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  Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid looks on as he addresses the first press conference in Kabul on August 17, 2021 following the Taliban stunning takeover of Afghanistan. Photo | AFP Summary The announcements came on Tuesday night shortly after the return to Afghanistan of their co-founder, crowning the group's astonishing comeback after being ousted by a US-led invasion in 2001. The Taliban have offered a pledge of reconciliation, vowing no revenge against opponents and to respect women's rights in a "different" rule of Afghanistan from two decades ago. The announcements came on Tuesday night shortly after the return to Afghanistan of their co-founder, crowning the group's astonishing comeback after being ousted by a US-led invasion in 2001. With huge concerns globally about the Taliban's brutal human rights record -- and tens of thousands of Afghans still trying to flee the country -- they held their first press conference from Kabul. "All those ...

Bruno Fernandes hat-trick as Manchester United outclass Leeds in dominant performance Bruno Fernandes’s 30-minute hat-trick was the highlight of a stunning opening day performance that welcomed a capacity crowd back to Old Trafford in memorable fashion. The Portuguese playmaker handed United a first half lead and, after their visitors had equalised, then spearheaded a brutal and clinical response from Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side which swept them to victory. Fernandes, who found the net 28 times in all competitions last season, struck the opener after half an hour of an absorbing season opener. Stuart Dallas was unmarked at a Leeds throw-in and found his team mate with a short pass which Ayling deposited past David de Gea from 25 yards. It was an early-season test of United’s character and one they passed with flying colours as Mason Greenwood restored their lead after 52 minutes. Again, Pogba was the creator with a superbly weighted curling pass which allowed the young striker to s...

  Brentford was relegated after the 1946/47 Football League season and had not tasted top-flight football since. Brentford has started its first top-flight campaign since 1947 by stunning Arsenal 2-0 in the opening game of the Premier League season. Sergi Canos put Brentford ahead in the 22nd minute and Christian Noergaard headed in the second in the 73rd after Arsenal failed to deal with a long throw-in, handing the promoted club a perfect start to life in the Premier League in front of nearly 16,500 fans at the Community Stadium. Those fans finally had a chance to celebrate inside the new stadium, which was opened last year during the lockdown when no supporters were allowed into games. But Brentford fans are used to waiting. The club's last game in England's top division was a 1-0 loss to Arsenal, in May 1947. Now the team is top of the league for at least a few hours, ahead of the rest of the weekend's games. "Nobody who was here will ever forget that. And I'm ...

  It’s a done deal: free-agent superstar Lionel Messi will be joining French side Paris Saint-Germain in the most high-profile player move of the summer in Europe. Reports state that Messi's two-year contract with PSG gives him a $41 million annual net salary, including bonuses. The contract also contemplates an option for a third year. In addition, The Athletic tacks on  a near $30-million signing bonus , while  Forbes reports  that the player will also get a cut of player image rights, including jersey sales, which could potentially bump his annual salary up to the $75 million range. That’s a big contract for any player, let alone a forward who has already turned 34. PSG will feel that money will be well-spent if Messi can take the club to the promised land: a first-ever UEFA Champions League trophy. Messi won the Champions League trophy four times in a storied career with FC Barcelona, the last one coming back in 2015. Meanwhile, PSG has been knocking on the door ...

  In the near future, Ykee Benda might be one of Uganda’s richest musicians how he calculates his move in the music business is anything to go by. The artiste hasn’t been cursing the lockdown like many others because he has avenues that have been bringing him money throughout this period. He has helped other artistes get endorsement deals of course with his cut and then his Mpaka Records has also been bringing in some money. Besides that, the ‘ Turn up D’vibe’  singer has been able to earn shs17.5million in the past two days after selling his newly released album. “Ehhhhh thank you so much my people for using my album to buy my ‘ Kirabo ‘ Album, we’ve so far got 500 sales and that’s so big for a platform that you all didn’t know. I’m really humbled,” posted Ykee Benda. He also called upon his fans and music lovers to push so that 1000 copies are sold.

"Fast rising star Keicy and  award winning artist Daddy Andre"  Right in the middle of quarantine we've seen many talented artists exhibit their God given talents, and one of them that caught our attention was singer and song writer "Keicy"commonly known for the ground breaking song "Born to love" with  Music Permit CEO DJ Shiru . Keicy who also works with MusicPermit, linked up with award winning singer and song writer Daddy Andre and together wrote a beautiful dance song with a beautiful melody which has a lyrical maturity that makes you believe ,Uganda has got talent.Their song "Addicted" is already in circulation on music platforms like Spotify,iTunes etc. Young talents like Liam Voice,Anknown etc have graced the lockdown with heartthrobing tunes,Ladies and gentlemen brace for one more you inevitably have a add to you list a talent like no other Keicy Mbaziira .

  Last Friday, Golola joyfully jetted to South Sudan after assuring netizens that he was to crush Majok till his last drop in the ring. Unfortunately, the motor-mouthed athlete was thumped by his counterpart Majok in just three rounds of the fight. However, as it has often been after most of his fight losses, Golola has since re-vowed his remarkable kickboxing skills and consoled himself with Shs. 6Million that he earned from the fight. Golola also reveals that his plan prior to the South Sudan trip was to make money not winning the fight as the majority anticipated. “ I made UGX 6M in the South Sudanese fight. I didn’t sell the fight but I went to make money. Its just little money over Shs. 6Million. He didn’t beat me, he instead decided to push me around the ring coz am strong and firm, ” Golola said. Golola’s match against Majok was his first fight in over two years. He had last fought in March 2019 against Umar Ssemata to reclaim his national title. We will keep you posted

  The 2021 edition of Miss Tourism Buganda has been cancelled. This was announced by Nsubuga Ronnie, the Miss Tourism Buganda Cluster Head in a statement released early this week. He said that the Buganda pageant was cancelled due to the COVID-19 effects on the local tourism industry. It should be noted that the country was recently under a 42-day lockdown aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19, during which period domestic tourism-related activities were banned. “This is officially let you know that our proposed Miss Tourism Buganda events will not take place this year 2021 as early announced at the grand launch,” Nsubuga Ronnie said. “As an organization, we have made this decision following the current COVID-19 effects to the tourism industry especially here in the central part of Uganda (Kampala) together with the world at large.” He further explained. “This will give us enough time to organize and prepare better for your next competitions come next year.” Consequently, Nakku M...

  Kampala, Uganda |    THE INDEPENDENT |   Musician Edrisah Musuuza alias Eddy Kenzo is in hospital nursing injuries after reportedly being involved in a car accident along Masaka highway when a vehicle he was in overturned and went off the road on Thursday morning. The accident happened around Maya, along the Kampala-Masaka highway

  Uganda's Joshua Cheptegei and Kenya's Faith Kipyegon both won gold medals on the athletics track on day 14 of the Tokyo Olympics. Cheptegei won the men's 5,000m to take his second medal of the games after a silver in the 10,000m while Kipyegon retained the1500m title she won at the Rio Games five years ago. Elsewhere there was a bronze medal for Egypt's Giana Farouk (Lotfy) in the women's kumite karate while Botswana men's 4x400m relay team set a new African record to qualify for Saturday's final. Uganda's world record holder Joshua Cheptegei  put his injury issues behind him as he dominated the final lap of the  men's 5,000 metres  to claim gold. The 24-year-old finished ahead of Canada's Somali-born Mohammed Ahmed, who won silver, and the USA's Kenyan-born Paul Chelimo, who took bronze to go with his silver from the Rio Games. Cheptegei becomes the first Ugandan in history to claim two Olympic medals after he won silver in the men's 1...

  Media personality and city socialite Sheila Gashumba has shared bedroom moments with her current boyfriend Rickman. She shared the photos on her twitter handle yesterday evening. On these photos she shared were showing Rickman sleeping and another showing her hand on Rickman’s face. She captioned the photos ‘chocolate I’ Sheila Gashumba is one of the few city socialites that goes public on every relationship she gets in. In her previous relationship with God’s Plan, her fans never missed any moment of them as she posted then and that looks to be the same even in her current relationship    

  Depressed weight lifter Ssekitoleko Julius has received a new motorcycle and UGX2M cash from traditional healer Mama Fina to start new life. This came after Ssekitoleko who had disappeared from Japan ahead of 2020 Olympics came out in an interview with NTV television crying for help from we’ll wishers. According to Ssekitoleko, he had sold everything he had a motorcycle inclusive before leaving for Japan as he expected big from their. Mama Fina being one of the rich people in Uganda with a kind heart reached out to NTV and promised to buy Ssekitoleko a new motorcycle and finally she has full filled her promise. This was confirmed through NTV mwasuze mutya official Facebook account. “As promised, Maama Fina delivered the bike he promised Julius Ssekitoleko today. Along with the bike, Ssekitoleko was give 2M worth of capital. He is grateful to all Ugandans who have been there for him during the hard times from Tokyo to Uganda. Mama Fina is not the only one who promised to help Juli...

  ‘I had given up on ‘Tuupate’-Pia Pounds Finally, Pia Pounds will never be referred to as that artiste who only gets busy on IG. The girl now has a hit to her name – you haven’t listened to  ‘Tupaate’ ? Where do you live? Well, Pia Pounds is smiling through the 42-day lockdown as the song trends on social. But, of course because she is not used to this kind of viral, the singer said everything is a miracle because she had even given up on the song. “The song is nine months old. I promoted it and gave up, then all of a sudden, the song is on everybody’s status and memes are making rounds of it to a point that now people have believed I’m such an amazing artiste. It’s a miracle,” she said. Pia Pounds was last in the news after Eddy Kenzo distanced himself from her, saying she has never been signed to Big Talent despite pics of her signing a contract with him back in the day emerged.