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Afghan president Ashraf Ghani fled with four cars, chopper filled with cash: Report

Ashraf Ghani had fled the country with four cars and a helicopter full of cash and had to leave some money behind as it would not fit in,

Aug 17, 2021

A video grab from Suhanjana's recital at Dhenupureeswarar Temple

Newly appointed female odhuvar sings at Chennai temple; first since 2007 [read now]

On August 15, the Dhenupureeswarar Temple in Madambakkam, near Tambaram, Chennai echoed as a female odhuvar, Suhanjana Gopinath, sang 'thevaram' (devotional hymns) after receiving an appointment letter from TN Chief minister M K Stalin, one day ago.

Aug 17, 2021

How Taliban financed protracted war in Afghanistan; drugs, mining, extortion, donations & beyond [details]

How does the Taliban after being almost routed by the United States of America after 2001 still managed to survive and later claim the lordship of the graveyard of empires? How have they been managing their finances? Let's find out.

Aug 17, 2021

Here comes Biden's statement on Afghanistan: "Followed Trump's deal with Taliban"

The jihadists the US toppled 20 years ago for sheltering Osama bin Laden will now fly their flag over the US Embassy building on the 20th anniversary of 9/11, said WSJ

Aug 16, 2021

Afghanistan's fall to Taliban doesn't augur well for India: Punjab CM

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on monday sounded a dire warning to the Central government that the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban has ominous signs for India.

Aug 16, 2021

Taliban commander's journey from Guantanamo Bay to Presidential Palace in Kabul [read now]

A Taliban commander claimed that he spent eight years in the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba in a triumphant speech from inside the Presidential Palace in Kabul as the militants declared an Islamic state of Afghanistan after the country's President joined thousands of citizens in a mass exodus.

Aug 16, 2021

Air India flight to Kabul cancelled as airspace closed; hampers evacuation efforts [details]

National carrier Air India cancelled its flight operations on the Delhi-Kabul-Delhi route on Monday as the airspace over the Afghan capital city was closed.

Aug 16, 2021

Taliban co-founder Abdul Ghani Baradar is the face of insurgent victory

Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban leader freed from a Pakistani jail on the request of the US less than three years ago, has emerged as an undisputed victor of the 20-year war in Afghanistan, the Guardian reported.

Aug 16, 2021

A still from the film At Five in the Afternoon

Future of Afghan Film Org bleak again amid Taliban's return; a look at some classics [details]

Last year in November, Afghanistan Film Organization celebrated its first-ever film festival with 200 entries and 55 Afghan films making the cut to 15 theatres of Kabul. With the return of the Taliban, this ascending motion-film trend might halt yet again.

Aug 16, 2021

Mega bust in Mangaluru; police seize 1400kg explosives, arrest accused [details]

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Afghan president Ashraf Ghani fled with four cars, chopper filled with cash: Report

Newly appointed female odhuvar sings at Chennai temple; first since 2007 [read now]

How Taliban financed protracted war in Afghanistan; drugs, mining, extortion, donations & beyond [details]

Here comes Biden's statement on Afghanistan: "Followed Trump's deal with Taliban"

Afghanistan's fall to Taliban doesn't augur well for India: Punjab CM

Taliban commander's journey from Guantanamo Bay to Presidential Palace in Kabul [read now]

Air India flight to Kabul cancelled as airspace closed; hampers evacuation efforts [details]

Taliban co-founder Abdul Ghani Baradar is the face of insurgent victory

Future of Afghan Film Org bleak again amid Taliban's return; a look at some classics [details]

Mangaluru: 1,400kg explosive materials seized; one held for illegal storage [details]

Covid vaccination stopped in Kerala, not due to lack of vaccines [details]

Shocking: Desperate to leave Afghanistan, 2 persons tie themselves to airplane wheel, fall as it takes off

Deeply worried about women, minorities in Afghanistan: Malala

Massive Earthquake in Haiti, Death Toll Reaches 1,297

Air India to resume flights to evacuate stranded Indians in Kabul post-noon

Time for India to follow suit? France, Germany, Netherlands, US banned use of EVMs [here's why]

Dhanush's Captain Miller has no buyers in Telugu states? Here's why

Deepika Padukone is a sight to behold in velvet gown; attends Academy Museum Gala with Selena Gomez, Dua Lip [see pics]