India and the EU need to speak up together about human rights in Afghanistan says the European Union’s Special Envoy for Afghanistan Tomas Niklasson, who visited Delhi for consultations on the way forward. In an interview to The Hindu, Mr. Niklasson said the Taliban’s increased restrictions on women and the ban on girl’s education is …
The Taliban rulers of Afghanistan are optimistic that India will agree to resume direct flights between New Delhi and Kandahar Image Courtesy ANI Kabul: With the global community yet to recognise the current regime in Kabul, the Afghan Taliban is reportedly desperate for flights to resume between India and Afghanistan. According to a Hindustan Times …
ISLAMABAD (AP) – Security forces based on intelligence raided a hideout of Pakistani Taliban insurgents near the border with Afghanistan, following a fierce gunfight that left 12 militants dead, the country’s military said Wednesday. The early-morning raids came amid rising tensions in Pakistan and the aftermath of last week’s bombing of a mosque in Peshawar …
Three women cyclists who risked their lives to escape from the Taliban – and come to the UK – have spoken for the first time about their hopes of reaching the 2024 Olympics. Women and girls were banned from playing all sport in Afghanistan, but since arriving here in November, Mina, Pareesa and Arifa have …
America return from afghanistan August 2021 paves the way for China to move forward and deepen its influence in the country and the wider region. While most of the international community has shied away Taliban China has little to say about the Taliban’s bleak human rights record for its antiquated policies, especially towards women. Chinese …
Special Envoy of the State of Qatar Foreign Minister Mutlaq bin Majeed Al-Qahtani met Amir Khan Muttaqi, Minister of Foreign Affairs, at Storey Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan. – Twitter / @Qharbalkhi Kabul: An envoy of Qatar’s foreign affairs minister visited the Afghan capital on Sunday and met with the acting foreign minister of the Taliban …
Thirty years ago, Imran Khan led the Pakistani national team to victory in the Cricket World Cup, cementing his place as one of the greatest athletes in the history of the sport and a hero to his country. He retired at the age of forty-nine. Four years later, in 1996, he founded a political party …
CNN , US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced on Wednesday that the US is imposing new visa restrictions on some current and former members of the Taliban, members of non-state security groups and others believed to be fighting women and children in Afghanistan. Involved in suppressing the rights of girls. , The announcement comes …
Police officer Shahid Ali said the blast happened seconds after the imam had started the prayer. Peshawar: More than 80 people were killed and 150 others were injured in an explosion at a police headquarters in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday. The attack happened during afternoon prayers on Monday in the provincial capital Peshawar, which is …
Islamabad, Pakistan CNN , death toll from a suspect suicide bomb Monday’s attack on a police compound at a police compound in northwest Pakistan brought the toll to at least 88, as the Pakistani Taliban made conflicting claims of responsibility in one of the deadliest attacks in the country in years. Mohammad Asim Khan, a …