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All is set for formation of new Taliban government in Afghanistan

ISLAMABAD, Sep 02 (APP): Taliban Rahbari Shura headed by Amir ul Monineen Mullah Haibat Ullah Akhunzada on Thursday after three-days consultative meeting in Kandahar, approved to form a new government in Afghanistan, expected to be announced after Friday prayers. The sources informed APP that the […]

Abbas, Abdullah, Sisi meet in Cairo

Cairo, Sept 2 (AFP/APP):Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas met in Cairo on Thursday with Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Jordan’s King Abdullah II for talks on Jerusalem. Abbas condemned “the aggressions of (Jewish) settlers… under the protection of the Israeli army”, in reference to the […]

Volunteer army rebuilds Germany’s flood-stricken towns

Dernau, Germany, Sept 2 (AFP/APP):Instead of the shouts of noisy children, the halls of the primary school in the German town of Dernau are filled with the deafening sound of a dozen drills. The workers on site are an army of unpaid volunteers who have […]

Mongolia logs record daily high of 3,805 COVID-19 cases

ULAN BATOR, Sept. 2 (Xinhua/APP):Mongolia recorded the highest daily count of 3,805 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, bringing its national tally to 221,351, the country’s health ministry said Thursday. The ministry said that 7,549 samples were tested across the country […]

5.0-magnitude quake hits 57 km NNW of Fayzabad, Afghanistan — USGS

HONG KONG, Sept. 2 (Xinhua/APP):An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 jolted 57 km NNW of Fayzabad, Afghanistan at 04:50 GMT on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determined to be at 37.6133 degrees north […]

Iran says nuclear talks might not resume for 2-3 months

Tehran, Sept 1 (AFP/APP):Stalled talks aimed at reviving Iran’s nuclear agreement with world powers will likely not resume for another two to three months, according to the foreign ministry. Steered by the European Union, the talks began in April and seek to bring the US […]

Veteran Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Gilani passes away

ISLAMABAD, Sep 1 (APP):Veteran Hurriyat Leader Syed Ali Gilani passed away in the age of 92 in Srinagar on Wednesday evening, a family member confirmed to Kashmir media service. Syed Ali Gilani had been under house arrest for the last many years. He was born […]

China hopes all parties in Afghanistan to echo wish of Afghan people

BEIJING, Sep 1 (APP):China on Wednesday hoped that all parties in Afghanistan will echo the wish of the Afghan people and shared aspiration of the international community and build an open and inclusive political structure. “China sincerely hopes that all parties in Afghanistan will echo […]

Five missing as US Navy helicopter crashes off California coast

Washington, Sept 1 (AFP/APP):Search and rescue operations were underway for five crew members missing after a US Navy helicopter crashed into the sea off the coast of California, the US Pacific Fleet said on Tuesday. One crew member had been rescued but five were missing, […]

Taliban celebrate defeating the United States

Kabul, Aug 31 (AFP/APP):The hardline Islamist Taliban celebrated their total return to power on Tuesday with gunfire and diplomacy, after the last US troops flew out of Afghanistan to end two decades of war. The United States’ longest military conflict drew to a close on […]

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