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Kabul: Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid has said that there is no proof that Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was involved in the September 11, 2001, terror attacks in the US.In an interview with NBC News, Mujahid also termed...

Moscow: WhatsApp messenger got its first-ever fine in Russia for refusing to localize personal user data, the fine imposed by Moscow's Tagansky district court totalled 4 million rubles ($54,040), Russia's media watchdog Roskomnadzor said on Thursday."A fine of 4...

Kabul: Ex-Afghan President Hamid Karzai, the High Council for National Reconciliation chief Abdullah Abdullah are effectively under house arrest in Kabul after the Taliban (a terrorist organization banned in Russia) took away their security teams, CNN reported, citing a...

Kabul: UK Armed Forces Minister James Heappey warned on Thursday that ISIS-Khorasan group might stage an "imminent" and "severe" terrorist attack at the Kabul airport "within hours."Earlier this week, a senior UK source told the Sky News broadcaster about...

Tokyo: The Japanese government issued a protest to Russia over its plans to conduct firing training near the Iturup island in Russia’s Kuril Island chain, Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato said.Tokyo is set to continue negotiations with Russia as...

Washington: Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, on his first diplomatic trip to Washington, will meet with President Joe Biden at the White House on Thursday where they are expected to focus on addressing Iran's accelerating progress with its nuclear...

Kabul: Abdul Salam Hanafi, the deputy head of the Taliban (banned in Russia) political office in Qatar, met with Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan Wang Yu in Kabul on Tuesday, a Taliban spokesperson said."They discussed the security of the Chinese...

Washington: US President Joe Biden said the United States is on pace to complete its evacuation mission in Afghanistan by the end of August if the Taliban (banned in Russia) do not disrupt the operation."We are currently on a...

Washington: The US military could evacuate approximately 100,000 people from Afghanistan by the end of the week if they are able to maintain the pace of the last several days, Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby said during a press briefing...

New Delhi: A Ukrainian plane in Afghanistan to evacuate its citizens was hijacked and diverted to Iran, reports quoted a Ukraine Minister as saying.The plane had reportedly arrived last week to evacuate Ukrainians, the NDTV reported."Last Sunday, our plane...