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Ghani fled the country on /4**.*2 control after their blitz through Nestled in the towering August 15 as the Taliban Afghanistan last month, appar- Hindu Kush mountains, the reached the gates of the capital. he Taliban on Monday ently overrunning the National Panjshir Valley has a single nar- The whereabouts of Saleh Tasserted that it will not Resistance Front (NRF) forces row entrance. Local fighters and the young Massoud were allow any country, including who had opposed their held off the Soviets there in the not immediately known on Pakistan, to interfere in takeover. 1980s and also, for a brief Monday. Afghanistan’s internal affairs as Thousands of Taliban time, the Taliban a decade & " '( & &' The US withdrew its last it confirmed that ISI chief Lt fighters charged into eight dis- later under the leadership of troops a week ago and ended a Gen Faiz Hameed met the tricts of Panjshir province Ahmad Shah Massoud. down their weapons but only if In a second statement harrowing airlift to evacuate insurgent group’s de-facto % overnight, according to wit- Massoud’s son Ahmad the Taliban agreed to end their Monday, a now-defiant Western citizens and their leader Mullah Abdul Ghani nesses from the area who spoke called for an end to the fight- assault. Late on Sunday, dozens Massoud accused the Taliban Afghan allies that was marred Baradar in Kabul, amid efforts & on condition of anonymity ing on Sunday. The young of vehicles loaded with Taliban of attacking even as they were by scenes of desperation and to finalise a Government in the because they feared for their British-schooled Massoud said fighters were seen swarming ready to agree to a cease-fire. horrific violence. war-torn country. safety. his forces were ready to lay into the Panjshir Valley. He vowed to fight on, urged Continued on Page 2 The questions of interfer- Taliban spokesman ence in Afghanistan’s internal 0241/ Zabihullah Mujahid confirmed affairs were raised after Inter- located 90 kilometres south- that the province, which is Services Intelligence (ISI) vidence of direct involve- west of the federal capital, north of the capital, was now Director General Lt Gen Ement of Pakistan’s ISI-Army Islamabad, and 270 kilometres held by their fighters. %&'R Hameed dashed to Kabul on an combine in Afghanistan has from the provincial capital, “We tried our best to solve unannounced visit last week. come to the fore as the father Lahore to which ISI chief Lt the problem through negotia- Taliban spokesperson of a slain ISI operative Hamid Gen Faiz Hameed belongs. tions, and they rejected talks virtually take part in the meet. these areas, the leaders will also Zabiullah Mujahid said that the Faiz has revealed that his son “Faiz came to Afghanistan and then we had to send our The theme for this Summit exchange views on the impact group will not allow any coun- was fighting along with Taliban with Taliban fighters and he forces to fight,” Mujahid told a is ‘BRICS@15: Intra-BRICS of the Covid-19 pandemic and try, including Pakistan, to inter- till he was killed. wanted to fight alongside them news conference in Kabul later cooperation for continuity, other current global and fere in Afghanistan’s affairs, In a video message, Faiz’s in Afghanistan. And in Monday. consolidation and consensus’. regional issues. Afghanistan’s Khaama news father has also revealed that Afghanistan, Afghan Special The resisting forces were 0241/ India had outlined four prior- The crucial summit takes reported. Pakistani intelligence opera- Forces were killed in an oper- led by the former vice presi- ity areas for its chairship. These place days ahead of Modi’s Earlier, Pakistani media tives are being recruited in the ation in Kunar province. Faiz’s dent, Amrullah Saleh, and also he current fluid situation in are reform of the multilateral visit to the USA in late reported that a delegation of Army that the Taliban is rais- main job was to spy for the son of the iconic anti- TAfghanistan will figure system, counter terrorism, September. The PM is likely to senior officials led by Lt Gen ing in Afghanistan post- Pakistan’s intelligence network, Taliban fighter Ahmad Shah prominently during the 13th using digital, and technological hold summit level talks for the Hameed was in Kabul at the takeover of the war-ravaged but he was killed along with Massoud. Experts had doubt- BRICS summit on September President Xi Jinping, South tools for achieving Sustainable first time with President Joe invitation of the Taliban, but country. Taliban fighters in ed that the holdout efforts 9. Prime Minister Narendra African President Cyril Development Goals (SDGs) Biden since he took charge ear- the Taliban said Islamabad had Faiz hailed from Chakwal, Afghanistan,” Faiz’s father said could succeed long-term Modi, Russian President Ramaphosa, and Brazilian and enhancing people-to-peo- lier this year. proposed his visit. Rawalpindi Division of Punjab in the video message. against the Taliban, whose Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Jair Bolsonaro will ple exchanges. In addition to Continued on Page 2 Detailed report on P8 province, Pakistan. Chakwal is Continued on Page 2 !"# $ ,5 1// cation, etc,” the judge said in his Q #R order. he Kerala High Court on He said it was discrimina- TMonday ruled that the sec- tion and should be rectified. 0241/ ond dose of Covishield vaccine The petitioner was willing to could be administered after 28 pay for the vaccines and hence he Supreme Court on days and the stance of the he should have the freedom to TMonday refused to enter- Union Government that the get the second jab like the oth- ,54,** tain a plea filed by residents of same could be given only after ers, said the judge. Sonipat seeking opening of 84 days was discriminatory. “The fact that the vaccina- onths after PCC president the roads connecting Delhi Justice PB Suresh Kumar tion is voluntary and there is no MAdhir Chowdhury and Haryana at Singhu border, who heard a petition filed by compulsion on anyone to expressed his “goodwill ges- which has been blocked by Kitex Limited seeking a direc- accept the same is declared by ture” saying the Congress farmers protesting against three tive to the authorities to allow the Government of India in the would not field any candidate farm laws. its employees to get the second the vaccinations for Indian website of the Ministry of against Bengal Chief Minister A bench of Justices DY jab after 28 days against the Government officials with Health and Family Welfare. If Mamata Banerjee in the Chandrachud, Vikram Nath bench said. order by the Ministry of Health commitments abroad, persons that be so, the requirement to Assembly by-election, the ) & ( " and Hima Kohli said the peti- At the outset, advocate and Family Welfare that the needing to travel abroad for administer two doses of the Congress leader in the Lok % '* tioners have the freedom to Abhimanyu Bhandari, appear- same could be given only after studies or employment, those vaccine and the time interval Sabha on Monday said the approach the High Court. ing for petitioners Jai Bhagwan 84 days said that there were dis- participating at the Olympic between the two doses for bet- State unit of the party had State unit and after taking the The CPI(M) too said it was The top court said the and Jagbir Singh Chhikara, criminations in the law. Games, etc. ter protection from infection decided to contest against the views of all the leaders we have in favour of continuing the invitation to interfere is very both residents of Sonipat, said “The decision of the “If the Government can can only be considered as advi- Chief Minister with the support decided to field our candidate Front with the Congress. “We tempting, but there are High that Singhu border is like an Government in providing permit persons who are intend- sory,” said judge Suresh Kumar of the Left Front. backed by the Left.” too are of the opinion that the Courts, which can deal with the “umbilical cord” for people of relaxation in the protocol ing to travel abroad to exercise in his verdict. By-election for the The decision in this regard Left, Congress and all the other local issues. “Suppose tomor- the city as it connects Delhi and regarding administration of a choice between early protec- The court asked the Union Bhawanipore seat will take had been sent to the All India like-minded parties must unite row there is a border dispute Haryana but due to blockade second dose of vaccine to cer- tion and better protection from Government to immediately place on September 30. Congress Committee for its to fight against the TMC and between Karnataka and Kerala this is hampering their right to tain classes of persons alone Covid-19 infection, there is make necessary provisions in “In the changed circum- approval, he said.