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2 Hazara minority community members killed in Pakistan's BalochistanTwo Hazara men were killed in Quetta, Balochistan. Unidentified gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on their vehicle. Three others were injur...
Despite mistrust, Afghan Shiites seek Taliban protectionIt was a sign of the strange, new relationship brought by the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan in August. The Taliban, Sunni hard-liners w...
At least three killed, 15 injured in blast at Afghan mosqueThe Afghan branch of the Islamic State group, which first emerged in Nangarhar in 2015, has claimed responsibility for a series of bloody a...
Anti-Taliban leader Ahmad Masoud visits Iran to stitch allianceAhmad Masoud, an ethnic Tajik and the son of legendary military commander Ahmad Shah Masoud, is reportedly carrying a message of Tajik Pres...
Pakistan PM Imran says he ‘initiated a dialogue' with Taliban for inclusive Afghan govtThe Taliban seized power in Afghanistan on August 15, two weeks before the US' complete troop withdrawal on August 31 after a costly two-de...
Taliban brutalities against women go unreportedThe interpretation and implementation of Islamic law in the most regressive fashion by the Taliban have forced women in Afghan towns and ci...
Iran President calls for early elections in Afghanistan for peace in regionehran is keen to push representation of other communities namely Hazaras (Shias) in Kabul’s power structure and safeguard their future, ET ...
Afghan crisis: Scores march in Geneva; call Swiss govt to not recognise TalibanHolding red, green and black flags of Afghanistan and placards inscribed with their demands, the protestors raised slogans against the Tali...
Shias demand share in Kabul's power structureThe Shia Ulema Council has urged the Taliban to ensure that they will treat all faiths and ethnicities with equality and justice. The Counc...
Taliban surge in north Afghanistan sends thousands fleeingIn Camp Istiqlal, family after family, all from the Hazara ethnic minority, told of Taliban commanders using heavy-handed tactics as they o...
Bombs hit 2 minivans in Kabul, 7 dead: Afghan officialThe explosions targeted minivans on the same road about 2 kilometres apart in a neighbourhood in western Kabul, Interior Ministry deputy sp...
Islamic State degraded in Afghanistan but still poses threatMilitants of the Islamic State group have since been driven back into the mountains by blistering U.S. and Afghan bombing raids and a fierc...
Hazaras fear for the future as foreign troops exit AfghanistanAfghan security forces are struggling to hold off an increasingly powerful Taliban as international troops withdraw from the county, with p...
Hazara killings highlight plight of Shia community in PakistanThe United Nations General Assembly President Volkan Bozkir too condemned the terrorist attack on Hazaras people and extended condolences t...
Pakistan sends protest letter to Iran, demands action against killing of its 14 security personnelUnidentified gunmen donning uniforms of paramilitary soldiers Thursday massacred 14 passengers after forcing them to disembark from buses o...
21 killed, 50 injured in suicide attack in PakistanAt least 50 people were wounded in the blast in the southwestern city of Quetta, capital of Baluchistan province, officials said.
Over 300,000 fled violence-hit Balochistan: Pakistan rights bodyThose fleeing the militancy-plagued region include minorities like Shias and Hindus as well as ethnic Hazaras, Punjabis and Urdu-speaking p...
Pakistan PM Raja Pervez Ashraf sacks Balochistan govt, imposes Governor's ruleThree bomb attacks in the city on Thursday turned out to be the catalyst for the imposition of Governor's rule.
- India, Iran, Russia mull strategy to fight Taliban
It's still part of bilateral conversations, but old partners, India, Iran and Russia, are dusting out an old mechanism to take on the Talib...
- India, Iran, Russia mull ways to take on Taliban
It's still part of conversations, but old partners, India, Iran and Russia, are dusting out an old mechanism to take on the Taliban in Afgh...