Afghanistan
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- World
Freezing weather kills 104 people in Afghanistan in 2 weeks
Kabul: The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan on Monday confirmed that at least 104 people, including women and children, have died in the past two weeks amid the freezing weather and heavy snowfall.…
- World
5 killed in suicide blast outside Afghan Foreign Ministry
Kabul: At least five people were killed in a suicide bomb attack outside Afghanistan’s Foreign Ministry in Kabul, police said. The Islamic State terror group’s Khorasan unit (IS-K) has taken responsibility for…
- India
NCB busts international drug syndicate, 2 Afghan nationals among 16 arrested
Chandigarh: The Chandigarh zonal unit of the Narcotics Control Bureau has busted an international drug syndicate operating from Ludhiana and arrested 16 people, including two Afghanistan nationals, a senior official said on…
- World
Prince Harry killed 25 people during military service in Afghanistan
In a shocking and controversial move, British Prince Harry revealed that he killed 25 people during his military service in Afghanistan on a helicopter, describing the targets as “chess pieces excluded from…
- Delhi
Delhi HC dismisses woman’s plea on daughter’s detention by Pak Army
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday refused to entertain a petition filed by a woman seeking directions to the Pakistani government to produce her daughter and grandson here from the…