Afghanistan
Afghan fans desecrating Pakistan flag in Islamabad
During the meeting, chaired by Senator Mohsin Aziz, the involvement of Afghan refugees sitting outside the National Press Club in Islamabad in illegal activities came under discussion, Samaa TV reported. The committee also took notice of a complaint filed by a citizen regarding the alleged desecration of the Pakistani flag by Afghan refugees.
India warns of 'significant increase' in terror presence in Afghanistan
"We need to see concrete progress in ensuring that such proscribed terrorists, entities, or their aliases do not get any support, tacit or direct, either from Afghan soil or from the terror sanctuaries based in the region," India's Permanent Representative Ruchira Kamboj told the UN Security Council on Monday.
Russia says India can make a significant contribution to stabilise Afghanistan
Addressing the 10th Moscow Conference on International Security in the Russian capital on Tuesday, President Putin stated that the situation in the world is changing dynamically and the contours of multipolar world order are being formed. He emphasised that Russia is "actively and proactively" working together with "its allies, partners and like-minded people", to improve the existing mechanisms of international security and create new ones.
Ashraf Ghani says he fled to deny Taliban another chance to 'humiliate' a President
Ghani lives in Abu Dhabi and spoke to CNN's Fareed Zakaria remotely in an interview that aired on Sunday. He showed no bitterness about being abandoned by the United States under President Joe Biden, which led to his flight and the return of the Taliban. But Ghani slammed the Donald Trump administration for, one, hijacking an Afghan-owned peace process; two, keeping his government out of the Doha peace talks; and, three, foisting on the Afghan government terms agreed by the US with the Taliban.
Report says cash taken by Ashraf Ghani while fleeing Afghanistan did not exceed $1 mn
As per the report, this number did not exceed $1 million and may have been closer in value to $500,000, Tolo News reported. "Although SIGAR found that some cash was taken from the grounds of the palace and loaded onto President Ghani's evacuation helicopters, evidence indicates that this number did not exceed $1 million and may have been closer in value to $500,000. Most of this money was believed to have come from several Afghan government operating budgets normally managed at the palace," the report read, Tolo News reported.
Ashraf Ghani blames US, others for Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan
In his first televised interview with newly established media outlet Afghan Broadcasting Network (ABN) on Wednesday, Ghani specifically blamed former US envoy for Afghan peace Zalmay Khalilzad as well as a number of prominent Afghan politicians, reports dpa news agency. Ghani seemed to be most angry at Khalilzad, who signed a peace deal with the Taliban in Doha that paved the way for the full withdrawal of foreign forces from the country. He called Khalilzad "corrupt" and "incompetent".
'Anti-Shia hatred' may be behind killings of Muslims in US
Police announced on Tuesday that they had arrested Muhammad Syed, 51, as the "primary suspect" in the killings in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Officials, civil rights groups and the media had stoked fears in the Islamic community of bias attacks against Muslims.
Over 120 killed, wounded in recent days in Afghanistan: UN
In a statement, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) urged the de-facto Taliban government to provide greater security for minorities so that they can hold their religious ceremonies without further attacks, dpa news agency reported.
Opposition demands to know if Pak airspace used for drone strike that killed Zawahiri
The former minister was seemingly referring to Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General (DG) Babar Iftikhar DG ISPR's recent remarks on the matter, Dawn reported. In a brief interview with Geo News on Friday night, the DG ISPR ruled out the possibility, saying there was no question of Pakistan soil being used for "such a purpose". In a tweet on Saturday, Chaudhry wrote: "The question is whether Pakistan's airspace was allowed to be used to not."
Era of isolation for Taliban after al-Zawahiri's killing by US
The US may consider a round of sanctions against the Taliban regime since its hiding al-Zawahiri, the mastermind of 9/11 World Trade Center (WTC) attacks with Osama Bin Laden and the attacks on the Kenyan and another embassy on American soil. The Al Qaeda leader was also behind the suicide attack against USS Cole, a guided missile destroyer of the US Navy, that killed 17 sailors. In the attack, terrorists exploded a small boat alongside the USS Cole as it was refueling in the Yemen's Aden port.
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