment, including 600,000 small arms, 200 planes/choppers, black hawks, night vision devices, body armours and medical supplies. Those who worked for Afghanistans defences till last month testify to these biometric details. | 30-Aug-2021 |
| Taliban's supreme leader shows up in Kan | New Delhi, Aug 30 (TIWN) The supreme leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada, arrived in Kandahar province from an unknown place on Sunday. | 30-Aug-2021 |
| Taliban say female students to study in | Kabul, Aug 30 (TIWN) Abdul Baqi Haqqani, who has been appointed by the Taliban as the acting Minister for Afghanistan's Ministry of Higher Education, said classrooms for female students will be separate from those of males. | 30-Aug-2021 |
| Af-Pak region promises to stay terror ha | Kabul/New Delhi, Aug 29 (TIWN) It may be tempting for some analysts to surmise that through the terror attack outside the Kabul airport that killed over 170 last Thursday, the Islamic State-Khorasan that has claimed credit was handing a bloody "parting gift" to the US and others scrambling to quit. But all indications point to continuing and prolonged violence emanating from Afghanistan under its new rulers. | 29-Aug-2021 |
| Rocket attack near Kabul airport kills t | Kabul/New Delhi, Aug 29 (TIWN) A child was killed in a rocket attack northwest of Kabul airport amid the US evacuation, according to an Afghan police chief, Al Arabiya reported. | 29-Aug-2021 |
| Afghan situation forced every country to | Wellington (Tamil Nadu), Aug 29 (TIWN) The ongoing situation in Afghanistan has forced the entire world to rethink their strategies, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Sunday. | 29-Aug-2021 |
| Taliban restricts bank withdrawals to $2 | Kabul, Aug 29 (TIWN) The Taliban have imposed limits on bank withdrawals in Afghanistan, a media report said on Sunday. | 29-Aug-2021 |
| Journalists among Kabul airport explosio | Kabul, Aug 29 (TIWN) Two journalists, including a female TV anchor, were among the victims of a deadly explosion at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul on August 26, an independent media group said on Sunday. | 29-Aug-2021 |
| Who are the Taliban faces now in-charge | New Delhi, Aug 28 (TIWN) The Taliban members, who were once designated as wanted terrorists for 9/11 attacks in the US, are now in charge of the war-torn Afghanistan. | 28-Aug-2021 |
| Italy pushing for special G20 meeting on | Rome, Aug 28 (TIWN) Italy, which holds the rotating presidency of the G20, is still pushing for a special meeting on Afghanistan as its last evacuation flight has left Kabul. | 28-Aug-2021 |
| 7,000 more residents evacuated in Califo | Los Angeles, Aug 28 (TIWN) The California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (CalOES) said a total of 42,100 residents have been evacuated due to the raging wildfires across state, with 7,000 more people in the last 24 hours ago. | 28-Aug-2021 |
| Saudi-led airstrikes in Yemen kill 20 Ho | Sanaa, Aug 28 (TIWN) Yemen's government announced that 20 Houthis were killed in airstrikes launched by the Saudi-led coalition in the country's northeastern province of al-Jawf. | 28-Aug-2021 |
| Once wanted terrorists, now prominent Ta | News Delhi, Aug 28 (TIWN) The Taliban in a shockingly rapid move took over Afghanistan after capturing Kabul on August 15. The world's best intelligence and security establishments were in awe with the quick takeover by the banned Islamist terror group, which was ousted in 2001 following the US invasion. | 28-Aug-2021 |
| Germany's 7-day Covid incidence hits 70 | Berlin, Aug 28 (TIWN) The Covid-19 incidence rate in Germany in the past seven days reached 70.3 per 100,000 people, up from 66.0 the previous day and 48.8 a week ago, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) said. | 28-Aug-2021 |
| Kabul security head Khalil Haqqani was d | Washington/New Delhi, Aug 27 (TIWN) The Talibans new self-proclaimed chief of security in Kabul, Khalil Haqqani of the Haqqani Network with close ties to Pakistans ISI, was designated as a terrorist by the US 10 years ago and is subject to a $5 million reward for information leading to his capture. | 27-Aug-2021 |
| Kabul airport attack benefits the Haqqan | New Delhi, Aug 27 (TIWN) Islamic State-Khorasan might have taken the responsibility for the suicide attacks in Kabul on Thursday that left at least 90 dead, but the Taliban faction partially in control of security in Kabul over the past several days, the Haqqani network, must also be scrutinised, writes Sajjan M. Gohel in the journal Foreign Policy. | 27-Aug-2021 |
| With vow to 'hunt down' suicide bombers, | New York, Aug 27 (TIWN) Trying to emerge from a 20-year quagmire in Afghanistan, US President Joe Biden risks tipping over into another with his vow to "hunt down" those behind the Kabul airport suicide bombings that killed at least 103 people, including 13 American service members. | 27-Aug-2021 |
| 3-way summit in Cairo to discuss Palesti | Ramallah, Aug 27 (TIWN) A three-way summit will be held in Egyptian capital Cairo within the coming days to discuss the Palestinian issue, a senior official said here. | 27-Aug-2021 |
| Thailand mulls easing curbs | Bangkok, Aug 27 (TIWN) As the Covid-19 situation is gradually improving in Thailand, authorities were considering easing some restrictions in Bangkok and some provinces. | 27-Aug-2021 |
| Kabul blasts leave many dead, US too con | Kabul, Aug 26 (TIWN) A blast rocked the Kabul airport, which is thronged by crowds of desperate Afghans seeking to flee the country after the Taliban takeover, on Thursday, causing numerous casualties, including US personnel. | 26-Aug-2021 |
| 7 terrorists killed in Balochistan | Islamabad, Aug 26 (TIWN) Seven terrorists belonging to a banned outfit were killed during a raid at their hideout in Pakistan's Balochistan province, the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of police said on Thursday. | 26-Aug-2021 |
| Japan's ruling party to hold leadership | Tokyo, Aug 26 (TIWN) Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on Thursday formalised the decision to hold an election to choose its new President on September 29, with the campaigning slated to start on September 17. | 26-Aug-2021 |
| Taliban, Panjshir resistance not to atta | Kabul, Aug 26 (TIWN) In a major development on Thursday, the Taliban and the Northern Alliance have agreed not to attack each other, Geo News reported. | 26-Aug-2021 |
| Qantas posts significant loss due to Cov | Canberra, Aug 26 (TIWN) Australia's flag carrier, Qantas, is continuing to pay a huge price as the Covid-19 pandemic drags into the second half of 2021, but the airline is holding out hopes that some international flights will resume before the all-important Christmas period. | 26-Aug-2021 |
| Afghanistan's fall spells trouble for Ch | Kabul/Islamabad, Aug 25 (TIWN) The Talibans unpredictable takeover of Afghanistan has ushered in a tumultuous second innings for the country, as the world watches the developments closely. | 25-Aug-2021 |
| Australia records worst day of pandemic | Canberra, Aug 25 (TIWN) Australia on Wednesday reported a new record number of coronavirus cases for the third time in a week. | 25-Aug-2021 |
| Japanese govt to distribute antigen test | Tokyo, Aug 25 (TIWN) The Japanese government is scheduled to distribute up to 800,000 Covid-19 antigen test kits to kindergartens and schools from early September, local media reported on Wednesday. | 25-Aug-2021 |
| Pak SC summons govt on harassment of jou | Islamabad, Aug 25 (TIWN): The Pakistan Supreme Court has asked three senior officials to appear before it on Thursday to hear the governments version on the rising incidents of harassment of journalists. | 25-Aug-2021 |
| S.Korea's childbirth level hits record l | Seoul, Aug 25 (TIWN) South Korea's childbirth level hit a record low in the first half of this year, the lowest since 1981, statistical office data revealed on Wednesday. | 25-Aug-2021 |
| CIA chief met top Taliban leader in Kabu | Kabul, Aug 24 (TIWN) CIA Director William Burns secretly met the top Taliban figure in Kabul on Monday amid a chaotic US effort to evacuate American citizens and Afghans allied with the US in advance of an August 31 deadline, US officials said, the Wall Street Journal reported. | 24-Aug-2021 |
| South Korea, Russia discuss peninsula pe | Seoul, Aug 24 (TIWN) Nuclear envoys of South Korea and Russia discussed the Korean Peninsula issues, and agreed to continue close consultations for the progress of the peace process in the peninsula. | 24-Aug-2021 |
| MEA to brief political parties on Afghan | New Delhi, Aug 24 (TIWN) In view of the fast changing situation in war torn Afghanistan, the government has decided to brief the "Floor Leaders" of the political parties by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). | 24-Aug-2021 |
| India activates foreign missions around | New Delhi, Aug 24 (TIWN) The government has activated foreign missions near Afghanistan to speed up evacuation of stranded Indian citizens and Afghan nationals, including Hindus and Sikhs, from the war torn country, the government officials said here on Monday. | 24-Aug-2021 |
| Firefight erupts at Kabul airport entran | Kabul, Aug 24 (TIWN) The German army has said that a member of the Afghan security forces was killed in a gunfight at the north gate of the Kabul airport on Monday, the media reported. | 24-Aug-2021 |
| Hurricane Henri already flooding NYC str | NEW YORK, Aug 23 : Hurricane Henri kept on track to wreak havoc on New York early Sunday — but early downpours had already sparked major flooding in the Big Apple by Saturday night, shuttering subways and inundating roadways. | 23-Aug-2021 |
| Iran registers daily high in Covid death | Tehran, Aug 23 (TIWN) Iran's daily Covid-19 death toll hit a new high on Sunday at 684 new fatalities, taking the country's overall toll to 102,038. | 22-Aug-2021 |
| India's 'Shakti' reaches Colombo with ox | Colombo, Aug 22 (TIWN) Indian Navy's fleet tanker 'Shakti' has arrived here with 100 tonnes of Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) to fight the fast spreading Covid-19 pandemic in the island-nation. | 22-Aug-2021 |
| SL urges India's help to evacuate Lankan | Colombo, Aug 22 (TIWN) Sri Lanka has urged Indias assistance to evacuate nationals held up in Afghanistan after country was taken over by the Taliban. | 22-Aug-2021 |
| 3 flights with Indian nationals land at | New Delhi, Aug 22 (TIWN) Three private flights -- Air India, Vistara and IndiGo carrying Indian nationals from Kabul landed at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport Terminal 3 on Sunday Morning. Over two hundred Indian nationals arrived home safely. | 22-Aug-2021 |
| Sri Lankan Navy pelted stones at Indian | Chennai, Aug 22 (TIWN) Around 60 Indian fishing boats that were engaged in fishing off the Rameshwaram coast in Tamil Nadu were subjected to stone-pelting by the Sri Lankan Navy, according to state fishing department officials. | 22-Aug-2021 |
| Over 40 protesters injured in Gaza clash | Gaza, Aug 22 (TIWN) Over 40 Palestinian protesters were injured in clashes with Israeli soldiers near the border between eastern Gaza Strip and Israel, medics said. | 22-Aug-2021 |
| Sikhs stuck at Afghanistan Gurdwara are | New Delhi, Aug 21 (TIWN) The Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee has denied that Sikhs living in Afghanistan have been kidnapped by the Taliban even as the security situation in the war-torn country has further deteriorated. | 21-Aug-2021 |
| Armed uprising against Taliban clears th | Kabul, Aug 21 (TIWN) Tens of members of armed uprising groups attacked the Pol-e-Hesar district of northern Baghlan province in Afghanistan and cleared them of the Taliban. | 21-Aug-2021 |
| Taliban denies kidnapping reports near K | Kabul, Aug 21 (TIWN) A Taliban official has denied reports that foreign nationals were kidnapped near the Kabul airport, where big crowds still exist amid US-led evacuation efforts, local media reported on Saturday. | 21-Aug-2021 |
| Over 150 People, Mostly Indians are Kidn | AGARTALA, Aug 21 : Around 150 people, reported to be Indians awaiting evacuation from Kabul, have been kidnapped by Taliban fighters, reports said on Saturday. The Foreign Ministry has not issued any comment so far. | 21-Aug-2021 |
| 2nd largest wildfire in California burns | San Francisco, Aug 21 (TIWN) The Dixie Fire, the second-largest wildfire in California's history and the biggest one so far this year in the US, has so far burned more than 700,000 acres of land since it erupted on July 14, according to authorities. | 20-Aug-2021 |
| 'Extreme heat reduction urgently needed | New York, Aug 20 (TIWN) Immediate and urgent globally coordinated efforts to mitigate climate change and increase resilience to extreme heat to limit additional warming can help save lives, say researchers. | 20-Aug-2021 |
| Taliban can't ignore progress of women o | Kabul, Aug 20 (TIWN) Afghan women who have been working in government and non-government agencies held a gathering in Kabul to express concerns about the future and on how females will be represented in any future government, local media reports said. | 20-Aug-2021 |
| New Zealand provides humanitarian suppor | Wellingtin, Aug 20 (TIWN) New Zealand is providing NZ$3 million ($2 million) in humanitarian assistance to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in Afghanistan, Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta said on Friday. | 20-Aug-2021 |
| Suspect in US Capitol bomb threat surren | Washington, Aug 20 (TIWN) The suspect who drove near the US Capitol building on Thursday threatening that the bomb in his vehicle would detonate ultimately surrendered and was taken into custody, US Capitol Police (USCP) said, ending an hours-long standoff starting in the morning during which multiple nearby buildings were evacuated. | 19-Aug-2021 |