The Taliban want to be in Kabul by 11 September 2021. They don’t want to be in Kabul as tourists, or as Afghans seeking alms, but as rulers of a country they lost almost two decades ago. They want to regain control before the 20th anniversary of the event that cost them power, the Al-Qaeda perpetrated terrorist attacks on New York and Washington on that date in 2001.The Taliban leadership paid the price for hosting Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan, as they should have. And if anyone in the world believes Taliban have learnt their lesson and the same ....

As the women in Afghanistan, escpecially those who grew up in a Taliban-free country, fear a Taliban-dominated future, families that have taken refuge in Kabul bear testimony to the regressive diktat the insurgent group has already started issuing. ....

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has asked the Taliban to "immediately halt" their offensive against the Afghan government forces and return to the negotiating table in good faith, "in the interest of Afghanistan, and its people". ....

The month of July has been marked as the world's hottest month ever recorded, and it remains very likely that 2021 will rank among the 10-warmest years on record, new data has revealed. ....

Hayatullah Hayat, Afghanistan Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development(MRRD), is a senior politician and was former Interior Minister of the country. He was also the Governor of Wardak, Helmand, Nangarhar and Kandahar provinces. ....

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorised both the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine to administer an additional dose in people with weaker immune systems, which includes organ transplant recipients. ....

On August 6, adviser to the Russian President and Executive Secretary of the Eastern Economic Forum Organizing Committee Anton Kobyakov held a meeting in Moscow with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of India to the Russian Federation D. B. Venkatesh Varma during which they discussed possible formats for India’s participation in the EEF 2021 and SPIEF 2022, the members of the Indian delegation, business programme events, and agreements that the countries may sign, a press release from Russian Embassy said. ....

An organisation representing the Indian diaspora in the US has said it will hoist the biggest tricolour at the iconic Times Square in New York on August 15 on the 75th anniversary of India's Independence Day. The 6 feet by 10 feet tricolour places on a 25 feet pole will be unfurled by the consul general of India in New York, Randhir Jaiswal, according to the Federation of Indian Association (FIA). ....

US President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that the Afghan troops must fight for themselves as multiple cities have fallen to the Taliban in the past few days. ....

Covid-19 cases among US children are climbing at an alarming rate, with nearly 94,000 diagnosed with the virus last week and trends showing a "continuing substantial increase". ....