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A move for peace and prosperity will benefit the entire region, particularly Pakistan, whose economy is in the doldrums

Kabul: Afghan women judges, who handed out jail sentences to murderers and other criminals, have now gone into hiding fearing retribution from the convicts who are among the thousands of criminals freed by the Taliban after their takeover of the country last month. Since the Taliban took control over 220 female Afghan judges have gone […]

New Delhi: The Taliban has recently requested India’s aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to resume commercial flight operations to Kabul, which were closed after August 15. “The Civil Aviation of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan extends its compliments to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation of India. As you are informed that recently […]

New Delhi: The Taliban-ruled Afghanistan has banned the broadcast of the hugely popular Indian Premier League in the country over the presence of “female audience and spectators” in stadiums. Former Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) media manager and journalist M Ibrahim Momand said the live broadcast of IPL matches was banned due to possible “anti-Islamic” content. […]

Ravaged by prolonged wars and now under the control of Islamist group, Afghanistan is on the brink of collapse, economically and socially. The global community is wary of extending financial support because of the Taliban’s failure to honour its promise of protecting human rights. While the concerns of the countries around the world about providing […]

If at all the international community needed any proof to establish the link between Pakistan’s state actors and the Taliban, it was provided by the way the interim government was cobbled together in Kabul. The composition of the new team bears the stamp of Islamabad all over. The role of Pakistani ISI was clear as […]

Islamabad: In a surprise move, Pakistan’s powerful intelligence chief Lieutenant General Faiz Hameed on Saturday dashed to Kabul, according to media reports here, amidst the Taliban struggling to finalise and install an inclusive government in Afghanistan that would be acceptable to the international community. A delegation of senior Pakistani officials led by Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), […]

Pragmatism, caution and national interests must guide India's new strategy while engaging with the Taliban

The Afghan conflict exposed the futility of military interventions in faraway lands and the price people must pay

Those running ‘Sikhs for Justice’ campaign have only exposed themselves with their ‘love’ for a bigoted regime

Since the country has no history of democracy, restoring the tribal Loya Jirga (Grand Council) is the way

The worst fears that Afghanistan would become a fertile ground for terrorist outfits are coming true

The world is waiting to see their approach towards people and the first major test is government formation

A network of terror outfits running through Afghanistan and Pakistan will pose a new set of challenges for India

Faiz Agha, a hijab seller in Kabul, told Pajhwok Afghan News that turban sales had increased since the last few days.

Hundreds of "mujahideen" are heading towards the state of Panjshir to control the province, Sputnik reported citing a news agency.

The management of ACCL, the company that they were working for, shifted all its employees to London by a cargo flight on Friday night.

The online platform reset tens of thousands of its users' bios and photos in the Taliban-ruled country.

Najla Ayoubi, who lives in the US after "fleeing for my life" from the Taliban, said she has heard horrific examples of violence against women since the militants took control of her homeland on August 15, reports metro.co.uk.

Jitender along with 40 other employees flew to Dubai in an American-made military airplane Royal Air force plane