Kathmandu, Sep 22 : Nepals Sher Bahadur Deuba government on Tuesday decided to recall 12 ambassadors previously appointed by the K.P.Sharma Oli government, including Ambassador Nilamber Acharya from India. A...

By Arul LouisUnited Nations, Sep 21 : US President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that the Quad alliance of India, the US, Japan and Australia has been “elevated”, as he...

New Delhi, Sep 21 : Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Fawad Chaudhry, implied on Tuesday that the withdrawal of England and New Zealand cricket teams from their scheduled...

New Delhi, Sep 21 : The Taliban said on Tuesday that they admire Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s efforts for peace, stability and an inclusive government in Afghanistan, the Express...

Kabul, Sep 21 : The newly-established Taliban caretaker government in Afghanistan has named the remaining Ministers and members, the group’s spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said on Tuesday. “The newly introduced members...

New Delhi, Sep 21 : A US court has sentenced a Pakistani to 12 years in prison for illegally unlocking mobile phones, which caused AT&T, the American telecommunications giant, to...

By Ateet SharmaNew Delhi, Sep 21: Rattled by the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, several neighbouring countries have joined hands to kickstart joint anti-terrorism military exercises to maintain regional stability and...

New Delhi, Sep 21 : Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has called upon the international community to support Afghans at a critical juncture through different steps, including unfreezing their...

Toronto, Sep 21 : Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeaus gamble to seek a majority by calling a snap election has not paid off even as 17 Indo-Canadians were elected as...

Islamabad, Sep 21 : Nine people were killed and 20 others injured in a firing between two groups while attending a session of a Jirga, the local tribal court, in...

Kabul, Sep 21 : Efforts are underway to solve all technical difficulties ahead of the resumption of international commercial flights in the Kabul airport, a top official said here. Airport...

Kabul, Sep 21 : Afghanistan’s central bank, Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB), has allowed merchants and owners of private companies to withdraw $25,000 from their bank accounts once in a month,...

New Delhi, Sep 20 : The Taliban have condemned the US drone attack that killed 10 Afghan civilians last month and urged the US to take responsibility for their past...

Kabul/New Delhi, Sep 20 : A huge and difficult-to-surmount crisis stares at Pakistan in the form of refugees from Afghanistan since the advent of a ‘friendly regime that has caused...

New Delhi, Sep 20 : The Chinese ambassador to Kabul, Wang Yu, has said that his country is prepared to continue providing unconditional humanitarian aid to the people of Afghanistan....

By Mahua VenkateshNew Delhi, Sep 20: Why should a coup in Africas Guinea that toppled its elected President Apha Conde, rattle Russia? The answer is simple.Russia has been influencing its...

Kathmandu, Sep 20 : Former Prime Minister and Chairman of the Nepal Communist Party-UML, K.P.Sharma Oli, has claimed that India had threatened the Nepali political leadership in 2015 not to...

New Delhi, Sep 20 : India and the US on Monday held discussions over the prevailing situation in Afghanistan and appreciated the mutual cooperation in the recent evacuation operations from...

New Delhi, Sep 20 : The Pakistan government is expected to make partial payments out of about $1.4 billion payables in a few days to assuage the concerns of the...

Moscow, Sep 20 : All Indian students at Russia’s Perm State University, where at least eight people were killed and 24 others injured on Monday as a gunman went on...

By Hamza AmeerIslamabad, Sep 20 : The police in Pakistan have registered a case against the influential hardline cleric of a highly-sensitive seminary for hoisting the flag of the Islamic...

By Hamza AmeerIslamabad, Sep 20 : Pakistan is gearing up to ramp up the Kashmir dispute against India along with joining the United Nations call for immediate intervention to prevent...

Islamabad, Sep 20 : A key Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) terrorist commander was killed when security forces launched an operation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province’s North Waziristan district, an army statement said...

New Delhi, Sep 20 : Farm workers from a Hindu family in Pakistan’s Rahim Yar Khan, city have landed in trouble for taking water from a mosque tap, according to...

New Delhi, Sep 20 : The Islamic State (IS) has clamimed responsibility for a series of bomb attacks in Afghanistan which targeted the Taliban, the terror groups Amaaq News Agency...

Kabul, Sep 20 : A number of Afghan women staged a protest in Kabul against Taliban policies, demanding equal rights to education and work, according to a media report. Sunday’s...

Dhaka, Sep 20 : The Bangladesh government has extended the suspension of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s jail sentence for another six months. Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan made the announcement...

Kabul, Sep 20 : Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said that the taliban have not fulfilled their commitments on various issues like the education of girls, women’s rights, as...

Kabul, Sep 20 : Secondary and high schools, as well as madrasas, for boys across Afghanistan have reopened after more than a month of the country’s takeover by the Taliban,...

New Delhi, Sep 19 : UNESCO Director General Audrey Azoulay has expressed deep concern over the announcement made in Afghanistan to gradually reopen secondary schools for boys and their male...

By Sujit ChakrabortyAgartala, Sep 19 : Work on the all important 12.24 km India-Bangladesh new railway line is progressing at a snail’s pace on both sides of the border, more...

By Sumi KhanNew Delhi, Sep 19 : The local administration and lawyers association in Bangladesh’s Chittagong have locked horns over construction on a heritage hill, known as ‘Porir Pahar’ or...

Dhaka, Sep 19 : Bangladesh has received another 5 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine developed by China’s pharmaceutical Sinopharm Group. A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight carrying the Chinese vaccine doses...

New Delhi, Sep 19 : A case has been registered against cleric Maulana Abdul Aziz, his collaborators as well as seminary students under the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) and different sections...

Colombo, Sep 19 : Sri Lankan authorities have received 4 million doses of the Chinese Sinopharm vaccines as a mass inoculation program against Covid-19 is presently underway in the island...

By Sumi KhanDhaka, Sep 19 : The BFIU, a finance monitoring agency of the Bangladesh Bank responsible for investigating suspicious transactions, has sent a letter to all banks on September...

New Delhi, Sep 19 : Argentina has planned to buy 12 JF-17 Thunder fighter jets from Pakistan, as per media reports. One report states that Argentina has officially included $664...

Islamabad, Sep 19 : Visiting UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi said here that the international community should continue engaging with the Afghan Taliban. Addressing a press briefing...

Kabul, Sep 19 : At least two people were killed and 21 others injured in four separate explosions in Afghanistan, multiple sources have confirmed. In Jalalabad city, capital of eastern...

Kuala Lumpur, Sep 19 : Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob has voiced his concerns that the newly-established security partnership among Australia, the UK and the US (AUKUS) would raise...

Dhaka, Sep 18 : The Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has arrested Rezwan Rafiquee, a leader of the militant outfit Hefazat-e-Islam, for his alleged role in the widespread...

New Delhi, Sep 18 : Pakistan has been reeling under international pressure on their handling of the Afghan situation and it is conscious of the fact that its role in...

New Delhi, Sep 18 : Bomb blasts in in Afghanistans ISIS-K heartland has killed two and injured up to 20 more in the first deadly attack since the US troops...

New Delhi, Sep 18 : Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Saturday that he has initiated a dialogue with the Taliban for the formation of an inclusive government in...

New Delhi, Sep 18 : A US companys tech was abused by the Indian government amid warnings that Americans are contributing to a spyware industry already under fire for being...

By Ateet SharmaNew Delhi, Sep 18:With the region caught in a geopolitical churn, the news of Iran becoming the ninth member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) at the end...

By Mrityunjoy Kumar JhaNew Delhi, Sep 18: Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has rejected Pakistan governments offer of amnesty saying that its struggle will continue until they establish Sharia.TTP also asked the...

New Delhi, Sep 18 : Filippo Grandi, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, has asked Pakistan to accept the new influx of refugees from Afghanistan, suggesting that if these refugees...

Toronto, Sep 18 : As many as 49 Indian-origin candidates are in the fray as Canadians will got to the polls on September 20 to elect a new Parliament. In...

New Delhi, Sep 18 : Humaid-ur-Rahman, uncle of ISI-trained terrorist Osama who was arrested on September 14 after Delhi Police bust an active terror module planning attacks during festive season,...

New Delhi, Sep 18 : The Taliban have effectively banned girls from secondary education in Afghanistan, by ordering high schools to reopen only for boys. The edict makes Afghanistan the...

New Delhi, Sep 18 : Three terrorist organisations are still operating in Afghanistan against Pakistan, Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Friday, after the Taliban had assured the Afghan soil...

Kabul, Sep 18 : Afghanistan’s central bank, Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB), has urged people to use local currency in transactions and avoided using foreign currencies. “In accordance with article 33...

Kathmandu, Sep 18 : Some schools in the Kathmandu Valley have reopened after being shut down for more than four months amid the Covid-19 pandemic. “A limited number of schools...

Colombo, Sep 18 : Sri Lanka’s Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said the nationwide quarantine curfew came into effect late August, has been extended till October 1 in an effort to...

United Nations, Sep 18 : The Security Council has adopted a resolution extending the mandate of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) for six months until March 17, 2022....

Karachi, Sep 18 : Three people died of dengue fever in Karachi over the last two days, Pakistani media reported. The disease has been detected with 1,255 people across the...

Kabul, Sep 18 : The US military has admitted that an American drone strike in Kabul last last month killed as many as 10 civilians, including seven children. “Having thoroughly...

Dushanbe, Sep 18 : Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that his country will “severely punish” perpetrators of the Dasu terrorist attack and make all-out efforts to ensure the...

New Delhi, Sep 17 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that the change of power in Afghanistan was not inclusive and it happened without negotiation. Virtually addressing the...

By Mahua VenkateshNew Delhi, Sep 17: A military coup ousting Guineas President Apha Conde, has raised concerns for the global business community.Located in West Africa, the country is among the...

By Susitha FernandoColombo, Sep 17 : Sri Lanka has extended the lockdown with health experts urging to keep the country closed amid the spread of Black fungus and Covid-associated invasive...

New Delhi Sep 17 : It was just three weeks ago that China announced no new cases of Coronavirus infections, leading the countrys health authorities to boast about its ‘Zero...

New Delhi/Dushanbe, Sep 17 : China is concerned whether the Afghan Taliban will keep their promise to crack down on the East Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM). The questions persist after...

New Delhi, Sep 17 : Hours after the New Zealand cricket team called off its tour of Pakistan just before the start of the first ODI in Rawalpindi, Pakistan Interior...

New Delhi, Sep 17 : India and Nepal will carry out joint military training exercise ‘Surya Kiran’ at Uttarakhand’s Pithoragarh from September 20, the Indian Army announced on Friday. During...

By Ateet SharmaNew Delhi, Sep 17: As leaders of the member and observer states get into a hybrid huddle in Tajikistan for the 21st meeting of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)...

New Delhi/Dushanbe, Sep 17 : Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan interrupted a poet who was criticising his policies after he addressed the Pakistan-Tajikistan Business Forum in the Tajik capital Dushanbe...

New Delhi, Sep 17 : Pakistan came out strongly against comments made by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and other lawmakers during the recent Congressional hearings on Afghanistan, and...

By Amresh SrivastavaNew Delhi, Sep 17 : Amid the conclusive reports on its nexus with terror outfits in Afghanistan, Pakistan is likely to use the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit...

New Delhi, Sep 17 : A Pakistan Senate panel has expressed concern over the slow pace of development on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and dissatisfaction being expressed by the...

New Delhi, Sep 17 : Ever since the Taliban took over Afghanistans capital on August 15, the war-torn countrys already fragile economy has spiraled into despair, The New York Post...

By Amjad Ayub MirzaLondon, Sep 17 : As missiles came raining down on Kabul during the early afternoon of September 16, it sent a disturbing message across the world that...

Kabul, Sep 17 : Special UN envoy Deborah Lyons met Taliban officials in Kabul to discuss the importance of humanitarian assistance for the people in the war-torn nation, the world...

New Delhi, Sep 16 : The Ministry of Information and Culture of the caretaker Taliban government in Afghanistan said on Thursday that it has begun efforts to track and locate...

By Sanjeev SharmaNew Delhi, Sep 16 : Tajikistan is the only neighbouring country of Afghanistan which is emerging as the toughest critic of the Taliban. Tajik authorities have taken a...

New Delhi, Sep 16 : With the number of people demanding visas increasing in Afghanistan following the closure of foreign embassies in Kabul after the collapse of the former Afghan...

New Delhi, Sep 16 : As many as 55 interlinked Kashmiri and Khalistani groups, currently operating hand-in-hand within the US, could be detrimental for both India and America, a US-based...

By Sanjeev SharmaNew Delhi, Sep 16 : Under intense pressure and questions over his whereabouts, the Taliban’s Deputy Prime Minister of Afghanistan Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar has now released a...

Kabul, Sep 16 : More than 634,000 Afghans have been internally displaced by conflicts in 2021, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in the war-torn nation...

Kabul/New Delhi, Sep 16 : Rhapsodising over the takeover of Afghanistan by medieval marauders, Pakistan has begun a hectic diplomacy campaign to seek recognition for the government in Kabul.And, Foreign...

Colombo, Sep 16 : The 16th Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL), Ajith Nivard Cabraal, has assumed office. Cabraal, who previously served as State Minister of Money...

New Delhi, Sep 16 : Since the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) came to power in 2018, its government officials and ministers have often dismissed and labelled accurate news stories, which they...

By Rahul KumarNew Delhi, Sep 16: The Taliban’s acting Army Chief, Qari Fasihuddin said that the militant group is holding consultations over creating a regular army for Afghanistan. Afghan broadcaster...

New Delhi, Sep 16 : Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said that his country had to endure a “terrible” relationship with the US which turned out to be disastrous for...

New Delhi, Sep 16 : The US negotiator on Afghanistan has said that former President Ashraf Ghanis abrupt exit scuttled a deal for the Taliban to hold off entering Kabul...

Islamabad, Sep 16 : Seven soldiers and five terrorists were killed in an exchange of fire in South Waziristan district of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, an army statement said. The...

Colombo, Sep 16 : Sri Lanka’s Health Ministry said patients with the Black Fungus had been detected from several areas of the country amidst the Covid-19 pandemic. Deputy Director General...

Colombo, Sep 16 : Sri Lankan authorities have completed vaccinating over 50 per cent of the country’s total population against Covid-19, Cabinet Co-Spokesperson Dullas Alahapperuma said. Alahapperuma said Sri Lanka...

Kabul, Sep 16 : The Taliban has handed over about $12.3 million cash and some gold to Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB), the country’s central bank, a statement said on Thursday....

Kabul, Sep 16 : While the security situation in Afghanistan has remained stable since the Taliban takeover in August, the country is now facing economic and humanitarian challenges, with its...

Kabul, Sep 16 : Afghanistan would soon have a regular army to defend the country, Taliban’s army chief of staff Qari Fasihuddin has said. “Afghanistan would have a regular, disciplined...

By Tenzin ChoezomThe Tibetan people, in the last few decades, have had to face differing situations and have had to comply with the bitter truth that the matter regarding Chinese...

New Delhi, Sep 15 : The Chief of Army Staff of the Taliban, Fasihudin, has said that those who defend democracy in Afghanistan and oppose the Taliban will be suppressed....

By Hamza AmeerKabul, Sep 15 : As the world organisations start pooling in with humanitarian aid to prevent the foreseen major humanitarian crisis looming over Afghanistan, the Taliban leadership has...

By Mahua VenkateshNew Delhi, Sep 15: Weak consumer sentiments in China may dent the economic revival process in China.While the Covid 19 related restrictions and lockdowns besides the heavy floods...

New Delhi, Sep 15 : The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has strongly denounced the UK Parliament’s decision to ban China’s Ambassador to the UK from attending its events, and...

New Delhi, Sep 15 : The EU must swiftly legislate to further protect the rights of activists, journalists and politicians following the Pegasus spyware scandal, and the perpetrators of illegal...

By Mrityunjoy Kumar JhaNew Delhi, Sep 15: “When you martyr as a suicide bomber, you will be welcomed by Bollywood actresses in ‘Jannat’ (Paradise), besides the river of wine,” thats...

Kathmandu, Sep 15 : Two months after the revision of the Nepal-India Railway Service Agreement, a private sector cargo train arrived in Nepal from India on Wednesday for the first...

By Rahul KumarNew Delhi, Sep 15: Taro Kono—Japan’s administrative reform minister, who managed the country’s vaccination programme, looks to be headed for the top slot in both – the party...

By Rahul KumarNew Delhi, Sep 15: Kazakhstan is ready to develop business relations with the new government in Afghanistan.This was elucidated by President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev at a time when the...

By Mahua VenkateshNew Delhi, Sep 15: South Korea based multinational company Seoul Semiconductor recently announced that it is keen to set up a research & development (R&D) facility in Haryana.Later...

By Hamza AmeerIslamabad, Sep 15 : The hasty withdrawal of the US and NATO forces from Afghanistan has sparked a debate in the US Congress, with US Secretary of State...

New Delhi, Sep 15 : A China-based cyber-espionage threat actor has apparently breached the internal networks of at least 10 Indonesian government ministries and agencies, including the computers of Indonesias...

By Hamza AmeerKabul, Sep 15 : The Taliban leadership has rejected reports of having serious rifts and arguments within their leadership, leading to a heated confrontation between Mullah Baradar and...

By Hamza AmeerKabul, Sep 15 : The Taliban-led interim government in Afghanistan has reminded the US and the western world of the promises that the US made for de-listing its...

New Delhi, Sep 15 : The Pakistani rupee has hit a new all-time low as some analysts see the regime change in Afghanistan weighing on the rupee as well, apart...

Islamabad, Sep 15 : A Pakistan Army helicopter has rescued three stranded mountaineers, including a Pakistani, from the Rakaposhi Mountain on Wednesday morning. A Pakistani climber named Wajidullah Nagri, and...

Islamabad, Sep 15 : Pakistan has been recording a slow decline in its daily Covid-19 numbers over the last two days, with 2,714 fresh cases reported on Wednesday morning, the...

New Delhi, Sep 15 : Sri Lankan author Anuk Arudpragasam’s novel “A Passage North” (Penguin India) that transports the reader from Colombo to the war-torn Northern Province and lays bare...

Srinagar, Sep 15 : Despite a huge crowd turning out to attend the funeral of Arshid Ahmad Mir, the police sub-inspector killed by terrorists on September 12, there has been...

London, Sep 14 : Scientists who declined the theory that Covid-19 leaked from China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) had connections to the infamous lab, according to media reports. All...

Kathmandu/New Delhi, Sep 14 : In the backdrop of the decision taken by the government of Nepal to set up a committee in September to tackle the border dispute with...

New Delhi, Sep 14 : The Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) has requested the Home Ministry to decide on the demand of Afghan students for extension of their visa...

New Delhi, Sep 14 : Lieutenant General Faiz Hameed, the Director General of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) in Pakistan, was in Kabul briefly at the beginning of September to get...

New Delhi, Sep 14 : Afghan women around the world are protesting the Taliban’s new hijab diktat in schools by posting photos of themselves wearing colorful traditional dresses on social...

By Sanjeev SharmaNew Delhi, Sep 14 : Three Taliban commanders with significant military presence may have been sidelined because of their fraught relationship with Pakistan. Other commanders with significant military...

Washington, Sep 14 : The US Central Command is “still assessing” the results of the deadly August 29 drone strike in Kabul which was alleged to have killed multiple Afghan...

New Delhi, Sep 14 : At least 20 civilians have been killed by the Taliban Afghanistan’s Panjshir Valley, which has seen fighting between the militants and opposition forces, the BBC...

New Delhi, Sep 14 : The Taliban is carrying out reprisal attacks against former soldiers and government workers, the UN has been told, as video emerged showing the group’s fighters...

Kabul, Sep 14 : At least 153 Afghan media outlets have stopped operations in 20 provinces following the Taliban takeover of the war-torn nation last month, a media report citing...

Geneva, Sep 14 : UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres issued a warning against the “serious” possibility of a complete economic collapse in Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover. Guterres made the remarks...

Toronto, Sep 14 : Afghan filmmaker Sahraa Karimi during a a virtual conversation out of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) said that she is trying to start a new...

Kabul, Sep 14 : Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport will soon be ready for international flights as efforts are underway to resolve technical issues, airport director Abdul Hadi Hamadani said....

New Delhi, Sep 13 : Speculation intensified about the fate of the Deputy Leader of Afghanistan government, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, after Taliban leaders met with senior delegates from Qatar...

New Delhi, Sep 13 : Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Deputy Prime Minister of the Taliban government in Afghanistan, confirmed in an audio message on Monday that he is alive...

New Delhi, Sep 13 : Political parties, student unions, and members of civil society in Pakistan continued to express solidarity with protesting journalists outside Parliament House in Islamabad on Monday,...

By Claude ArpiOn June 8, Chinas core leader Xi Jinping visited the Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai Province.Meeting a group of Tibetan villagers relocated in one of the Xiaogang...

Geneva/New Delhi, Sep 13 : Leading the appeal in Geneva for $606 million to support emergency aid for 11 million people in Afghanistan, Antonio Guterres, the Secretary-General of the United...

New Delhi, Sep 13 : Taliban fighters have claimed in a viral video that they have seized up to $6 million in cash and about 15 gold bricks from the...

By Mahua VenkateshNew Delhi, Sep 13: As the Chinese real estate behemoth Evergrande Group landed in a serious crisis, revealing the real hidden problems of the countrys property market driven...

By Mrityunjoy Kumar JhaHis Masters Voice (HMV) — that is how the Chief of Pakistan’s spy agency, Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) is known in his country.Hameed is the man Friday of...

By Sanjeev SharmaNew Delhi, Sep 13 : A former Iranian diplomat has said that the interference of foreigners in Afghanistan is doomed to be a failure. As with the former...

Amaravati, Sep 13 : Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S.Jagan Mohan Reddy has written to external affairs minister S.Jaishankar about several Indian workers being ill-treated by their employers in Bahrain. The...

Colombo, Sep 13 : Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has urged closer international cooperation among all countries so that they can survive the Covid-19 pandemic and resume normal life,...

Kabul, Sep 13 : The Taliban has announced that current forces of the group who are stationed in Kabul will soon be replaced with police forces of the former Afghan...

New Delhi, Sep 13 : Visiting Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Muhammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani met the Taliban leadership team and cabinet members, including acting Prime Minister Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund,...

New Delhi, Sep 13 : NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has blamed Afghanistans political and military leadership for the quick collapse of the former government. Stoltenberg said the US and...

By Rahul KumarNew Delhi, Sep 13: Slammed for its blatant interference in micro-managing a pro-Pakistan government in Afghanistan, Pakistan has begun a major to damage control exercise rescue its reputation.Islamabads...

New Delhi, Sep 13 : A female doctor in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province has claimed that her home was stormed by the Taliban fighters and she was beaten along with her...

Dhaka, Sep 13 : Schools and colleges in Bangladesh have reopened after being closed for more than a year as the number of new Covid-19 cases have continues to dip....

Kabul, Sep 13 : Afghan female students can attend higher education institutions and universities but in gender-separated classes, Abdul Baqi Haqqani, acting minister of higher education of the new Taliban...

Guwahati/Aizawl, Sep 12 : A total of 26 Delhi-bound Myanmarese nationals, including 10 women, were arrested on Sunday as they arrived in Guwahati from Mizoram, police said. A police spokesman...

Chennai, Sep 12 : Sri Lankan Tamil MP V.S.Radhakrishnan on Sunday called upon Tamil Nadu and the Indian governments to accord Indian citizenship to Sri Lankan Tamil refugees who are...

New Delhi, Sep 12 : Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, whose video surfaced on the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on Saturday, could still be dead. “However, Zawahiri doesn’t...

Kabul, Sep 12 : Da Afghanistan Bank (DBA), the country’s central bank, announced on Sunday that it has not received any formal notification so far concerning freezing of its assets....

Islamabad, Sep 12 : Twelve people were killed and two others injured due to heavy downpour in Mansehra district of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Sunday, local media reported. Four...

By Sanjeev SharmaNew Delhi, Sep 12 : Afghans are stressing that no one should use the Pakistani currency and those using it should be punished. A number of people have...

New Delhi, Sep 12 : While Afghan women have held several protests against the Taliban asking for their rights and participation in the incoming government across the country, Kabul witnessed...

Islamabad, Sep 12 : Pakistan will begin vaccinating teenagers in the age group between 15-17 against Covid-19 starting from Monday, according to the Nat­ional Command and Opera­tion Centre (NCOC). Speaking...

Islamabad, Sep 12 : Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) announced that it has decided to resume commercial flights to Kabul starting from Monday onwards, the first since the Taliban takeover of...

New Delhi, Sep 11 : A Fox News Poll conducted before the recent events in Afghanistan found that two-thirds (64 per cent) of the registered voters in the US think...

New Delhi, Sep 11 : India and Australia on Saturday jointly junked China’s claims that the QUAD is akin to Asian NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation). The QUAD, officially the...

By Hamza AmeerKabul, Sep 11 : After the Taliban deployed security in Kabul opted to aerial gunfire, lashes and manhandling of female protesters, who were marching in an anti-Taliban rally...

By Hamza AmeerKabul, Sep 11 : On Friday, Hundreds of Hazaras worshippers gathered in mosques to offer Friday prayers om the outskirts of Kabul, a first after the Taliban took...

By Sanjeev SharmaNew Delhi, Sep 11 : The Taliban beheaded an Afghan soldier, then chanted praise to their leader Hibatullah Akhundzada while holding the severed head of their victim by...

By Hamza AmeerIslamabad, Sep 11 : In view of the developing situation in Afghanistan with the interim Taliban government being questioned broadly by the western countries, including the US, CIA...

By Sanjeev SharmaNew Delhi, Sep 11 : Pakistan and China have named Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) and Uighur militant outfit, ETIM among terrorist groups which should not...

New Delhi, Sep 11 : India and Australia discuss the prevailing crisis in Afghanistan, maritime security in the Indo-Pacific region and cooperation in multilateral formats on Saturday in New Delhi.India...

By Hamza AmeerIslamabad, Sep 11 : China is clearly one of the strongest and closest emerging allies of the newly-formed Taliban government in Afghanistan.With foreign aids and fundings to Afghanistan...

By Ateet SharmaNew Delhi, Sep 11: Protesters in Tajikistan, furious at Pakistani interference in Afghanistan, are seeking Imran Khan’s boycott during the upcoming summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)...

By Pushkar SinhaNew Delhi, Sep 11: Chinese officials have highlighted Americas diminished standing on the world stage over Washingtons embarrassing public exit from Afghanistan.But CNN reports that celebrations in Beijing...

New Delhi, Sep 11 : Rohullah Azizi, brother of Afghanistan’s former Vice President Amrullah Saleh and one of the leaders of the resistance front in Panjshir, was killed by the...

United Nations, Sep 11 : UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said engaging the Taliban and providing humanitarian aid to the Afghan people are crucial for avoiding both a humanitarian catastrophe and...

New Delhi, Sep 11 : Pakistan has spent decades setting fires in South Asia and then expected praise and remuneration for offering to put them out. C Christine Fair, Professor...

Kabul, Sep 11 : A third plane from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) carrying humanitarian aid landed at the Kabul airport, following which the cargo was delivered to the Taliban...

Geneva, Sep 11 : Food and job insecurity are now the primary causes of concern for families in Afghanistan, Anthea Webb, deputy regional director for the World Food Program (WFP),...

New Delhi,, Sep 11 : Five days after all districts of Panjshir and the provincial centre were claimed to be captured by the Taliban, a commander of the Resistance Front...

New Delhi, Sep 10 : The six neighbouring countries of Afghanistan — China, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Pakistan — have issued a joint statement urging the Taliban to form...

New Delhi, Sep 10 : Peaceful protesters in many parts of Afghanistan have met with an increasingly violent response from the new Taliban authorities over the past four weeks, including...

By Sanjeev SharmaNew Delhi, Sep 10 : Many members of the new Taliban cabinet are on the United Nations sanctions list, including the Prime Minister, two Deputy Prime Ministers and...

New Delhi, Sep 10 : The Taliban have appointed a minister for the promotion of ‘virtue’ and the prevention of ‘vice’, according to the list of the newly-announced cabinet for...

New Delhi Sep 10 : So, finally the Taliban 2.0 has unveiled its government.It has no surprises.It is a no show on the much-trumpeted inclusiveness. There was brazenness though.Mullah Mohammad...

New Delhi, Sep 10 : The United Arab Emirates will allow vaccinated residents with valid visas, who were on the travel ban list, from countries like India to return starting...

Kathmandu, Sep 10 : In a major boost for bilateral power trade, Nepal and India have signed an investment agreement for the construction of the second Butwal-Gorakhpur 400 KV cross-border...

New Delhi, Sep 10 : “We could hear their screams and cries through the walls,” the cellmates of the journalists tortured by the Taliban in Kabul said.The cellmates had even...

Aligarh (UP), Sep 10 : The portrait of Jinnah has returned to haunt Aligarh Muslim University once again. The BJP unit in Aligarh has now written a letter with their...

Colombo, Sep 10 : Sri Lankan authorities on Friday extended a nationwide quarantine curfew till September 21 aimed at preventing the further spread of Covid-19. Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said...

Guwahati, Sep 10 : Vikram K.Doraiswami, India’s High Commissioner to Bangladesh, has said that there was a need for greater communication linkages between the two neighbouring nations with a special...

Colombo, Sep 10 : Over 10 million people, above the age of 30 years, have been fully vaccinated in Sri Lanka against Covid-19 since a mass inoculation program was launched...

Colombo, Sep 10 : The Hotel Association of Sri Lanka (THASL) has welcomed a request by the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) to ease entry requirements for foreigners in...

New Delhi, Sep 10 : A number of former Afghan government officials have accused exiled President Ashraf Ghani, who fled the country following the fall of Kabul to the Taliban,...

New Delhi, Sep 10 : Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has warned of a sharp increase in violence against journalists and mediapersons in Afghanistan under the Taliban rule. It said that...

Kabul, Sep 10 : The Taliban have closed the bank accounts of some officials from the former Ashraf Ghani government, most of them who fled Afghanistan after the August 15...

Colombo, Sep 10 : Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has left for Italy to attend the G20 Interfaith Forum which will begin on Sunday. A statement from the Foreign...

By Arul LouisUnited Nations, Sep 10 : Warning that terrorism continues to threaten Afghanistan, India has demanded the Taliban to keep its commitment to not allow the country to be...

New Delhi, Sep 9 : The Taliban have objected to the recent statement issued by the United States on the blacklisted status of new Interior Minister of Afghanistan, Sirajuddin Haqqani....

New Delhi Sep 10 : China has been pursuing a duplicitous policy towards Myanmar which hinges on border security, relations between Beijing and Naypyitaw and Chinas ambitious BRI projects in...

New Delhi, Sep 9 : Several of Afghanistans major political parties have reacted to the Talibans new caretaker government, saying that the cabinet is not inclusive and that political parties...

By Mrityunjoy Kumar JhaNew Delhi, Sep 9: The Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in Italy has announced that it will be closed on Thursday, September 9, 2021 to...

New Delhi, Sep 9 : A new report on Chinese influence in India states that a prominent university located in the National Capital Region is emerging as the bastion of...

New Delhi, Sep 9 : Former Mauritius Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam was flown to the national capital in a special medical evacuation flight operated by SpiceJet. The flight operated on...

By Mahua VenkateshNew Delhi, Sep 9: Amid the ongoing political turmoil in Afghanistan, foreign direct investment (FDI) into Pakistan is slowing down.According to official data, in July – the first...

By Mrityunjoy Kumar JhaNew Delhi, Sep 9: This is what Ahmad Shah Massoud had told me more than two decades ago, when I had interviewed him in Panjshir in 1997.Situation...

By Mahua VenkateshNew Delhi, Sep 9: As Chinas second largest real estate major Evergrande Group is crumbling, anxious investors and the business community at large are eagerly waiting to see...

New Delhi, Sep 9 : Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have been detaining and assaulting journalists and imposing new restrictions on media work, the Human Rights Watch said. Demand is growing...

By Hamza AmeerKabul, Sep 9 : The Taliban have allowed at least 200 American civilians along with other foreigners to depart Afghanistan after negotiations with the US administration. As per...

By Hamza AmeerKabul, Sep 9 : The interim government of the Islamic Emirates of Afghanistan (IEA) is likey to take oath of office on September 11, a day which also...

By Hamza AmeerKabul, Sep 9 : With the announcement of the newly elected cabinet of the Islamic Emirates of Afghanistan (IEA) in the non-time bound interim government setup under the...