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‘Architects of 9/11 were not hiding in caves’: India tells UNSC
United Nations: In a scathing attack on Pakistan, India has said the “architects” of the 9/11 attacks were not hiding in “caves or badlands,” but had long evaded detection, asserting that the…
- India
India calls Pakistan’s Masood Azhar bounty move a ‘gimmick’
New Delhi: India on Tuesday, September 15, dismissed Pakistan’s fresh announcement of a seven million rupees bounty on Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar, demanding that Islamabad take “concrete action” to combat terrorism. Pakistan…
- India
Keralite vlogger says she escaped arrest threat in Afghanistan
Kochi: A Keralite woman travel vlogger, who had earlier claimed that she was arrested by the “Mujahideen” in Afghanistan, has now said that local authorities threatened to arrest her in Bamyan, citing…
- India
Pakistan claims Masood Azhar in Afghanistan
New Delhi: Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) announced a fresh bounty of PKR 70 lakh on Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar, maintaining that the terrorist leader is hiding in Afghanistan, a claim…
- Television News
Rohed Khan: Meet Afghanistan-born contestant in Bigg Boss 20
Mumbai: Bigg Boss 20 has started with a bang. Hosted by Salman Khan, the reality show premiered on Sunday night, with all 17 contestants making their way into the Bigg Boss house.…
- India
Taliban reaches out to world despite isolation, sanctions and rights concerns
Afghanistan’s Taliban administration is putting all of its efforts in reaching out to as many nations as possible, even for possible working relations, in the absence of official recognition over its human…
- World
India delivers medicines, medical supplies to Kabul hospital
New Delhi: Continuing with its humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan, India on Thursday, August 20, delivered medicines and medical consumables to a government hospital in Kabul. Taking to X, the Ministry of External…
- World
As Taliban mark 5 yrs in power, Afghan girls still cannot study
Kabul: Taliban rulers and other officials gathered at Afghanistan’s traditional Loya Jirga assembly hall on Saturday, August 15, to celebrate the fifth anniversary of their return to power, touting having brought stability…
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Taliban accused of detaining six women’s rights workers
Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities have “forcibly disappeared” six staff members of a local organization working on women’s and children’s rights, a US-based advocacy group said, following a separate UN report that two Afghan…
- Sports
India to host Afghanistan for 3-match T20I series in September
New Delhi: Bangladesh’s hopes of hosting India for a long-pending white-ball rubber in September seem all but over with the BCCI announcing that Shreyas Iyer and his men will face Afghanistan in…
- Sports
Veteran Afghanistan pacer Shapoor Zadran dies at 38
New Delhi: Veteran Afghanistan pacer Shapoor Zadran has died a day before his 39th birthday after battling a rare immune disorder called Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) syndrome for which he was being treated…
- Sports
Kohli out of Afghanistan ODIs with hamstring injury
New Delhi: Indian batting superstar Virat Kohli was on Thursday ruled out of the upcoming ODI series against Afghanistan due to a hamstring injury that he sustained during the recently-concluded IPL. The…
- Afghanistan
UN rights body condemns Taliban move legitimising child marriage
Geneva: The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) has strongly condemned a new Taliban decree in Afghanistan that legitimises child marriage and considers a girl’s silence as consent to…
- News
Afghanistan: UN flags new law that allows child marriage for girls
The United Nations expressed “grave concern” on Thursday about a new law issued by Afghanistan’s Taliban government on separation in marriage which includes provisions on child marriage, saying the code further entrenches…
- Afghanistan
Afghanistan says Pakistan strikes killed three civilians
Kabul: Afghanistan accused Pakistan of carrying out cross-border attacks into its territory on Monday, May 4, that hit civilian areas, killing at least three people and wounding 14, as tension between the…