Afghanistan
- Pakistan
Pak urges Afghanistan to reconsider suspension of girls’ education at universities
Islamabad: Pakistan has urged the Afghan authorities to revisit the decision to suspend university and higher education for girls in Afghanistan, a press statement released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said…
- World
Taliban’s ban on university education for women receives USA’s ire
United States of America’s Secretary of state Antony Blinken condemned the Taliban after the latter imposed a statewide ban on women attending universities in Afghanistan on Tuesday. “Until the Taliban respect the…
- World
First attack by Islamic State on Chinese interests in Afghanistan
New Delhi: The assault on the Kabul Longan Hotel was the first major attack on Chinese interests in Afghanistan since the Taliban seized power last year, media reports said. The attack has…
- World
UNGA postpones decision on Afghanistan, Myanmar assembly seat
United Nations: The UN General Assembly has postponed the decision on whether representatives of the Taliban authorities in Afghanistan and Myanmar’s military junta can take their countries’ seats in the 193-member world…
- Pakistan
1 killed, over a dozen injured in cross-border firing at Pak-Afghan border
Islamabad: At least one person was killed and over a dozen were injured on Thursday when Afghan border troops resorted to “indiscriminate firing” across the border into Balochistan province, Pakistani defence sources…
- World
UNFPA appeals for $1.2 bn to support crisis-affected women, girls
United Nations: The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) has appealed for $1.2 billion in 2023 to reach some 66 million women, girls and young people facing crisis in 65 countries. The funding needs,…
- Afghanistan
A new dynamic in the Af-Pak Great Game
Kabul: Pakistan’s role in Afghanistan has changed drastically ever since takeover of the Taliban in Kabul. The nature of engagement from the initial days of the Taliban government when one witnessed the…
- Pakistan
Afghanistan has apologised for border village attack: Pak Defence Minister
Islamabad: Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said that the Taliban-led government in Afghanistan had accepted its mistake in attacking a village on the border that left eight people dead and over 20…
- World
Five killed as Afghan forces fire on Pakistani civilians near Chaman border
Balochistan: At least five people were killed and 16 people were left injured on Sunday after the Afghan security forces opened fire on the Pakistani civilians near Pak-Afghan Border in Chaman, Balochistan,…
- India
Festering wounds of CAA protests keep citizenship issue alive in Assam
Guwahati: Widespread protests in Assam after the enactment of CAA on this day three years ago have left behind a festering wound that has kept the citizenship issue alive in the northeastern…
- Pakistan
Pakistan’s head of mission in Kabul survives assassination bid
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Head of Mission to Kabul, Ubaid-ur-Rehman Nizamani has survived an assassination bid, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) confirmed. In a statement, the Ministry said the Embassy’s compound in Kabul…
- World
UNSC condemns heinous terror attack on religious school in Afghanistan
United Nations: The UN Security Council, under the current monthly presidency of India, has condemned in the strongest terms the “heinous” terrorist attack on students and children at a religious school in…
- World
Afghans marrying off young daughters to avoid forced marriages with Taliban
Kabul: Since Kabul fell to the Taliban in August 2021, there has been a dramatic increase in early marriages of Afghan girls — a trend activists and human rights campaigners attribute to…
- Middle East
Ace leg spinner Rashid Khan joins New York Strikers in Abu Dhabi T10
Abu Dhabi: The sixth season of Abu Dhabi T10 has attracted some of the most exciting talents in the game, and joining the bandwagon with the New York Strikers is Afghanistan’s Rashid…
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India will resume work in at least 20 stalled projects in Afghanistan: Taliban
Kabul: The Taliban dispensation in Afghanistan has said that India will resume work in at least 20 stalled projects in several provinces across the war-torn country. In June, India re-established its diplomatic…
