Gun-toting civilians brandish Kalashnikovs, angry policemen harass civilians and people forced to walk, leaving their cars, as the Afghan capital turns into a battlefield of sorts.
While it is unclear when Indian officials will be evacuated from Afghanistan, a fleet of Indian Air Force's C-17 Globemaster military transport aircraft is on standby to undertake evacuation missions.
Top Taliban leaders who were part of the negotiations in Doha arrived in Kabul, indicating that the Islamic Emirate is likely to take over control of the city and effectively the country.
Taliban fighters entered Kabul Sunday as Afghans and foreigners alike raced for the exit, signaling the end of a 20-year Western experiment aimed at remaking Afghanistan.
Mazar-e-Sharif was alive & active just 4 days ago, shops were open and people could be seen at street corners sipping tea, questioning why media was roaming around when the city was 'safe'.
Without a significant de-escalation in violence, Afghanistan will witness the highest ever number of civilian casualties in a single year since the UN's records began, UNHCR said.
Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani tells nation he won’t let an ‘imposed war’ derail it as first forces of a Marine battalion arrive in Kabul to speed up US evacuation.
The Chaman-Spin Boldak crossing generates huge revenue for Pakistan and Afghanistan. Nearly 1,000 trucks carrying commercial goods cross the border each day during times of peace.
Turkey: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday he may receive the leader of the militant Taliban group to discuss the deteriorating security situation...
Two questions are pertinent: Why does the Trump administration keep making the same mistakes on the peace proposal? And what does a hurried peace plan mean on the ground?
While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
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