Fri 06 August 2021: The Taliban took control of the capital of Nimroz province near the Iranian border on Friday, the first such takeover since the group launched an operation to exploit the US troop withdrawal. Videos circulating on social media showed Taliban fighters loitering near the open gates of the Nimroz governor’s residence and […]
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Fri 06 August 2021: India on Thursday rejected remarks by the General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on the occasion of the second anniversary of the annexation of Kashmir. On Aug. 5, 2019, India annulled the key provisions of Article 370 and abrogated Article 35 (A) of its constitution, which had guaranteed […]
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Thu 05 August 2021: The Afghan army launched airstrikes on Taliban positions in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, as the group advanced farther in the country’s north. Airstrikes were carried out across the country, according to a defense ministry statement, including in the southern Helmand province, where the provincial capital of Lashkar Gah is being fiercely […]
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Thu 05 August 2021: The Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) stated on Wednesday that the Indian government’s requests that Twitter remove the “manipulated media” tags from some tweets were “over-reached” and beyond its “statutory powers”. The IFF is a non-government digital rights advocacy group in India. While asking Twitter to make its correspondence with the Indian […]
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Thu 05 August 2021: Afghanistan’s military launches a massive offensive against the Taliban, in Lashkargah, the capital of the southern province of Helmand, Defense Ministry spokesperson Fawad Aman said on Thursday. The Afghan military has initiated a massive offensive operation “Clearing and offensive operations have started in Lashkargah city, the capital of Helmand province last […]
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Wed 04 August 2021: A nine-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly gang-raped, murdered, and cremated by her attackers in the Purana Nangal area of South West Delhi, India, on Sunday evening, reported The Print. Four suspects were arrested Monday — a priest, Radhe Shyam, along with Laxmi Narayan and Kuldeep who worked with the priest, and Salim, […]
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Wed 04 August 2021: The UN Security Council does not support “the restoration of the Islamic Emirate” in Afghanistan , a statement said Tuesday. “The members of the Security Council recognized that a sustainable peace can be achieved only through a comprehensive and inclusive Afghan-led, Afghan-owned peace process,” said the statement, adding that an inclusive, […]
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Wed 04 August 2021: Singapore plans to increase the number of police cameras to more than 200,000 by at least 2030, Law and Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam said Tuesday. The move will more than double the current number of cameras deployed across the island state. With a land area of a little over 700 […]
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Tue 03 August 2021: Officials reported powerful blasts followed by sporadic gunfire shook Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital, on Tuesday near the heavily defended “Green Zone,” which houses government facilities and foreign embassies. A senior security official said the first blast, which struck just after 8pm local time (15:30 GMT), appeared to have been caused by a […]
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Tue 03 August 2021: President Shavkat Mirziyoyev of Uzbekistan approved legislative amendments on Tuesday that allow firms to fire workers who refuse to be vaccinated against COVID-19. A bill on the amendments was passed by the parliament last week and entered into force after it was signed by the president and published. “In case an […]
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