Archive Detail
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'For what?': Joe Biden stands ground on | New York, Aug 20 (TIWN) US President Joe Biden believes history will judge the US experience in Afghanistan as one where it "overextended" its stay to deal with its national interest. | 19-Aug-2021 |
3 killed, over 30 injured in Pak explosi | Islamabad, Aug 19 (TIWN) At least three people were killed and over 30 others injured in an explosion in Pakistan's Punjab province on Thursday. | 19-Aug-2021 |
Taliban flag torn down in first signal o | Kabul, Aug 19 (TIWN) Several people have been killed after Taliban fighters shot at crowds in Afghanistan for waving the national flag at an independence day rally, leading to mass panic and stampede, a witness said, a day after three people were killed in a similar protest, The Guardian reported on Thursday. | 19-Aug-2021 |
Taliban hunting down Afghans in military | New Delhi, Aug 19 (TIWN) The Taliban are intensifying their hunt for people who worked for and collaborated with NATO and the US forces, according to a UN document. | 19-Aug-2021 |
Thailand, Indonesia launch cross-border | Bangkok, Aug 19 (TIWN) The central banks of Thailand and Indonesia on Thursday launched a cross-border QR payment linkage between the two countries. | 19-Aug-2021 |
Largest party in Nepal heads for split | Kathmandu, Aug 19 (TIWN) The Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist Leninist), the largest political party in Nepal, is heading for split on Wednesday as the faction led by senior leader Madhav Kumar Nepal applied for the registration of a new party. | 19-Aug-2021 |
UAE welcomes Ashraf Ghani, family into c | Dubai, Aug 18 (TIWN) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in UAE has confirmed that the Arab nation has welcomed Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani and his family into the country on humanitarian grounds. | 18-Aug-2021 |
No plans to recognise Taliban as Afghan | Ottawa, Aug 18 (TIWN) Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said his government has no plans to recognise the Taliban as the legitimate government of Afghanistan. | 17-Aug-2021 |
Johnson, Biden vow to work together on A | London, Aug 18 (TIWN) British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and US President Joe Biden have spoken over telephone about the current situation in Afghanistan following Taliban takeover, the Downing Street said in a statement. | 17-Aug-2021 |
118 Nepalis return from Afghanistan | Kathmandu, Aug 18 (TIWN) As many as 118 Nepalis arrived in the capital Kathmandu from Afghanistan via Kuwait , Nepal's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said. | 17-Aug-2021 |
China first nation to hope Taliban will | New Delhi, Aug 18 (TIWN) Several countries led by the UK have asked the world community not to bilaterally recognise the Taliban in Afghanistan, but China has done everything short of saying that it is a friendly force. | 18-Aug-2021 |
Taliban takeover in Afghanistan worries | New Delhi, Aug 17 (TIWN) The Taliban takeover in Afghanistan has adversely impacted the import-export trade in India -- the largest beneficiary of Afghanistan's exports -- a development that has left traders, especially those importing dry fruits, worried. | 17-Aug-2021 |
Israel mulls calling for int'l help to c | Jerusalem, Aug 17 (TIWN) The Israeli government is considering calling for international assistance in battling a massive wildfire that has been raging over the past two days near Jerusalem, officials said. | 17-Aug-2021 |
India safely evacuates diplomats, citize | New Delhi, Aug 17 (TIWN) India on Tuesday safely evacuated over 150 citizens, including diplomats from Afghanistan amid chaos following Taliban takeover. | 17-Aug-2021 |
Ashraf Ghani in Oman to escape to the US | Tehran, Aug 17 (TIWN) The exact location of fugitive Afghan President Ashraf Ghani is unknown, but he is said to have travelled to Oman to escape to the US, Mehr News reported. | 17-Aug-2021 |
Afghan air force plane crashes in Uzbeki | Tashkent, Aug 16 (TIWN) The Defence Ministry of Uzbekistan confirmed on Monday that an Afghan Air Force plane crashed in the Surkhandarya region bordering Afghanistan. | 16-Aug-2021 |
8 people dead in Kabul airport amid chao | Kabul, Aug 16 (TIWN) At least five people have been killed at the Kabul airport and three stowaways were reported to have fallen to their deaths from an airborne plane as thousands of Afghans are desperately trying to get on flights out of the country amid increasingly chaotic scenes, the Daily Mail reported on Monday. | 16-Aug-2021 |
Commercial flights from Kabul airport ca | Kabul, Aug 16 (TIWN) All commercial flights from the Hamid Karzai International Airport on Kabul have been cancelled in the wake of Taliban takeover triggering widespread chaos, said a statement of Afghanistan's civil aviation authority released on Monday. | 16-Aug-2021 |
Kabul residents flee city, country on fe | Kabul, Aug 16 (TIWN) People in Kabul have been fleeing the capital as news of the Taliban advance emerges. | 16-Aug-2021 |
Burqas pulled out of dusty storerooms, c | Kabul, Aug 15 (TIWN) The seemingly unstoppable advance of the Taliban has once again seen the burqa being pulled out of dusty storerooms and cupboards by women in Afghanistan who remember life under the militants rule. | 15-Aug-2021 |
Afghans intrigued at 'being sold out' as | Kabul, Aug 15 (TIWN) Residents in Herat and Kandahar say they cannot believe how quickly both cities fell after the Taliban's weeks-long effort to take two of Afghanistan's largest cities, Al Jazeera has reported. | 15-Aug-2021 |
Tibetan struggle 'modelled' on path of M | Dharamsala, Aug 15 (TIWN) The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) on Sunday celebrated India's 75th Independence Day with its President Penpa Tsering unfurling the Indian national flag and singing national anthem here. | 15-Aug-2021 |
Israeli relaxations of measures in Gaza | Gaza, Aug 15 (TIWN) The Islamic Hamas Movement has said that the recent Israeli relaxations of some of the tightened measures imposed on the Gaza Strip "are not enough". | 15-Aug-2021 |
How to keep classrooms air fresh during | New York, Aug 13 (TIWN) With schools set to open in many places, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) suggest that open windows and good heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems can help keep the classrooms safe during the Covid-19 pandemic. | 13-Aug-2021 |
US exit from Afghanistan could be 'seque | Washington, Aug 13 (TIWN) US Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has warned that Americas retreat from Afghanistan risks a replay of the nations humiliating withdrawal from Saigon at the end of the Vietnam conflict in 1975. | 13-Aug-2021 |
US, China search for common ground in ta | New Delhi, Aug 13 (TIWN): After several rounds of accusations, threats and sabre rattling, the United States and China are seeking common ground ahead of likely summit between US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. The two leaders are not unfamiliar with each other. They had spoken to each other on the eve of the Chinese Lunar year. | 13-Aug-2021 |
Flash floods kill 27 people in Turkey | Ankara, Aug 13 (TIWN) Flash floods that hit three provinces in Turkey's Black Sea region have killed at least 27 people, the country's disaster management authority said on Friday. | 13-Aug-2021 |
21 killed, 4 missing as heavy rain hits | Beijing, Aug 13 (TIWN) Twenty-one people were killed and four others missing as heavy rain lashed a township in China's Hubei province since the last 48 hours, local authorities said on Friday. | 12-Aug-2021 |
US judge narrows subpoena seeking Trump' | Washington, Aug 12 (TIWN) A US federal judge has ruled that a House panel's subpoena seeking former President Donald Trump's financial records covering eight years was overly intrusive, but that lawmakers could justifiably obtain two years' worth of similar information from his accountants. | 12-Aug-2021 |
China issues yellow alert for rainstorms | Beijing, Aug 12 (TIWN) China's National Meteorological Centre on Thursday renewed its yellow alert for rainstorms in some central and eastern parts of the country, calling for precautionary measures. | 12-Aug-2021 |
We don't have magic powers to make Talib | Islamabad, Aug 12 (TIWN) Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has brushed aside the accusations on Pakistan being supportive of a Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, stating that the country does not have magic powers to dictate terms to the Taliban. | 12-Aug-2021 |
Magnitude 7.3 earthquake rattles Philipp | Manila, Aug 12 (TIWN) An offshore earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale struck Davao Oriental province in the southern Philippines on Thursday, according to authorities. | 12-Aug-2021 |
US wants Af neighbours not to recognise | Washington, Aug 12 (TIWN) The US wants Afghanistan's neighbours not to recognise any government in Kabul that has been imposed by force, Dawn reported. | 12-Aug-2021 |
WH mulls measures to support Florida sch | Washington, Aug 11 (TIWN) The White House has said it is exploring ways to support schools in Florida that are facing financial retribution as a result of defying the state's ban on mask mandates. | 11-Aug-2021 |
Covid vax misinformation in US rises as | Washington, Aug 11 (TIWN) The surge in Delta variant cases in the US has also fuelled misinformation regarding vaccines in social media, increasing vaccine hesitancy, media reports said. | 11-Aug-2021 |
Indians now believe in products 'Made in | New Delhi, Aug 11 (TIWN) Exhibiting India's manufacturing potential, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday that Indians today have faith in products that are 'Made in India'. | 11-Aug-2021 |
Pakistan reports 4,856 new Covid cases | Islamabad, Aug 11 (TIWN) Pakistan on Tuesday reported 4,856 new Covid-19 cases, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) said on Wednesday. | 11-Aug-2021 |
India evacuates citizens from Mazar-e-Sh | New Delhi, Aug 10 (TIWN) India is evacuating its nationals from Afghanistan on Tuesday on a "special flight" from Mazar-i-Sharif - the country's fourth largest city as the Taliban launch another offensive. | 10-Aug-2021 |
'No time for delay and no room for excus | New Delhi, Aug 10 (TIWN) United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres and the United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change (UNFCCC) said that the IPCC report, released on Monday, underscored that "there is no time for delay and no room for excuses". | 10-Aug-2021 |
Journalist taken hostage by Taliban in H | Kabul, Aug 10 (TIWN) Niamatullah Hemat, editor-in-chief of the local Boost radio station and reporter of Gharghakht TV channel based in Khost province, has been taken hostage by Taliban fighters in Nawa district of Helmand province. | 10-Aug-2021 |
Taliban received men, weapons, explosive | New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) The Taliban have received men, weapons and explosives but also direction from across our southern frontiers, which is Pakistan, said Ahmad Shuja Jamal, head of international affairs at Afghanistans National Security Council. | 10-Aug-2021 |
Heavy downpours affect over 100,000 in C | Beijing, Aug 10 (TIWN) Torrential rains have affected more than 100,000 residents in China's Sichuan province and forced the emergency evacuation of over 7,000 people, local authorities said. | 10-Aug-2021 |
Images of dead children grip Afghanistan | New Delhi, Aug 9 (TIWN) As the ongoing war in Afghanistan is spreading to urban and populated areas, reports are emerging of human rights violations and civilian casualties in the intense fighting between government forces and the Taliban. | 09-Aug-2021 |
Japan's daily Covid caseload hits new re | Tokyo, Aug 8 (TIWN) Amid a continued resurgence, the single-day Covid-19 cases in Japan hit a new record, while the number of people hospitalised in Tokyo also reached a fresh high, according to local media reports. | 08-Aug-2021 |
Heavy fighting underway in 3 Afghan prov | New Delhi/Kabul, Aug 8 (TIWN) Heavy fighting between Afghan security forces and the Taliban is currently underway the three northern provinces of Kunduz, Sar-e-Pul and Jawzjan with reports of civilian casualties in the clashes, a media report said on Sunday. | 08-Aug-2021 |
Iran closes border with Afghanistan afte | New Delhi, Aug 8 (TIWN) Iran has announced the closure of its key border crossing with Afghanistan's Nimroz province after the Taliban took over four provinces in the war-ravaged country. | 08-Aug-2021 |
Taliban kidnap, forcibly marry teenage g | New Delhi, Aug 8 (TIWN) The Taliban is kidnapping and forcibly marrying off teenage girls and young women to its fighters as it recaptures huge areas of Afghanistan. | 08-Aug-2021 |
China renews yellow alert for heavy rain | Beijing, Aug 8 (TIWN) China's National Meteorological Centre on Sunday renewed its yellow alert for rainstorms in the southwestern parts of the country, calling for precautionary measures. | 08-Aug-2021 |
Biden admin extends pause on student loa | Washington, Aug 7 (TIWN) US President Joe Biden's administration announced that it was extending the pause on federal student loans one last time through January 31, 2022 due to the coronavirus pandemic. | 07-Aug-2021 |
California's wildfire grows to become la | San Francisco, Aug 7 (TIWN) The Dixie Fire in Northern California, which erupted on July 13, has grown to become the country's largest wildfire so far this year. | 07-Aug-2021 |