[ad_1] New Delhi: India participated in a two-day closed-door conference on Afghanistan with 20 other countries led by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to discuss the Afghan crisis. The UN was spurred by the deteriorating situation in the landlocked nation to organise the meeting along with the US, Russia, China and other nations. The UN said … Read more
[ad_1] United Nations: The UN Security Council has unanimously condemned the decision by the Taliban to ban Afghan women from working for the United Nations in Afghanistan, calling on the de facto authorities to “swiftly reverse” policies and practices that restrict women and girls from exercising their human rights. The 15-nation Council, under the current … Read more
[ad_1] United Nations: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Thursday that India is looking “positively” at the meeting of Special Envoys on Afghanistan to be hosted by UN chief Antonio Guterres in Doha next month. UN Secretary-General Guterres will be hosting the meeting in Doha on May 1 and 2. “We’re looking at it. … Read more
[ad_1] Islamabad: Tension is growing between Pakistan and the interim Afghanistan government with Islamabad pointing fingers at Kabul for being the facilitator and supporter of militants from the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), whose continued attacks in different parts of Pakistan have spread a wave of terror, posing serious security threat to the armed forces. Against this … Read more
[ad_1] Islamabad: Amid a surge in attacks by the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has said that the banned militant group was still using Afghan soil to carry out attacks inside the country, a media report said on Tuesday. Asif expressed his concern at the TTP using neighbouring Afghanistan for terrorism in … Read more
[ad_1] Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif Islamabad: A suspicious man sneaked inside the house of Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif despite tight security arrangements at the residence of the chief executive of the country, which is a highly sensitive site, media reports said on Saturday citing sources. The sources said that the security personnel deputed at … Read more
[ad_1] Washington: Joe Biden’s administration has defended its decision to pull American troops out of Afghanistan and blamed former US President Donald Trump for the chaotic withdrawal from the war-torn country. The White House on Thursday released a 12-page document on the conditions that led to US’ exit from Afghanistan in 2021 and sent related … Read more
[ad_1] United Nations: Sima Bahous, UN Undersecretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women, has condemned the Taliban’s decision to ban Afghan women from working with the United Nations in Afghanistan. “We stand in full solidarity with our colleagues, and all women who every day put their lives at risk to serve their country and we … Read more
[ad_1] Kabul: Taliban fighters escort women’s march in support of the Taliban government outside Kabul University, Afghanistan, on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021.AP/PTI (Representative Image) Kabul: The Afghan security forces have discovered a weapon cache and mine-making center of Daesh, or Islamic State (IS), in Shiberghan, the capital of Afghanistan’s northern Jawzjan province, the provincial police … Read more
[ad_1] On a scorching afternoon in Italy last year, two women cyclists could be seen toiling their way uphill along a steep mountain road in the Dolomite mountain range. As the heat increased, their struggle became harder but they pushed on. It was a 10 kilometre long climb but the two women seemed tireless. After … Read more