Taliban leader says executions are part of IslamTaliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada defended the recent public executions as part of Islamic law, rejecting Western criticism and emphasiz...
13 Apr, 2025, 03.31 PM IST
Taliban say it's absurd to accuse them of gender discriminationThe Taliban have denied accusations of gender discrimination and human rights violations as Australia, Canada, Germany, and the Netherlands...
27 Sep, 2024, 02.18 PM IST
Meryl Streep stands with Afghan women at UN, says ‘a cat has more freedom than a woman in Kabul’At a UN General Assembly event, actor Meryl Streep called attention to the Taliban's restrictions on Afghan women, likening their lack of r...
24 Sep, 2024, 05.37 PM IST
Taliban slam ‘baseless and biased’ UN report suggesting rifts and conflict within their ranksKey figures, such as the Taliban’s main spokesman, have set up offices in the south of Kandahar. Monumental decrees such as those excluding...
11 Jun, 2023, 05.00 PM IST
UN draft urges Afghan rulers to reverse bans on women, girlsThe resolution, drafted by the United Arab Emirates and Japan, is scheduled to be voted on by the 15-member council on Thursday afternoon. ...
27 Apr, 2023, 08.03 AM IST
India notes with concern Taliban's decision to ban women from universities in Afghanistan"We have noted with concern the reports in this regard. India has consistently supported the cause of female education in Afghanistan," Ari...
22 Dec, 2022, 05.12 PM IST
Taliban detain UNHCR staff, 2 foreign journalists in KabulThe development in Kabul comes as President Joe Biden was expected to issue an executive order that would allow U.S. financial institutions...
11 Feb, 2022, 10.05 PM IST
India, US call on Taliban to adhere to commitments, say Afghan soil mustn't be used to attack any countryIn a US-India Joint Leaders' Statement issued after the first in-person bilateral meeting between US President Joe Biden and Prime Minister...
25 Sep, 2021, 12.39 PM IST
India calls out Jaish-e-Mohammed, Lashkar-e-Taiba in UN resolutionAddressing the media at the UN Security Council stakeout at the UN on Monday, Shringla underlined that the council resolution on Afghanista...
01 Sep, 2021, 09.31 AM IST
UNSC proscribed terror entities LeT, JeM need to be called out, condemned in strongest possible terms: Harsh Vardhan ShringlaLashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed as well as the Haqqani Network are proscribed terror entities under UNSC resolution 1267 (1999) concer...
31 Aug, 2021, 10.59 AM IST
Strong resolution on Taliban at UNSC; All eyes on ChinaET has learnt that a proposed draft resolution, apparently backed by the US, is already under consideration. It also demands that Afghan te...
30 Aug, 2021, 12.10 AM IST
UNSC meeting on Afghan galvanised members to call for end to violence: India's envoy TS TirumurtiIndia assumed the Presidency of the UN Security Council for the month on August 1 and wrapped up a hectic first week with discussions on Af...
08 Aug, 2021, 12.01 PM IST
UNSC says it does not support the restoration of the Islamic Emirate in AfghanistanIn a press statement on the “escalating violence in Afghanistan” issued by Council President India's Permanent Representative to the UN Amb...
04 Aug, 2021, 10.22 AM IST
UN Security Council condemns Taliban announcement of spring offensiveThe Taliban on Friday announced their annual spring offensive, which comes as American and Afghan politicians try to negotiate for a peace ...
16 Apr, 2019, 11.33 AM IST
UN chief condemns terror attacks in Afghanistan, PakistanThe UN chief said that he supports the efforts of the Pakistan govt to fight terrorism and violent extremism with full respect for internat...
25 Jul, 2017, 10.11 AM IST
UN Chief Ban Ki-moon condemns suicide attack near polio centre in PakistanThe attack close to the premises of a polio eradication centre in Balochistan's capital Quetta, killed at least 15 people and injured 20 ot...
14 Jan, 2016, 10.25 AM IST
India condemns terror attack on Pakistan's school at UNIndia's Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Bhagwant Bishnoi said India joins the UN Secretary-General and other nations.
17 Dec, 2014, 12.49 PM IST