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PIA suspends its flight operations in Kabul, Afghanistan

16Oct

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PIA suspends its flight operations in Kabul, Afghanistan

PIA blames high insurance cost to be the reason behind suspension of flights in Kabul. This is because insurance and airline companies are still considering Afghanistan a warzone. KARACHI, PAKISTAN - The Pakistan International Airlines on Thursday announced the suspension of flight operations to Kabul, Afghanistan. PIA which was previously operating charter flights, said that decision to fly into Kabul after Taliban takeover was purely for humanitarian reasons. PIA spokesman, Abdullah Hafeez Khan after the announcement, went onto state reasons for the suspension of flights to Kabul. He said that with insurance and airline companies considering Afghanistan a warzone, insurance premium on these flights are significantly high. PIA, because of the high insurance premium is not abl...

ICC concerned over expected Women cricket ban in Afghanistan

11Sep

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ICC concerned over expected Women cricket ban in Afghanistan

The Taliban government formation process is near to complete. With Taliban, now in power to make rules, the ICC fears that they might ban Women cricket in the country. Afghanistan's women cricket team ENGLAND - On Wednesday, the International Cricket Council (ICC) showed quite a concern for the future of Women cricket in Afghanistan. These concerns started when media reports about a women cricket ban in Afghanistan started to surface. The ICC fears that the Taliban due to their extremist ideology might go on and ban the women's team from playing. ICC representatives, while raising concerns said, "The ICC is committed to the long-term growth of women cricket. Despite the cultural and religious challenges in Afghanistan. Afghanistan’s admission as a full member in 2017 had made a s...

Fatima Bhutto calls out Angelina Jolie for selective activism

25Aug

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Fatima Bhutto calls out Angelina Jolie for selective activism

Following the capture of Afghanistan, Angelina Jolie took it to social media and raised voice for people under Taliban regime. Seeing this columnist Fatima Bhutto called her out for selective activism and asked 'have anyone told her about Kashmir?' Actress Angelina Jolie (left) , Columnist Fatima Bhutto (right) With the news of Taliban forming a government in Afghanistan, American actress Angelina Jolie started raising voice for the people and especially women living under the Taliban rule. Following Jolie's activism for the Afghani people, An Afghan born writer and columnist 'Fatima Bhutto' called her out. Fatima said that she thinks that this selective activism for only one part of the world is wrong. She said that these influencers should also raise their concerns regarding th...

President Ghani fled with 4 cars full of money: says Russia

17Aug

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President Ghani fled with 4 cars full of money: says Russia

Russian Embassy spokesman, while claiming that President Ghani took the money said that "four cars were full of money. They tried to stuff another part of the money into a helicopter, but not all of it fit. Some of the money left lying on the tarmac". On Sunday 15th August, Taliban militants circled around and attacked the city of Kabul. Kabul, the last thread keeping the Ghani government then felled into the hands of Taliban. Soon after the capture of Kabul, former president Ghani fled the country. In a Facebook post he announced that his reason to leave was to avoid bloodshed in Afghanistan. While Ghani was fleeing the country, some Russian embassy personnel's claims to have seen him take 4 cars and a helicopter full of cash. They also claimed that when Ghani and his men were no...

Taliban capture 3 Regional Capitals in one day

9Aug

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Taliban capture 3 Regional Capitals in one day

After capturing the major northern hub 'Kunduz', Taliban easily pushed into nearby capital cities of Sar-i-Pul and Taliqan, leaving the Afghan Government sidelined KUNDUZ, AFGHANISTAN - On Sunday 8th August, Afghan Taliban troops captured the northern city of Kunduz. Soon after capturing Kunduz, troops moved towards other the capital cities of Sar-i-Pul and Taliqan and successfully captured them. This surely was a hard blow towards the Afghan Government. With US troops leaving in a month's time and capturing more cities, the situation in Afghanistan is becoming more unstable with each passing day. While Taliban forces have previously captured much of Afghanistan's rural area, the capture of Kunduz is the most significant victory for them. This is due to Kunduz's economical and str...