‘Not educating girls is part of Afghan culture’: Imran Khan faces flak over misogynistic remark
Pakistan Prime Minister has been trolled at home and abroad, especially by the Afghans for whom he claims to speak.
Dec 23, 2021, 11:59 AM IST
India sends 1.6 tonnes of medicines to Afghanistan, first since Taliban takeover
The assistance was sent on Kam air flight that brought 10 Indians and 94 Afghans, including members of the Afghan minority community on Friday.
Dec 11, 2021, 17:21 PM IST
Catastrophic situation across Afghanistan, says envoy Farid Mamundzay
Afghanistan's envoy Farid Mamundzay said, “India has time and again proved to be a close and reliable friend of the Afghan people and stood by us at difficult time."
Dec 11, 2021, 16:15 PM IST
Allow women to work, girls to get education: EU to Taliban
The Taliban, after taking control of the country in mid-August, had closed the schools with thousands of girl students confined to their homes
Dec 11, 2021, 06:25 AM IST
Al-Qaida numbers 'slightly' up inside Afghanistan since American forces left, says US Commander
Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie, head of US Central Command, told The Associated Press that the departure of US military and intelligence assets from Afghanistan has made it much harder to track al-Qaida and other extremist groups inside Afghanistan.
Dec 10, 2021, 08:21 AM IST
Afghan envoy urges India to grant 2500 students visas to complete studies
Envoy Farid Mamundzay said, "it is important to bring these 2500 students to India, in order to resume their studies and hopefully contribute to the rebuilding of Afghanistan in future.". Explaining, "overnight they haven't become Taliban".
Dec 07, 2021, 23:01 PM IST
EU special envoy on Afghanistan praises India's offer of humanitarian support to Kabul
Talking to Zee Media, Niklasson said," there is a very strong overlap in way, or a very similar analysis of the situation" by India, EU when it comes to Afghanistan and both are "looking to see if there are concrete areas where we can work."
Dec 03, 2021, 16:01 PM IST
Jammu and Kashmir: Why is Mehbooba Mufti repeatedly advocating for Pakistan?
PDP President Mehbooba Mufti once again targeted the central government and said, if India can talk to Taliban and China then why not Pakistan? She said, that we do not have to live in Godse's India.
Nov 25, 2021, 11:16 AM IST
Mehbooba Mufti says, if India can talk to Taliban and China, why not talk to Pakistan?
PDP President Mehbooba Mufti targeted the central government and said that if India can talk to the Taliban and China, then why not Pakistan? At the same time, she said that we do not have to live in Godse's India.
Nov 24, 2021, 21:26 PM IST
100 days of Taliban: 257 Afghan media outlets shut, Islamic Emirate still seeking international recognition
Currently, eleven countries, including Iran, Pakistan, China, Russia, Turkey, Qatar, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Italy and the United Arab Emirates, have reportedly opened their embassies in Afghanistan.
Nov 24, 2021, 15:21 PM IST
Taliban target 'immoral' Afghan TV shows, tell women artists and scribes to wear hijabs
One of the eight directives issued by the virtue ministry states that films and dramas should not have female actors. The new policy prevents television stations from showing men who are considered indecently exposed or not covered from chest to knees, the report added.
Nov 22, 2021, 10:18 AM IST
United Arab Emirates (UAE) reopens its embassy in Kabul
The UAE has sent several planes carrying medical and food aid to Kabul since the outbreak of the humanitarian crisis.
Nov 21, 2021, 06:55 AM IST
Afghan families offering minor daughters for future marriage in return for dowry: UNICEF
UNICEF's partners registered 183 child marriages and 10 cases of selling of children over 2018 and 2019 in Herat and Baghdis provinces alone.
Nov 13, 2021, 17:33 PM IST
Blast at mosque rocks Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, at least 12 injured
A resident of Spin Ghar district of Nangarhar province in Afghanistan said the blast occurred at around 1:30 p.m. when explosives apparently located in the interior of the mosque detonated.
Nov 12, 2021, 16:35 PM IST
600 ISIS terrorists arrested in past three months: Taliban
The statement comes at a time when the regional countries have repeatedly raised their concerns over the ISIS activities in Afghanistan.
Nov 11, 2021, 23:31 PM IST
Malala Yousafzai, Nobel Peace Prize winner, gets married at home in Britain
"Today marks a precious day in my life. Asser and I tied the knot to be partners for life," the campaigner for girls` education said on Twitter and added four pictures to her post.
Nov 10, 2021, 06:08 AM IST
Taliban backs WHO, UNICEF's polio vaccination campaign in Afghanistan
The campaign, which is aimed at reaching over 3 million children, had received Taliban backing, which would allow teams to reach children in previously inaccessible parts of the country, the WHO said.
Nov 08, 2021, 15:33 PM IST
Taliban ban Afghan rickshaw pullers from carrying armed men, warn of strict action
The Taliban fighters were also ordered to desist from carrying guns in rickshaws. The governor called on citizens to immediately inform security services on any armed people in rickshaws, said the agency.
Nov 08, 2021, 10:54 AM IST
Taliban prohibiting women from operating as aid workers in Afghanistan: Human Rights Watch
"The Taliban's severe restrictions on women aid workers are preventing desperately needed lifesaving aid from reaching Afghans, especially women, girls, and women-headed households," associate women's rights director at Human Rights Watch, Heather Barr told a local news agency
Nov 06, 2021, 10:48 AM IST
Baby handed to US soldiers during chaos of Afghanistan airlift still missing
Mirza Ali, Suraya, and their other children, 17, 9, 6 and 3 years old, were put on an evacuation flight to Qatar and then to Germany and eventually landed in the United States.
Nov 05, 2021, 23:12 PM IST
