Myanmar: UN expert says current international efforts failing, urges ‘change of course’
Sep 23, 2021, at 11:42 pm
New York: The UN independent rights expert on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, told the UN Human Rights Council on Wednesday that conditions inside the country following the 1 February military coup have worsened, urging a “change of course” to prevent further human rights abuses and deaths.
World Bank agrees to lend USD 100 mln to Sri Lanka for COVID-19 battle
Sep 23, 2021, at 10:46 pm
Colombo/Xinhua: The World Bank has agreed to give a 100-million-US dollar loan to support Sri Lanka's efforts to curb the spread of the COVID-19, local media reported here Thursday.
World Bank agrees to lend USD 100 mln to Sri Lanka for COVID-19 battle
Sep 23, 2021, at 10:44 pm
Colombo/Xinhua: The World Bank has agreed to give a 100-million-US dollar loan to support Sri Lanka's efforts to curb the spread of the COVID-19, local media reported here Thursday.
Chinese Foreign Minister urges G20 to lift unilateral sanctions against Afghanistan
Sep 23, 2021, at 10:27 pm
Beijing/Sputnik: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi called on the G20 member states on Thursday to lift unilateral sanctions against Afghanistan and stop using Kabul's foreign exchange reserves as an instrument of pressure.
Pakistan: Four people arrested in Lahore amid terror threats
Sep 23, 2021, at 06:32 pm
Lahore/IBNS: Amid terror threats, four people were arrested in Lahore in Pakistan on Sept 20, media reports said.
Pakistan isolated after failing to get Taliban included in SAARC meet
Sep 23, 2021, at 12:13 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Pakistan failed to garner support for the inclusion of the Taliban regime, which took power in Afghanistan after mass violence and killing, in Saturday's meeting of Foreign Ministers from SAARC nations.
Pakistan wants to help train Afghan SFs: Ambassador
Sep 22, 2021, at 10:16 pm
St. Petersburg/UNI/Sputnik: Pakistan wants to help Afghanistan in its efforts to fight Taliban by training Afghan forces even as the militant-run interim government has consolidated its power, the Pakistani ambassador to the country told Sputnik.
Bangladesh: Unidentified people damage Durga idol in Kushtia
Sep 22, 2021, at 10:13 pm
Dhaka: Unidentified people have damaged an idol of Hindu deity Durga that was being created for the upcoming festival in Kushtia region of Bangladesh.
Taliban request to address UN General Assembly
Sep 22, 2021, at 10:10 pm
Kabul: The Taliban insurgents have requested to address the UN General Assembly and named their Doha-based spokesperson, Suhail Shaheen, as Afghanistan's UN ambassador.
Afghanistan: Gunmen kill 3 in Jalalabad
Sep 22, 2021, at 10:06 pm
Kabul/UNI/Xinhua: Three people were on Wednesday shot dead by unknown gunmen in Jalalabad city, capital of Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, local media reported.
Afghanistan: ‘Palpable’ fear of ‘brutal and systemic repression’ of women grows
Sep 22, 2021, at 09:33 pm
New York: Since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan last month, they have made some commitments to uphold human rights. However, their subsequent actions have “sadly contradicted” those promises, the UN rights chief told a side event of the General Assembly on Tuesday.
Taliban requests to address UN General Assembly, names Suhail Shaheen as UN ambassador
Sep 22, 2021, at 07:13 pm
Kabul/IBNS: The Taliban, which has invaded Afghanistan, has requested to address the world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at New York in the United States, media reports said.
African countries are cancelling Chinese-backed projects
Sep 22, 2021, at 06:42 am
Beijing: African nations have started cornering China on investment-related matters with some of them cancelling contracts with Chinese companies as their “shoddy” work has become a source of tension for the ruling dispensations in several nations across the continent, media reports said.
Osama Bin Laden's former Black Guard leader back in Afghanistan as in-charge of Taliban fighters
Sep 22, 2021, at 06:31 am
Kabul: Anwar ul Haq Mujahid, who was the leader of Osama bin Laden's former Black Guard and mastermind behind his escape from the U.S. bombing at Tora Bora in 2001, is currently in charge of the Taliban fighters in Afghanistan, media reports said.
IMF says its funds for Afghanistan is 'on hold'
Sep 22, 2021, at 06:12 am
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently announced a $650 billion Special Drawing Rights (SDR) allocation for member countries but Afghanistan, a nation now controlled by Taliban, will not be allowed to access the fund, media reports said.
Pakistan Hindu family persecuted for obtaining water from a mosque tap
Sep 22, 2021, at 06:04 am
Rahim Yar Khan: A Hindu family faced persecution in Pakistan's Punjab province for allegedly obtaining water from a mosque tap.
Sep 22, 2021, at 01:03 am
Peshawar: The Awami National Party and Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam- Fazl members demonstrated separately in across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Sunday over the issue of price hike.
Pakistan: Bajaur villagers protest demanding for basic amenities
Sep 22, 2021, at 12:55 am
Bajaur: The residents of Mandal locality, a backward area of Bajaur tribal district of Pakistan, agitated on Sunday against in the streets of the region as they demanded for basic amenties.
Pakistan: Awami National Party rejects Nowshera cantonment board elections results
Sep 22, 2021, at 12:52 am
Nowshera: The Awami National Party rejected the results of the cantonment board elections by accusing the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government and the district administration of massive rigging.
Pakistan: Unknown men kill policeman guarding polio vaccination team
Sep 22, 2021, at 12:45 am
Kohat: A cop, who was guarding a polio vaccination team, died as he was fired on by unknown men in Thall Behzadi area of Kohat city of Pakistan on Sunday, media reports said.
Taliban govt changes name of University of Burhanuddin Rabbani as Kabul Education University
Sep 22, 2021, at 12:32 am
Kabul: The Taliban government, which snatched power in Afghanistan last month forcibly, has changed the name of a government university from University of Burhanuddin Rabbani-former Afghan President and founder of Afghanistan’s second-biggest political party- to Kabul Education University.
China bans import of Taiwanese sugar, wax apples
Sep 22, 2021, at 12:22 am
Taipei: Escalating tension between the two governments, China recently banned imports of Taiwanese sugar and wax apples, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Taliban names new Cabinet members, no women included
Sep 22, 2021, at 12:01 am
Kabul: The Taliban on Tuesday announced new members of its caretaker Cabinet to include "minorities" but failed to include any women despite an international outcry when they had listed all-male Cabinet ministers earlier this month.
Sep 21, 2021, at 11:38 pm
Dubai: The Taliban insurgents have warned broadcasters in Afghanistan not to show the ongoing Indian Premier League due to the presence of female audiences and spectators in stadiums.
Afghanistan: Kabul airport officially opens for domestic, international flights
Sep 21, 2021, at 12:18 am
Kabul/UNI/Sputnik: Kabul's only airport has officially opened for domestic and international commercial flights, a source in the Afghan Civil Aviation Authority told Sputnik.
Security forces kill terrorist in northwestern Pakistan
Sep 20, 2021, at 11:36 pm
Islamabad/UNI/Xinhua: A high-value terrorist target was killed when Pakistani security forces launched an operation in North Waziristan district of the country's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, an army statement said on Monday.
Not paid salaries for months, govt employees in Afghanistan drive taxis, sell goods
Sep 20, 2021, at 11:25 pm
Kabul/UNI: Government employees in Afghanistan have been forced to take to new occupations as their salaries have not been paid for months.
WHO chief Tedros Ghebreyesus arrives in Kabul, to meet Taliban leadership
Sep 20, 2021, at 11:06 pm
Kabul/UNI: World Health Organisation chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus arrived in Kabul on Monday, and is expected to meet with the Taliban leadership, including Prime Minister Mullah Hassan Akhund, his deputy Mullah Baradar, as well as government officials.
Pakistan: Security forces kill TTP commander
Sep 20, 2021, at 05:03 pm
Islamabad: Pakistani security forces have killed key Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) commander Safiullah in North Waziristan's Mir Ali area, media reports said on Monday.
Sep 20, 2021, at 04:18 pm
Kabul: The Islamic State-Khorasan terror group on Sunday claimed responsibility for the attacks on the Taliban in the Afghan city of Jalalabad, according to its propaganda outlet Amaq.