(Last Updated On: May 4, 2021)
Taliban militants have made worrying progress towards the gates of three provincial capitals in the country in the past 24 hours, Afghan officials said.
According to officials, Taliban gains across territory came after they launched coordinated attacks in Helmand, Ghazni, and Zabul provinces in this time.
In Helmand, Taliban fighters carried out attacks on the outskirts of the provincial capital Lashkargah city just two days after the US forces withdrew from a local base. However, some sources claim clashes are ongoing inside the city.
Officials from the provincial public hospital said on Tuesday that at least 30 wounded people including five women were taken to the hospital in the past 24 hours.
(Last Updated On: May 4, 2021)
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani says President Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw the remaining 2,500 U.S. troops from Afghanistan by September represents a turning point for the country and its neighbors.
In an article written by Ghani for Foreign Affairs, he says the Afghan government respects the decision to withdraw troops “and views it as a moment of both opportunity and risk for itself, for Afghans, for the Taliban, and for the region.”
“For me, as the elected leader of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, it is another opportunity to reiterate and further my commitment to peace. In February 2018, I made an unconditional offer of peace to the Taliban. That was followed by a three-day cease-fire in June of that year.
(Last Updated On: May 4, 2021)
The members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) have condemned last week’s attack in Logar that resulted in the death of 21 people.
In a statement issued by the council’s president Zhang Jun, the UNSC said it “condemned in the strongest terms the atrocious and cowardly terrorist attack that took place at Pul-e Alam in Logar province, Afghanistan, on 30 April 2021.
“The attack, which took place during the month of Ramadan, resulted in at least 21 people killed, including high school students, and more than 100 civilians wounded,” read the statement.
The members of the Security Council expressed their deepest sympathy and condolences to the families of the victims and to the Afghan government and they wished a speedy and full recovery to those who were injured.
(Last Updated On: May 4, 2021)
At least 14 people died in a flash flood in Herat province on Monday, local officials said Tuesday.
The flood occurred in Rukha village of Adraksan district. Five men, four children and one woman died in the floods along with hundreds of heads of livestock.
Officials said the district governor, along with local officials, have gone to the area to help the victims.
Meanwhile, floods in other districts of Herat province have also caused severe damage to farms and houses.
Under the guidance of the Herat provincial official, a crisis management committee was established on Monday.
The committee, supervised by the Herat governor, worked till late Monday night assessing the situation and planning disaster management action.
TLP moves Pakistan Interior Ministry to lift ban May 01, 2021
Minister for Interior Sheikh Rashid Ahmed
ISLAMABAD The Pakistan government is caught between a rock and a hard place following recent events that rocked the nation and made the government walk back on its actions after an ultra-right body Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) cadres ran amok without facing any effective resistance from the law enforcers seriously damaging the writ of the state.
With a fresh move by the TLP seeking to reestablish itself the proscribed outfit on Thursday (April 29) approached the Ministry of Interior to lift the ban imposed on it, according to a report in The News things could get dicey.