Siddiqui, 38, was on assignment in Afghanistan when he was killed on July 16 last year. The journalist was covering clashes between Afghan troops and the Taliban in Spin Boldak district of Kandahar city.
Taliban-led Afghanistan govt is likely to take oath on September 11, a day which also marks the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in the US in 2001.
Security Council Resolution 2593 has taken note of the Taliban statement that Afghans will be able to travel abroad in an unhindered manner, a statement from United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) informed.
Though Afghanistan is now under the control of Taliban but its woes haven't come to an end. The date to form the government in Afghanistan has been postponed again.
India on Tuesday held a meeting with a Taliban leader in Doha on latter’s request. Ambassador of India to Qatar, Deepak Mittal, met Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanekzai, the Head of Taliban’s Political Office. The meeting took place at the Embassy of India, Doha, on the request of the Taliban side.
Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry said that the world must listen to Pakistan as "in the recent past, Pakistan’s advice had not been paid heed to, and if Pakistan and the prime minister’s advice was listened to, the situation would have been different."
"I'm ready to speak myself when it is clear with whom should I speak, for what purpose," he said on Thursday at a briefing for reporters.
"As we watched the images coming out of Afghanistan as the Taliban retook the country, we were horrified to see US equipment including UH-60 Black Hawks in the hands of the Taliban," Republican Senators wrote in a letter to Defense Secy Lloyd Austin.
Cumulatively, the number of people moved out of Afghanistan is somewhere near 12,000. The Taliban took control of Afghanistan on Sunday.
As the world witnesses the fate of Afghanistan after it was captured by Taliban, two women from the country in shackles - Muskan Habibi and Shaheen Muhammadi share their experience, talking exclusively with India TV.
Where on one hand, videos of Taliban's terror in Afghanistan surface, India has an abundance of those who openly support the organisation. Talking exclusively with India TV, poet Munawwar Rana openly extended his support to Taliban.
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