The Taliban on Sunday claimed to have taken control of Afghanistan’s presidential palace, two senior Taliban commanders present in Kabul told Reuters, while three Taliban sources confirmed the development to AFP, after President Ashraf Ghani left the country. There was no confirmation from the Afghan government about the Taliban’s claim. In addition, the militants entered مزید پڑھیں

In a major development, Ashraf Ghani has reportedly tendered his resignation as the Afghan president and left the country to Tajikistan. Ashraf Ghani has resigned as the Afghan president. Moreover, some British media reports also claimed that Ashraf Ghani has departed to Tajikistan after resigning as the Afghan president. “President Ghani has left the country,” مزید پڑھیں

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said Saturday the remobilisation of the country’s armed forces was a “top priority”, as Taliban fighters inched closer to the capital after routing the country’s defences over the past week. The president gave no hint he would resign or take responsibility for the current situation, but said “consultations” were taking place مزید پڑھیں

Thai police clashed with demonstrators on Friday after hundreds defied a ban on gatherings to rally in central Bangkok, where they attempted to march on the prime minister’s residence to demand his resignation over the country’s coronavirus crisis. Police fired tear gas canisters and rubber bullets from an elevated highway in response to demonstrators who مزید پڑھیں

Emergency workers battled to relieve flood-hit areas of Turkey’s Black Sea region on Friday, as the death toll rose to 31 in the second natural disaster to strike the country this month. The floods, among the worst Turkey has experienced, brought chaos to northern provinces just as authorities were declaring wildfires that raged through southern مزید پڑھیں

British police said on Friday they were investigating the background of a troubled loner who obtained a firearms licence and shot dead five people including a three-year-old girl in the country’s first mass shooting in 11 years. No motive has yet emerged for Thursday evening’s bloodshed at the hands of 22-year-old gunman Jake Davison, who مزید پڑھیں

Britain on Friday slammed the United States troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, warning the Taliban’s resurgence would create a breeding ground for extremists that threatened the world. Defence Secretary Ben Wallace on Thursday announced that some 600 troops would help evacuate British nationals from the country, as the Islamists seize more control. But he told Sky مزید پڑھیں

Taliban insurgents detained veteran militia commander Mohammad Ismail Khan on Friday after they seized the western city of Herat, a provincial council member said. The insurgents also captured three more provincial capitals as they press a lightning offensive that is gradually encircling the capital, Kabul. Khan, who has been leading fighters against the Taliban in مزید پڑھیں

The first carriage of foreigner pilgrims to reach Saudi Arabia Friday as the Umrah begins internationally for this year with Nigerians being earliest to land in the region deemed most holy for Muslims. The Hajj and Umrah ministry of the Kingdom has confirmed the pilgrims from Nigeria will land at 9.00 pm on Jeddah’s King مزید پڑھیں

The Taliban have taken the strategic Afghan city of Ghazni just 150 kilometres from Kabul, a senior lawmaker and the insurgents said on Thursday. The city — the 10th provincial capital to fall to the insurgents in a week — lies along the major Kabul-Kandahar highway, effectively serving as a gateway between the capital and مزید پڑھیں