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Kabul: Taliban authorities have barred chess across Afghanistan until further notice over concerns it is a source of gambling, which is illegal under the government’s morality law, a sports official said on Sunday. The Taliban government has steadily imposed laws and regulations that reflect its austere vision of Islamic law since seizing power in 2021….
The sight of Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri chatting with his Talibani counterpart, the Acting Foreign Minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, in Dubai, could not but have raised eyebrows in some capitals—Pakistan, particularly. The visit was followed by a rather delayed statement by Delhi on January 8, “condemning” Pakistan’s “Christmas bombing” against Kabul using fighter aircraft….
Last Updated:December 30, 2024, 2:03 pm IST In a letter published on X Sunday night, the Economy Ministry warned that failure to comply with the latest order would lead to NGOs losing their license to operate in Afghanistan. Afghanistan women (AP Image) The Taliban says it will close all national and foreign nongovernmental groups in…
Peshawar: A Pakistani paramilitary soldier was killed and seven others wounded in cross-border exchanges of fire with Afghanistan’s forces, a security source said Saturday, while hundreds of Afghans protested against the deadly air strikes that sparked the clashes. Sporadic fighting, including with heavy weaponry, erupted overnight between border forces on the frontier between Khyber Pakhtunkhwa…
The cataclysmic events in Syria have taken the world, at least much of it, by surprise. Their full magnitude and ramifications will be understood only with time. How did proud, progressive Syria come to such a pass? The only parallel is Afghanistan, where a militant group simply strolled into Kabul and took over the country…
This officer was the leader of the Indian official delegation who had gone to Kandahar to negotiate with the hijackers. (Representative/News18 Hindi) This officer’s persistent efforts led the Taliban government to force the hijackers to drop their demand for $200 million (about Rs 860 crore) and the body of terrorist Sajjad Afghani Ever since Netflix…
There are now nearly 2.5 million girls deprived of their right to education, the UN agency said. Kabul: At least 1.4 million girls in Afghanistan have been denied access to secondary education since the Taliban returned to power in 2021, with the future of an entire generation now “in jeopardy”, the United Nations’ cultural agency…
Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers celebrated three years in power on Wednesday with a military parade paying homage to their homemade bombs used in war, fighter aircraft and goose-stepping security forces. The Taliban’s armed forces towed Soviet-era tanks and artillery pieces through the former US air base in Bagram, where Chinese and Iranian diplomats were among hundreds…
On August 15, 2021, the Taliban swiftly took over Kabul following the withdrawal of the US-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), marking a significant diplomatic setback for India. The Taliban were believed to have support from the Tehreek-e-Taliban-e-Pakistan (TTP) operating around the Durand Line, as well as from moderates in Doha. Amidst the ensuing chaos,…
Hindi News International Grenade Attacks On A Store Selling National Flags Ahead Of Pakistan’s Independence Day, 3 Dead Islamabad19 minutes ago copy link The attack was carried out on a shop selling the national flag of Pakistan. BLA has claimed responsibility for the attack. Before Independence Day in Pakistan, terrorists carried out a grenade attack…