Mon 11 October 2021: A Taliban delegation will meet European Union representatives in Doha on Tuesday, acting foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi said, days after face-to-face talks with the United States. “Tomorrow we are meeting the EU representatives. We are having positive meetings with representatives of other countries,” Muttaqi said on Monday at an event […]
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Mon 11 October 2021: According to the former chief software officer of the Pentagon, China has a competitive edge over the US in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). “We have no competing fighting chance against China in 15 to 20 years,” Nicolas Chaillan said in an interview with London-based business newspaper, Financial Times. He called […]
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Mon 11 October 2021: China and India have failed to advance with the disengagement of forces at remaining points on the Line of Actual Control (LAC), blaming each other for the deadlock during the latest round of commander-level talks. The 13th round of talks took place on Sunday. “The Chinese side made great efforts to […]
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Mon 11 October 2021: Aryan Khan did not get bail today for the third time since his arrest a week ago in the drugs-on-cruise case. His bail request will be heard on Wednesday after the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) gives its statement to the court. Aryan Khan, the 23-year-old son of actor Shah Rukh Khan, has […]
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Sun 10 October 2021: The in-person meetings between US and Taliban that began in Doha on Saturday are the first since US forces withdrew from Afghanistan in August – ending a 20-year military presence – and the Taliban’s rise to power. The Taliban Foreign Affairs Minister Amir Khan Mutaqqi said Saturday that the group remains […]
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Sun 10 October 2021: Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan, a prominent nuclear scientist in Pakistan, died on Sunday after his health deteriorated. Dr. Khan is regarded as the father of Pakistan’s nuclear program and is hailed as a hero at home for developing the Muslim world’s first nuclear weapon. Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan’s health began to […]
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Sat 09 October 2021: Some drug addicts in Kabul say the Taliban do not leave them alone and do nothing but beat them. “Ever since the Taliban came, they haven’t allowed us to go out,” said one drug addict. When he sees us, he beats us to death. You beat like an animal. Addicts get […]
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Sat 09 October 2021: Andy Flower, a former Zimbabwe captain and England coach, has been selected as the Afghanistan Cricket Board’s (ACB) consultant for the Twenty20 World Cup. From 1992 to 2003, Flower played 63 tests and 213 one-day international matches for Zimbabwe. From 2009 to 2014, he coached England, helping them win the T20 […]
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Sat 09 October 2021: China has added cryptocurrency mining to a draft list of industries in which investment is restricted or prohibited, although it reduced the number of sectors on the list overall, a document released by the state planner showed on Friday. The “negative list” details sectors and industries that are off-limits to both Chinese […]
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Sat 09 October 2021: Two senior US officials told Reuters that a US delegation will meet with senior Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) representatives in Doha on Saturday and Sunday in their first face-to-face meeting at a senior level since Washington withdrew its forces from Afghanistan and the IEA took authority. The high-level U.S. delegation […]
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