Earthquake of magnitude 5 hits Afghanistan
World | Oct 05, 2021, 07:03 AM ISTThe National Centre for Seismology said that the earthquake occurred at 05:50 IST with a depth of 150 km nearly 106 km from Fayzabad, Afghanistan.
The National Centre for Seismology said that the earthquake occurred at 05:50 IST with a depth of 150 km nearly 106 km from Fayzabad, Afghanistan.
There are about 53,000 Afghans currently staying at eight US military bases receiving medical care and other assistance before they settle around the US.
Electricity imports from neighbouring countries like Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan account for half of the country's power consumption.
No group has claimed responsibility for the shooting so far, but Taliban authorities were investigating the case, according to sources.
After the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, the ISIS-K is believed to be a threat to the group in the region.
At least two Taliban force members and two civilians were killed in a targeted attack in Jalalabad on Saturday in Afghanistan
"We're hopeful of having the 13th round of talks in the second week of October," Army chief Naravane said on Ladakh standoff.
In new social media footage, forces of the Resistance Front group, who used to exercise facto control over Panjshir before its fall, said they were still present in parts of the province.
Since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in mid-August, there has been an increase in attacks by IS militants targeting Taliban members. The Taliban and IS are enemies, and the attacks have raised the specter of a wider conflict between the long-time rivals.
On the Quad or Quadrilateral coalition, the external affairs minister said it has a broad agenda of cooperation including in the Indo-Pacific region.
According to the officials, the civil aviation wing of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan recently sent a letter to the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) in India seeking permission for Afghan national carriers to resume scheduled commercial flights between the two countries.
The two decrees came after several complaints from various parts of the country were received regarding Taliban ranks searching peoples' houses, taking away their vehicles and also stealing properties in the name of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, the report said.
The China-donated supplies, which arrived at the Kabul International Airport on Wednesday night, have been handed over to the Afghanistan side, state-run Xinhua news agency reported from the Afghan capital.
A statement released by the Afghan Embassy in Switzerland read that the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan is the only legitimate government of Afghanistan that is elected by the votes of the people and no other government can replace a legitimate one, Khaama News reported.
India had stopped all commercial flight operations to Kabul post August 15.
As per a statement, three powers of the government namely executive, judicial, and legislative will be activated soon.
The Taliban took control of Afghanistan last month and announced its interim government earlier in September.
The Biden administration, and some Democrats in Congress, have argued that former President Donald Trump bears some of the blame for the war ending in a Taliban victory.
A previous ICC inquiry was deferred in April 2020 following a request by the then Afghan government of Ashraf Ghani to be given time to gather evidence in cooperation with ICC lawyers.
According to the latest list of speakers for the last day of the General Debate on Monday, Afghanistan and Myanmar are not listed to address the session, even as previous provisional speakers’ lists had the countries' diplomats listed to speak at the General Debate.
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