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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...

Tokyo:  The operators of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant said Wednesday it plans to build an undersea tunnel so that massive amounts of treated but still radioactive water can be released into the ocean less than a mile...

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...

New Delhi: The 2021 World Youth Championships bronze medallist Bishwamitra Chongtham (51kg) lived up to the expectations as he comfortably won his quarter-final bout and entered the semi-finals alongside three other Indians on the second day of the ASBC...

Kabul: The Taliban on Thursday declared the formation of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, on the occasion of the 102nd anniversary of the country’s independence. The announcement was made by the Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Muhaid on his Twitter account. "Declaration of...

Imphal:  As Manipur continues to battle the second wave of coronavirus, also known as SARS-CoV-2, pandemic from early May 2021, many experts and policymakers have given various opinions on the reasons why the state is still struggling in controlling...

Just last month President Joe Biden defended his Afghanistan pullout by saying that "the likelihood there's going to be the Taliban overrunning everything and owning the whole country is highly unlikely." The images of Taliban fighters inside the presidential palace...

Kabul: The Taliban entered Afghanistan's capital Kabul Sunday and an official said President Ashraf Ghani had left the city for Tajikistan, capping the terrorists' lightning push for power. A senior Afghan Interior Ministry official said Ghani had left for...

The Vatican: Pope Francis on Sunday expressed his concern for the situation in Afghanistan and called for a peaceful dialogue to ensure the safety of civilians. "Dear brothers and sisters, I join in the unanimous concern for the situation in...

Kabul: Taliban insurgents entered the Afghanistan capital Kabul on Sunday, an interior ministry official said, as the United States evacuated diplomats from its embassy by helicopter, the Reuters reported. The senior official told Reuters the Taliban were coming in "from...