UN ENVOY DEBORAH LYONS MEETS WITH TALIBAN OFFICIALS

Wed 15 September 2021: Deborah Lyons, the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ Special Representative for Afghanistan on September 15 met with Siraj Haqqani, the Taliban-led government’s interior minister of Afghanistan, to discuss the safety of humanitarian staff working in the country, the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said in a statement. “UN envoy Deborah […]

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TO STOP THE FLOW OF AFGHAN REFUGEES, TURKEY WILL EXTEND ITS BORDER FENCE WITH IRAN

Wed 15 September 2021: Turkey has completed a 221-kilometer (137-mile)-long fence on the border with Iran and plans to make it more than twice as long to stop the surge of Afghan refugees, the interior minister said on Wednesday. “We are starting the construction of a fence along the remaining part of the border with […]

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STABLE AFGHANISTAN NEED TALIBAN AND GLOBAL COMMUNITY TO COMPROMISE – UNHCR

Wed 15 September 2021: To maintain Afghanistan’s relations with other nations and stabilize the domestic situation, the international community and the Taliban will need to reach an agreement, according to UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi. “The international community will have to balance pragmatism, the need to keep Afghanistan stable and viable, and the […]

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CHINA ENVOY BANNED FROM UK PARLIAMENT OVER UYGHUR ABUSES

Wed 15 September 2021: The United Kingdom banned China’s ambassador from Parliament in response to Beijing placing sanctions on MPs who spoke up about its treatment of Uyghurs in the Xinjiang province, the BBC reports. Ambassador Zheng Zeguang was prevented from joining the British Parliament by Lindsay Hoyle, the speaker of the House of Commons, and John […]

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AFGHAN FOREIGN MINISTER MUTTAQI CALLS FOR GLOBAL HELP

Tue 14 September 2021: Afghanistan’s new acting Foreign Minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi has called for sanctions to be lifted against the Islamic Emirate and said urgent global help is needed to help deal with the “major humanitarian crisis” currently gripping the country. Addressing a press conference in Kabul on Tuesday evening, Muttaqi also called […]

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IF TALIBANS ARE TERRORIST THEN GANDHI, NEHRU WERE TERRORISTS TOO, DARUL ULOOM DEOBAND’S MAULANA ARSHAD MADANI SAYS

Tue 14 September 2021: Maulana Arshad Madani, the principal of Darul Uloom Deoband who is also president of Jamait Ulema-e-Hind doesn’t believe the Taliban as a terror outfit, and, he adorns as freedom fighters. In an exclusive interview given to the Dainik Bhaskar, Maulana Madani said that if fighting against subjugation is terrorism then by this […]

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TALIBAN HANDED OVER MILLIONS OF DOLLARS SEIZED FROM SALEH’S HOME TO AFGHAN BANK

Tue 14 September 2021: The Taliban confirmed that more than ۳ 1.8 million and 18 gold bricks had been seized from the house of former Vice President Amrullah Saleh and handed over to Da Afghanistan Bank.  A viral video shows several people counting and taking pictures of dollar bundles and gold bricks. Taliban have claimed […]

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INDIAN COURT ISSUES NON-BAILABLE WARRANT AGAINST WASEEM RIZVI FOR ASSAULTING WOMAN

Mon 13 September 2021: A Lucknow-based court has issued a non-bailable warrant against Waseem Rizvi and his three companions in connection with a case filed by a woman. Shaheen Khan had filed the case saying that she was assaulted and misbehaved by Rizvi and his men in 2015 when was visiting a shrine based in […]

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