Afghanistan
- Delhi
Strong tremors jolt Delhi, parts of north India
New Delhi: Strong tremors jolted parts of north India, including Delhi-NCR, on Tuesday night as an earthquake of magnitude 6.6 struck the Hindu Kush region in Afghanistan. Panic-stricken people rushed out of buildings…
- India
India to train Afghan diplomats in Kabul
New Delhi: India plans to hold a four-day training programme for Afghan Foreign Ministry officials in Kabul beginning Tuesday. The news regarding the training was issued by the Taliban government’s Ministry of…
- World
Pakistan, Afghan forces exchange fire at major border crossing
Islamabad: Forces of Pakistan and Afghanistan exchanged fire on the Torkham border leaving a border guard injured. The Taliban-led government of Afghanistan on Sunday shut the border crossing, accusing Pakistan of reneging…
- World
China to become Afghanistan’s second-largest trade partner in 2023
Beijing: China’s trade with Afghanistan has been growing fast and it may become the second-largest trading nation with Afghanistan in 2023 after Pakistan, a situation that bodes well for the continuation of…
- Pakistan
Taliban shuts down main border point with Pakistan
Kabul: The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan has ordered the shutdown of one of the country’s main trading and border crossing points with Pakistan, accusing Islamabad of reneging on its commitments. The Afghan…
- World
Biden faces Republican probe into US troops’ withdrawal from Afghanistan
Washington: US President Joe Biden seems to be the “Man on Fire” as he faces a Republican probe into the hasty withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan in August 2021 which led…
- World
Afghans turning to crystal-meth industry to stave off starvation
Kabul: A devastating humanitarian and economic crisis has forced millions of Afghans to find new sources of income, media reports said. A growing number of them have turned to the booming methamphetamine…
- World
Afghan women’s rights campaigner shortlisted for Nobel Peace Prize
Kabul: When the Taliban seized power in August 2021, hundreds of women’s rights activists fled Afghanistan, fearing reprisals from the militant group. But Mahbouba Seraj, one of the most prominent rights campaigners…
- India
Ajit Doval meets Russian President Putin amid Russia-Ukraine war
New Delhi: National Security Advisor Ajit Doval met Russian President Vladimir Putin amid the Russia-Ukraine war on Thursday, informed the Indian Embassy in Russia. Doval is in Moscow to attend a meeting…
- Middle East
Saudi diplomats’ exit from Kabul sparks fears of exodus
Kabul: Saudi diplomats departure from Kabul amid security concerns has sparked fears that at least three other countries were also planning to close their embassies in the war-torn nation, though the Taliban…
- India
BJP has turned J-K into Afghanistan: Mehbooba Mufti on anti-encroachment drive
New Delhi: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday slammed the anti-encroachment drive, and hit out at the BJP and Jammu and Kashmir administration, accusing them of turning the union territory into Afghanistan…
- World
Road accident kills 2, injures 9 in Afghanistan
Kabul: Two commuters were killed and nine others injured in a road crash in Afghanistan’s Samangan province, provincial traffic police said on Sunday. The accident took place late Saturday in the Daulatabad…
- World
Afghanistan: Taliban orders ban on female students in university entrance exams
Kabul: In the latest decree, the Taliban has banned female students from sitting in university entrance exams which are slated to take place next month, the Afghan news agency TOLOnews reported. The…
- Bollywood
‘Indian Pathaan’: Kangana renames film, gives ‘Indian Muslims’ her ‘patriotic’ stamp
Mumbai: Actress Kangana Ranaut has said that she wants to rename Shah Rukh Khan’s latest release ‘Pathaan’ to ‘Indian Pathaan’ as Indian muslims are patriotic and different from Afghan Pathans. Kangana took…
- Middle East
More than 3,000 Afghan refugees ‘forcefully’ deported by Iran
Kabul: More than 3,000 Afghan refugees have been deported from Iran in a recent move through Islam Qala and Pule Abrishum borders to the country, Khaama Press reported on Thursday. The forceful…
