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Moscow: Airstrikes, rocket attacks and ongoing fighting have killed 20 civilians and destroyed a health clinic and a school in Lashkargah, the capital of the southern Afghan province of Helmand, in the last 48 hours, TOLOnews reported.Security sources told...

Kabul/Washington: US President Joe Biden has ordered B-52 bombers and Spectre gunships to target Taliban positions in Afghanistan as the militants are advancing towards key cities.The B-52s are flying into Afghanistan from an airbase in Qatar, hitting targets around...

New Delhi: Brunei second foreign minister Erywan Yusof, who is ASEAN special envoy to Myanmar, said on Saturday he will take up the mission soon.Erywan made the statement as countries of the group wrapped up a series of meetings...

London: UK's Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said that his country was considering sheltering the Afghan journalists who had cooperated with UK media, the Independent reported on Saturday.On Wednesday, it was reported on a joint letter of 23 UK media...

Kabul: Following outcry and condemnation, including by India, over the removal of the Nishan Sahib, a Sikh religious flag, from a gurdwara in Paktia province in eastern Afghanistan, the Taliban restored the flag at the roof of the historical...

Tokyo: A man has stabbed 10 people in a train in Japan, media reported on Saturday, citing police.The incident took place on late Friday in a train of the Odakyu Electric Railway company, the NHK broadcaster reported.A female student...

Washington: US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Israeli Minister of Defense Benny Gantz discussed Iran’s alleged use of drones in the Middle East and the incident with the Mercer Street marine vessel, Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said...

Washington: A numerous group of 9/11 family members in a letter to US President Joe Biden on Friday have called to investigate Saudi Arabia’s role in the terrorist attack as well as to implement a new policy toward...

United Nations: Afghanistan risks slipping into full-scale protracted civil war amid the absence of progress on peace negotiations, Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vassily Nebenzia said in a Security Council meeting on Friday.“It is clear that there...

United Nations: The United Nations is deeply concerned about the safety of civilians in Lashkar Gah, the capital city of Helmand province in southern Afghanistan, fearing tens of thousands were trapped by fighting, UN humanitarians said on Wednesday.Conflict in...