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Dushanbe (Tajikistan): In an open gesture of support to the Afghan resistance movement in Panjshir province, Tajikistan has bestowed its highest honour posthumously on legendary Afghan leader Ahmad Shah Massoud, whose son is leading the fight against the Taliban...

Kabul: Fighting intensified between the Resistance forces led by Ahmad Massoud and the Taliban in Panjshir, with the Taliban reportedly suffering heavy casualties as they tried to surround the mountainous region in northeastern Afghanistan, the only province the Islamist...

Kabul: The Taliban radical movement (recognized as a terrorist group and banned in Russia) is controlling the situation with the threat posed by the Islamic State (IS, terrorist group banned in Russia) in Afghanistan, the movement's spokesman Mohammad Naeem...

Moscow: The European Union condemns cross-border attacks from Yemen to Saudi Arabia carried out by Houthi rebels, the European Commission's spokesman, Peter Stano, said on Wednesday.A Houthi drone attack on the international airport in Abha, the capital of...

Yangon: Myanmar's Foreign Affairs Ministry on Tuesday further extended the entry restrictions for travelers till the end of September.According to the ministry's announcement, the entry of all travelers, the issuance of all types of visas and visa exemptions services...

Kabul: Holding out against the Taliban even as the US wound up its operations and left, Afghanistan’s caretaker President Amrullah Saleh and the Resistance leader Ahmad Massoud are determined not to give in and continue their fight in northeastern...

Kabul: The US Embassy in Kabul on Tuesday announced it was suspending its operations following the complete withdrawal of US troops and personnel from Afghanistan, and said it will assist American citizens and their families from Doha.In a statement,...

Tehran: Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has blamed the United States for Afghanistan's setbacks, local media reported on Tuesday.All of Afghanistan's problems are rooted in American action, Amir Abdollahian said in a televised interview on Monday. The...

Tokyo: Japanese Defense Ministry on Tuesday directed the national Self-Defense Forces to end the evacuation operation in Afghanistan in time to meet the August 31 deadline.Foreign Minister Nobuo Kishi issued a corresponding decree, as the deadline for allied evacuations...

Kabul: The Taliban, in a celebratory meeting to mark the withdrawal of US presence from the country after 20 years, said on Tuesday they want to engage in diplomatic and economic relations with the world and assured that Afghanistan's...