In another regressive move, Taliban bans women from Band-e-Amir National Park in AfghanistanThe Taliban has banned women from visiting Band-e-Amir National Park in Afghanistan's Bamyan province. Mohammad Khalid Hanafi, the Taliban'...
27 Aug, 2023, 05.02 PM IST
European Union imposes sanctions for violence against womenMyanmar's deputy minister of home affairs Toe Ui is said to have allowed military security agents to "use forced nudity, rape, electro-shoc...
07 Mar, 2023, 05.16 PM IST
Taliban say Afghanistan secure enough for big projectsForeign aid stopped when the Taliban took over Afghanistan in August 2021. World governments piled on sanctions, halted bank transfers and ...
12 Oct, 2022, 11.49 PM IST
Taliban chief orders ban on poppy cultivation in AfghanistanAfghanistan is the world's biggest producer of poppies, the source of sap that is refined into heroin, and in recent years its production a...
03 Apr, 2022, 03.51 PM IST
India meets members of Taliban interim govt for first timeThe meeting between India and Taliban on the sidelines of the Moscow Format meet in the Russian capital (convened and initiated by Russia) ...
21 Oct, 2021, 12.02 AM IST
UN-blacklisted Akhund to head Afghanistan govtHailing from the spiritual Taliban heartland of Kandahar, Akhund served as governor of the key province during the group’s brutal first rei...
08 Sep, 2021, 06.34 AM IST
China, Taliban hold their first dialogue in KabulThe Taliban seized power in Afghanistan on August 15, two weeks before the US was set to complete its troop withdrawal after a costly two-d...
25 Aug, 2021, 05.06 PM IST
Announcement on Afghanistan government soon: Taliban“Our political officials met with leaders here in Kabul. Their views are important, discussions are moving, there is hope for an announceme...
24 Aug, 2021, 09.09 AM IST
Talib-Karzai talks inconclusive; Qureshi in KabulWhile the Taliban continued their dialogue with the Afghan leadership, Pakistan foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi is visiting Kabul on ...
23 Aug, 2021, 09.02 AM IST
Pompeo meets Afghan govt, Taliban negotiator; calls for reduction in violencePompeo visit to Doha comes in wake of a rocket attack in the capital of Kabul. Earlier on Saturday, 23 rockets struck various part of Kabul...
22 Nov, 2020, 04.32 PM IST
Uzbekistan invites India to join deradicalisation programmeThe most populous country in Central Asia has also launched a community (makhallahs or mohallah) support programme aimed at preventing the ...
31 Mar, 2018, 04.33 PM IST
Here's how schools of faith, mobiles are radicalising KashmirThe traditionally moderate school followed by the majority in Kashmir is being replaced by the Saudi-imported Salafism or Wahhabism.
09 Jul, 2017, 11.18 AM IST
Muslim law board hiding talaq facts, says umbrella outfit of 14 bodiesThe Centre has expressed dismay over the board's submission that men are more likely to “control emotions“ and not take “hasty decisions.“
17 May, 2017, 11.21 AM IST
Malaysian police investigates death threats to spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi ShankarThe letter reportedly warned the manager that Penang hotel would be "destroyed" if Ravi Shankar was allowed to "carry out his Hindu activit...
30 Mar, 2015, 11.47 AM IST
- Two US citizens plead guilty for providing material support to al-Qaeda
Two US citizens, who had planned to travel to Afghanistan and Iraq to fight for al-Qaeda, have plead guilty to providing financial support.
19 Jun, 2012, 06.54 PM IST
Obama replies in line with administration’s view on jihadPresident Barack Obama would not have expected the first query at the Town Hall meeting in Mumbai to be on the tricky issue.
08 Nov, 2010, 02.13 AM IST
- Kazakhstan: Unity in diversity
Like India, Kazakhstan has a multi-ethnic culture with multi-religious societies co-existing in a peaceful manner. The statistics show unit...
24 Jan, 2009, 12.43 AM IST