AFGHANISTAN: JOE BIDEN DEFENDS US PULL-OUT AS TALIBAN CLAIM VICTORY The hardline Islamist Taliban celebrated their total return to power on Tuesday with gunfire and diplomacy, after the last U.S. troops flew out of Afghanistan to end two decades of war.
INDIA OFFICIALLY TALKS TO TALIBAN IN DOHA, RAISES TERRORISM CONCERN In the first formal and publicly acknowledged contact, Indian Ambassador to Qatar Deepak Mittal met senior Taliban leader Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanekzai on Tuesday and conveyed India's concerns that Afghanistan's
LAST TROOPS EXIT AFGHANISTAN, ENDING AMERICA'S LONGEST WAR; TALIBAN HERALDS “HISTORIC MOMENT” The United States completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan late Monday, ending America’s longest war and closing a chapter in military history likely to be remembered
DELTA VARIANT NOW DOMINANT STRAIN OF COVID IN PH: WHO MANILA - Philippines is now experiencing a community transmission of the COVID-19 Delta variant, which is now the dominant strain in the country, the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday said.
INDIA WANTS SOLUTION THROUGH DIALOGUE, WON’T ALLOW UNILATERAL ACTION ON LAC: DEFENCE MINISTER Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Monday that India wants a solution to the border dispute with China through dialogue and asserted that the government would never allow the
DRONE STRIKE THWARTS KABUL AIRPORT ATTACK, US SAYS A US drone strike in the Afghan capital Kabul has prevented another deadly suicide attack at the airport, US military officials say. The strike targeted a vehicle carrying at least one person associated with the Afghan br
ON NATIONAL HEROES DAY, DUTERTE HONORS FRONTLINERS; ROBREDO SAYS EVERY FILIPINO CAN BE A HERO MANILA — On National Heroes’ Day, President Rodrigo Duterte paid tribute to a “new breed of heroes” that stand ready in the country’s fight against the pan
TALIBAN MAKES OVERTURES TO INDIA In what is being seen as a signal to India, a member of the Taliban leadership in Qatar has said that India is “very important for this subcontinent” and that his group wants to continue Afghanistan’s “cultural”, &ld
TERROR IN HEART OF KABUL, EXPLOSIONS ROCK AIRPORT Two suicide bombers and gunmen attacked crowds of Afghans flocking to Kabul’s airport Thursday, transforming a scene of desperation into one of horror in the waning days of an airlift for those fleeing the Taliban takeover.
DOZENS OF CIVILIANS, 12 US TROOPS KILLED IN KABUL AIRPORT BLASTS KABUL - Suicide bombers struck the crowded gates of Kabul airport with at least two explosions on Thursday, causing a bloodbath among civilians and US troops, and bringing a catastrophic halt to the airlift of tens
