Bill to criminalise enforced disappearances gathering dust in Pakistan, says PPP leader
Aug 13, 2021, at 05:10 am
Islamabad: Secretary General Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians Farhatullah Babar recently slammed Pakistan PM Imran Khan-led government and said it does not seem serious in enacting its own bill to criminalise enforced disappearances.
Vienna: Afghanistanis demonstrate outside UN building
Aug 13, 2021, at 04:49 am
Vienna: The Afghanistan diaspora demonstrated outside the United Nations building in Vienna on Monday against the rising Taliban atrocities in Afghanistan and the role Pakistan is playing in running a proxy war in the country, media reports said on Wednesday.
Afghanistan: Taliban fails to breach Mazar-e-Sharif's defensive parameter
Aug 13, 2021, at 04:10 am
Kabul: The defence of Mazar-e-Sharif continues to hold with the Taliban failing to breach the city’s defensive perimeter despite repeated assaults.
Afghanistan Updates: Taliban pushed back in Mazar-e-Sharif by ANDSF
Aug 12, 2021, at 09:42 pm
Kabul: The defence of Mazar-e-Sharif continues to hold, with the Taliban failing to breach the city’s defensive perimeter despite repeated assaults.
Taliban not ready for dialogue till Ashraf Ghani is Afghanistan Prez : Imran Khan
Aug 12, 2021, at 08:54 pm
Islamabad: As Taliban continues to make giant strides into Afghanistan and Pakistan is blamed for its role in supporting the insurgents with which it has a long nexus, Prime Minister Imran Khan has said the group is not ready to negotiate as long as Ashraf Ghani is the president of the war-torn country.
Afghanistan security forces repel Taliban attack on Mazar-e-Sharif
Aug 12, 2021, at 12:19 am
Mazar-e-Sharif: Balkh governor Mohammad Farhad Azimi on Tuesday confirmed that the country's security forces have pushed back a Taliban offensive on Mazar-e-Sharif city and retook Nahr-e-Shahi district in Afghanistan, media reports said.
European Union says China breached Canadian spy convict Michael Spavor's right to fair trial
Aug 12, 2021, at 12:14 am
Brussels/UNI/Sputnik: The European Union accused China on Wednesday of flouting international human rights laws when trying Canadian businessman Michael Spavor on spying charges.
Thousands of Afghanistanis demonstrate against Taliban in California
Aug 12, 2021, at 12:08 am
Washington: Thousands of Afghans living in Fremont and other US cities in California recently gathered to protest against Taliban violence back home.
Taliban fighters kill young woman for allegedly wearing tight clothes
Aug 12, 2021, at 12:00 am
Kabul: The atrocities of Taliban fighters on civilians just intensified as they have started to capture more regions in Afghanistan with the terrorists even not shying to kill a young woman for allegedly wearing tight clothes and not being accompanied by a male relative in Balkh province recently.
Afghanistan: Taliban forcefully marrying young women, teens to their fighters as 'war booty'
Aug 11, 2021, at 11:51 pm
Kabul: The Taliban terrorists are not only torturing civilians in the regions they are capturing in Afghanistan but also forcefully marrying young women and teens of the area with their fighters, media reports said.
China will rule Afghanistan, says geopolitical expert
Aug 11, 2021, at 11:25 pm
A geo-political expert feels that as the deadline for withdrawal of US forces is drawing closer, China might significantly get the chance to increase activity in Afghanistan.
Afghanistan Updates: Taliban terrorists take control of Faizabad city
Aug 11, 2021, at 11:20 pm
Kabul: Taliban fighters have taken over the control of major areas of another city in northern Afghanistan, Badakhshan province’s capital Faizabad, and are on the way to capture it.
Afghanistan: Taliban fighters capture Badakhshan province
Aug 11, 2021, at 11:17 pm
Kabul: The Taliban said its fighters have captured the province of Badakhshan in northeastern Afghanistan.
Aug 11, 2021, at 10:48 pm
Moscow/UNI: With the Taliban taking control of the length of Afghanistan’s border with Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, the countries of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) must be prepared against the threat of drug smugglers and terrorists infiltrating their territories, the Russian Defence Minister has said.
Bangladesh: JMB 'bomb maker' Forkan, 2 other arrested
Aug 11, 2021, at 10:35 pm
Dhaka: The Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime unit of Dhaka Metropolitan police arrested three suspected Neo-JMB members, media reports said.
Taliban received explosives, arms from Pakistan, says Afghan National Security Council
Aug 11, 2021, at 07:43 pm
Ahmad Shuja Jamal, head of international affairs at Afghanistan’s National Security Council, has alleged that the Taliban have received men, weapons, and explosives but also direction from Pakistan.
UN rights chief condemns Afghanistan abuses as Taliban advance continues
Aug 11, 2021, at 07:22 pm
New York: Disturbing reports of Taliban violence against communities now under their control in Afghanistan have been condemned by UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet, who on Tuesday backed a return to peace negotiations in Doha.
Amid Taliban aggression, Afghanistan people launch social media campaign against Pakistan
Aug 11, 2021, at 07:07 pm
Kabul: Afghanistan people have launched a social media campaign on Monday against Pakistan to protest against Islamabad's meddling in the affairs of the country.
There is no democracy in Pakistan: Journalist Hamid Mir
Aug 11, 2021, at 06:57 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan's popular journalist Hamid Mir has criticised the shrinking space for press freedom and the growing “climate of fear” for media persons in Pakistan.
Afghanistan: Ashraf Ghani arrives in Mazar-i-Sharif to discuss security issues
Aug 11, 2021, at 05:31 pm
Kabul/UNI/Sputnik: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has arrived in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of the northern Balkh province, to discuss security issues, a presidential spokesperson told Sputnik.
Canada's Spavor sentenced to 11 years by Chinese court: Reports
Aug 11, 2021, at 03:50 pm
Moscow: Canadian Michael Spavor, detained by China in late 2018, has been sentenced to 11 years in prison by a Chinese court on spying charges, CBC reported.
Afghanistan: Acting finance minister leaves the country
Aug 11, 2021, at 02:27 pm
Kabul: Afghanistan's acting finance minister has left the country amid pressure by the Presidential Palace, media reports said.
Afghanistan: 12 Taliban terrorists, including Pakistan nationals, killed in airstrike
Aug 10, 2021, at 11:53 pm
Kabul: As many as 12 Taliban terrorists, including two Pakistan terrorists, were killed during an airstrike conducted by the US air force in Afghanistan's Kapisa province on Tuesday, officials said.
Bangladesh starts inoculating Rohingya refugees against COVID-19
Aug 10, 2021, at 11:37 pm
Dhaka/UNI/Sputnik: Bangladesh launched COVID-19 vaccination campaign for Rohingya refugees in camps near the southeastern city of Cox's Bazar, the WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia said on Tuesday.
Taliban attack repulsed in Dehdadi: Reports
Aug 10, 2021, at 11:24 pm
Mazar-e-Sharif: Afghanistan security forces pushed back Taliban terrorists from Kod Barq area of Dehdadi district in Afghanistan, media reports said.
Aug 10, 2021, at 10:10 pm
Geneva: Hundreds of thousands of civilians are at risk as fighting intensifies in and around Kunduz, Lashkar Gah, Kandahar, and other Afghan cities.
Shocking’ escalation of grave violations against children in Afghanistan: UNICEF
Aug 10, 2021, at 06:07 pm
New York: The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) expressed shock on Monday at the rapid escalation of grave violations against children in Afghanistan, following the deaths of 27 children in the country in the past 72 hours, and 136 who were injured.
Pakistan replaces its Belt and Road chief with a person loved by Beijing
Aug 10, 2021, at 05:15 pm
Karachi: The Pakistani government has replaced the head of its Belt and Road projects with an energy expert who is a favorite of Beijing, in a bid to push the stalled projects forward, an episode which is surely showing the role China is playing to manage the infrastructure plan from behind the scenes.
Taliban atrocities: Displaced families are now sleeping in open-air in Kabul
Aug 10, 2021, at 03:20 pm
Kabul: In an episode showing the helplessness of the people in distress amid Taliban insurgence, dozens of families from Kunduz, Takhar, and Badakhshan provinces sought refuge in Kabul after fleeing the fighting in the three northern provinces.
Pakistan: Man killed, four injured in explosion
Aug 10, 2021, at 03:01 pm
Islamabad/UNI/Xinhua: A man was killed and four others were injured in a hand grenade attack on a shop in the capital city Quetta of Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province late Monday night, officials and sources said.