Power supply to several Afghan cities stopped, as Taliban fails to pay dues

Reports say that Afghanistan's capital city Kabul could dive into darkness, due to non-payment of dues by new Taliban rulers.

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•           Taliban rulers fail to pay electricity bills

ISIS claims responsibility for mosque blast in Kabul

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• The Islamic State group claims responsibility for the attack
• United Nations condemns the attack on mosque

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a deadly attack near a Kabul mosque. This attack took place a...

US hits back at Islamic State, targets IS members in an airstrike

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• Air strike took place at the Nangahar province in Afghanistan
• One dead, and no civilian causalities

The United States on Saturday launched a drone strike against members believed to be inv...

Attack on Kabul airport, 60 Afghan citizens and 12 US troops killed

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• Two suicide bombers and gunmen attack Kabul airport
• Canada and Europe to halt their evacuation process

The Kabul airport has been witnessing huge chaos for the past one week. As the Taliban took over the country, many peop...

More than 260 Afghan Sikhs take shelter in Kabul Gurdwara

The United Sikhs have issued a statement saying that, more than 260 Afghan Sikhs have taken shelter in the Korte Parwan Gurdwara in Kabul. These include around 50 children, including a new born child and women.

The Sikh body said that, these people need help in evacuation, as this is th...

Jaishankar and Blinken meet and discuss Afghanistan

S Jaishankar, External Affairs Minister of India met US Secretary of State Antony Blinken for the second time in this week to discuss the situation of Afghanistan and also agreed to continue their coordination this matter.

Jaishankar and Blinken spoke to each other on call on Thursday d...

Air India flight lands at New Delhi carrying 129 passengers back home

Air India flight landed in New Delhi from Afghanistan. The Air India flight 244 took off from Kabul at 6:06 pm, and landed in New Delhi round 8 pm. The flight had the capacity of total 162 passengers, but the remaining 33 people could not reach the airport. The flight carried 129 passengers, both...

US ORDERS GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES OUT OF ITS EMBASSY IN KABUL, AFGHANISTAN

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• The United States on Tuesday ordered government employees working in its embassy in Kabul to leave the city if their work can be done elsewhere

• President Joe Biden made an announcement recently regarding the withdrawal of all US troops from Afghanistan...

US & ITS NATO ALLIES CONDEMN CONTINUED VIOLENCE IN AFGHANISTAN BY TALIBAN

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• The United States and its NATO allies have said that these attacks directly harm the Afghani people and undermine the institutions of the state

• These attacks target civil society, judicial, media, religious, medical, and civilian government representat...

INDIAN PM NARENDRA MODI & PRESIDENT GHANI TALK ABOUT INCREASED TERRORISM IN AFGHANISTAN

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• The President of Afghanistan, Dr. Mohammad Ashraf Ghani thanked Prime Minister Modi for timely supply of food and medical assistance to meet Afghanistan’s requirements

• Both the leaders exchanged greetings on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha

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UAE TO SEE ECLIPSE ON FRIDAY NIGHT; UAE MINISTRY CONDEMNS KABUL MOSQUE ATTACK

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• Two eclipses are at the forefront in June this year.
• One is solar and the other one is Lunar.

Arab countries of UAE, Saudi Arabia, and the Middle East will see a lunar eclipse which is the second of this year on June 5, 2020. This year has...

CORONAVIRUS FEARS TEARING APART LIVELIHOOD IN AFGHANISTAN

• Afghanistan eyeing price rise in essential commodities
• Afghanistan residents in the grip of the virus are indulging in panic buying.

Afghanistan has been subject to a gross hike in price of essential goods including food and medicines in the wake of rising thr...