The banner, emblazoned with a Quranic verse, was hoisted by Mullah Mohd Hassan Akhund, PM of Taliban interim govt, in a low-key ceremony, said Ahmadullah Muttaqi, multimedia branch chief of Taliban's cultural commission.
The Taliban flag was raised Friday and could be seen waving over the presidential palace in Kabul on Saturday. The militant group also painted their white backdrop flag on the wall of the U.S. Embassy building.
After an in-depth discussion on bilateral and regional issues, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said that the 2+2 dialogue signifies the importance of the India-Australia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.
Afghanistan has also witnessed drought this year, which led to a 40 per cent decline in domestic food production.
The Joe Biden administration on Friday provided 1st public look inside a US military base where Afghans airlifted out of Afghanistan are being screened, amid questions about how the govt is caring for the refugees and vetting them.
Anaamullah Samangani, a member of the Taliban's Cultural Commission, said Taliban forces have captured all parts of Panjshir and that the resistance forces are not there in any public way, the report said.
The Dept assisted two US citizens and 11 LPRs to depart from Afghanistan via an overland route."We provided guidance to them, worked to facilitate their safe passage, and Embassy officials greeted them once they had crossed the border," added the statement.
Tagi Daryabi said he and a colleague were covering a protest earlier this week by women demanding their rights from Afghanistan’s new Taliban rulers.
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.
Pakistan was closely following the evolving situation in Afghanistan, including formation of new political set-up to address the requirement of a governance structure to meet the urgent needs of Afghanistan, Foreign Office spokesperson Asim Iftikhar Ahmed said.
The Taliban have executed the brother of Amrullah Saleh, the former Afghanistan vice president who became one of the leaders of anti-Taliban opposition forces in the Panjshir valley, his nephew said on Friday.
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MI5 Director-General Ken McCallum said the U.K. could face “more risk” because of the withdrawal of NATO troops and the overthrow of the internationally backed Afghan government.
Multiple reports claimed that Amrullag Saleh's elder brother Rohullah Saleh was killed as he was leaving Panjshir for Kabul.
There have been reports that women in Afghanistan are being whipped, hit with shock batons and beaten for exercising their rights.
"Accounts of some officials from the previous govt, most of whom fled the country, have been closed," Samangani was quoted as saying.
Afghanistan is now completely under the grasp of Taliban. Sources have suggested that Taliban might form its government on 9th of September, which is the same day when the US's Twin Towers were attacked.
Singh was commenting on Bhagwat's comment on men being breadwinners and women the housewives.
"Women have a right to peaceful protest and to a life free of violence. In taking control of Afghanistan, the Taliban authorities assume a duty to respect and protect these rights," Xinhua news agency quoted Pramila Patten, officer-in-charge of UN Women, as saying.
Assets and donor funds worth billions of dollars have been frozen by members of the international community. The understandable purpose is to deny these funds to the de facto Taliban administration, Xinhua news agency reported.
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