Sat 25 September 2021: Between 2006 and 2014, the UK military forces paid Afghan civilians only $940,657 in compensation for 289 civilian deaths, an average of $3,254 per household. There is renewed focus on civilian casualties in Afghanistan after the US was forced to admit that a drone strike last month killed 10 civilians including seven children […]
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Sat 25 September 2021: The Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC) this week reaffirmed its longstanding support for the “right of self-determination” of the people of Jammu and Kashmir in accordance with UN Security Council resolutions. In a joint communique after a meeting of the foreign ministers of OIC Contact Group on Jammu and Kashmir, it […]
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Fri 24 September 2021: Hundreds of residents in capital Kabul on Friday rallied asking the US and other international community members to released Afghanistan’s frozen funds. The rally was held after Friday prayer in downtown Kabul headed by the Najam Foundation. Participants chanted ‘death to America slogan’, ‘Nation’s rights’, ‘Nation’s voice.’ Hundreds of people protested […]
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Thu 23 September 2021: The Ministry of Culture and Information on Wednesday denied claims that Afghanistan’s Bactrian Treasure was being smuggled out of the country, and said the national assets are in a safe place. The Bactrian Treasure is an important asset of Afghanistan, and was brought to the Presidential Palace by the former government […]
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Thu 23 September 2021: China’s State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said the various unilateral sanctions or restrictions on Afghanistan should be lifted as soon as possible. Economic sanctions on Afghanistan must end, the Chinese foreign ministry said in a statement, citing Wang at virtual G20 foreign ministers meeting on Afghanistan on Wednesday. Afghanistan’s […]
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Thu 23 September 2021: The pin-drop silence of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in question after the seizure of 3,000 kilogrammes of heroin worth INR210 billion ($3 billion) at the Mundra Port in Gujarat, operated by his friend and financier Gautam Adani. In the biggest-ever single drug haul in India, the heroin was shipped […]
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Thu 23 September 2021: A U.S. federal judge has ordered Facebook to release records of accounts connected to anti-Rohingya violence in Myanmar that the social media giant had shut down, rejecting its argument about protecting privacy as “rich with irony.” The judge in Washington, D.C, on Wednesday criticized Facebook for failing to hand over information […]
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Former prisoners return to the now abandoned US-run Bagram jail, which was notorious for enhanced interrogations. By Agnieszka Pikulicka-Wilczewska Bagram, Afghanistan – Hajimumin Hamza walks through a long, dark corridor and carefully inspects the area as if he has never seen it before. Today, the 36-year old bearded man in a black turban and a traditional two-piece […]
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Wed 22 September 2021: The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad arrested Islamic scholar Maulana Kaleem Siddiqui in Meerut on Tuesday night on charges of alleged illegal religious conversions, reported PTI. Siddiqui is one of the prominent clerics from western Uttar Pradesh and the president of Global Peace Center as well as Jamia Imam Waliullah Trust. The […]
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Wed 22 September 2021: Taliban have asked to address world leaders at the United Nations in New York this week and nominated their Doha-based spokesman Suhail Shaheen as Afghanistan’s UN ambassador, according to a letter seen by Reuters on Tuesday. Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi made the request in a letter to UN Secretary-General […]
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