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From nuclear negotiator to foreign minister: Who is Seyed Abbas Araghchi, the voice of Iran?Araghchi is currently the most visible diplomatic voice of Tehran. Since becoming Iran’s foreign minister in 2024, he has taken charge of e...
'I can’t walk anymore': Afghan teens freeze to death trying to cross into Iran for workHabibullah set off from his home in western Afghanistan determined to find work in Iran, only for the 15-year-old to freeze to death while ...
Is Afghanistan's most-wanted militant now its best hope for change?Sirajuddin Haqqani, a former feared Taliban leader, now seeks to be seen as a pragmatic statesman. He challenges the hard-line policies of ...
How Russia depicts wounded soldiers: As heroes, or not at allThe conflict between Russia and Ukraine has resulted in a significant number of war wounded, estimated to be in the hundreds of thousands. ...
Taliban mark anniversary of foreign troop exit with chants, military paradeThe Taliban celebrated Wednesday the first anniversary of the withdrawal of US-led troops from Afghanistan with victory chants and a milita...
100 days of Russia-Ukraine war: Key numbersEvgeny Gontmakher, academic director of European Dialogue, wrote in a paper this week that Russia currently faces over 5,000 targeted sanct...
Explainer: At 100 days, Russia-Ukraine war by the numbersThose images tell just a part of the overall picture of Europe's worst armed conflict in decades. Here's a look at some numbers and statist...
India's wheat shipment to Afghanistan via Pakistani soil to begin in early February: ReportIndia has been pitching for providing unimpeded humanitarian aid to Afghanistan to address the unfolding humanitarian crisis in the country...
Pakistan NSA to visit Kabul on Tuesday; to discuss border fencing issue, humanitarian crisis with Taliban regimePakistani officials said they were planning to relocate Afghan refugees who have been educated and trained in Pakistan to Afghanistan.
UN wants $5 bn aid for Afghanistan in 2022 to avert humanitarian crisisSince the Taliban hardline Islamist movement seized control of Afghanistan in mid-August, the country has plunged into financial chaos, wit...
India-Pakistan ties: Too near yet far apartThe story of Pakistan-India relations is a tale of the proverbial 'one step forward, two steps backward'. So far, almost every positive dev...
Afghans 'marry off' baby girls for dowries as starvation loomsChild marriage has increased in tandem with soaring poverty since the Taliban seized power 100 days ago on Aug. 15, with reports of destitu...
As need in Afghanistan grows dire, aid groups plead for helpAround 18 million Afghans, almost half the population, are now in urgent need of humanitarian assistance, according to the International Fe...
US airstrike hits suicide bombers targeting Kabul airportThere were few initial details about the incident, as well as a rocket that struck a neighborhood just northwest of the airport, killing a ...
Report: Taliban killed minorities, fuelling Afghans' fearsThe Taliban have sought to project moderation and have pledged to restore security and forgive those who fought them in the 20 years since ...
View: Virat Kohli could have accommodated county stint to play Afghanistan TestNow, as Afghanistan gear up to play their first Test match, the Indian captain will be absent, away playing in the County Championship for ...
- US accuses Iran of 'secret deal' with al-Qaeda
US on Friday accused Tehran of striking a "secret deal" with al-Qaeda, saying it was a "critical" transit point for funding of terrorist ac...
- Qaeda announces death of top leader Yazid: SITE
Al-Qaeda has announced the death of a trusted aide to Osama bin Laden and its top leader in Afghanistan, Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, the SITE gro...
- Indian counter-terrorism efforts outdated, says US
India is ranked among the world's most terrorism-afflicted countries in 2008, the US State Department’s annual report has said, while frown...
- Pakistan's post-Musharraf ruling coalition splits
The ruling coalition that just a week ago drove U.S. ally Pervez Musharraf from the presidency broke apart, throwing Pakistan into politica...