Afghanistan
Hazara leader says Taliban forcing people to give up their lands
Taliban officials are forcing people in Daykundi to leave their lands in Kandir and Dahan Nala areas in Gizab district in favour of Taliban fans, Mohaqiq, the former security advisor to ousted Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and leader of Hazb-e-Wahdat Islami Mardom Afghanistan, posted on his official Facebook page, Raha Press reported.
Taliban unlikely to speak at UN session
Representatives of the former Afghan government still occupy the Afghan mission at the UN. On Tuesday, they attended the session that US President Joe Biden addressed.
As Pak remains focused on Af, its people fret over high food prices
Though after touching double digit figures in April and May, the inflation rate has eased in July and August-- the inflation rate remained stable at 8.4 per cent. However, the worry for the Imran Khan government is the high price of food items. High food prices impact the country's poor the most. The rate of inflation in April and May touched 11.1 per cent and 10.87 respectively.
Dozens of choppers, hundreds of Humvees transferred out of Afghanistan
Footage published on social media showed several Afghan air force helicopters in Uzbekistan and images also showed Humvees and Ranger trucks being transferred into Iran. Noor Mohammad Mutavakil, a member of the Cultural Commission, said some of the military hardware transferred into Iran has been returned to Afghanistan. However, he did not say who had transferred the hardware out of the country.
India cooperated with US troop withdrawal, evacuation from Af: US spokesperson
The disclosure came out in a readout on Tuesday by department spokesperson John Kirby of Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin's phone conversation with Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
Taliban admire Imran Khan's efforts for Afghanistan
"We do not see the positive statements of Prime Minister Imran Khan as interference in the internal matters of Afghanistan," said the spokesperson for the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Zabiullah Mujahid, at a news conference in Kabul. The spokesperson added that Pakistan, Qatar and China are playing an active role for stability in Afghanistan.
Taliban names remaining Ministers in caretaker govt
"The newly introduced members of the cabinet are professional personalities including doctors and highly educated persons, also from minorities," Mujahid told reporters at a press conference. The newly introduced cabinet members have been appointed in line with the decree of Taliban supreme leader Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada, Mujahid said.
War games erupt across Asia to counter Taliban threat
While the Peace Mission-2021 multilateral exercise of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member countries is being held at the Donguz training ground in the Orenburg region of South West Russia, the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) member states have also announced a series of large-scale exercises on the Tajikistan-Afghanistan border.
Efforts underway to resume int'l flights in Kabul airport
Airport director Abdul Hadi Hamadani told Xinhua news agency on Monday that domestic and cargo flights carrying aid items are operating and authorities are working to solve a number of technical problems for the resumption of all commercial international flights. He made the remarks after local media reported earlier in the day that the airport has launched international flights.
Afghan central bank allows merchants to withdraw $25,000 monthly
Following the latest decision and announcement of DAB, the Afghan entrepreneurs could receive $25,000 or its afghani equivalent once in a month from their accounts from all banks across Afghanistan, Xinhua news agency quoted TOLO News as saying on Monday.
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