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Pakistan sees room to improve FY27 outlook after Iran war ends, says Finance Minister AurangzebPakistan's Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb sees potential economic upsides for fiscal year 2027 following the end of the Iran conflict....
Even the dead must make way as construction transforms Afghanistan's capitalKabul is undergoing a massive transformation as the Taliban government revives old plans to widen roads. Homes, businesses, and even a grav...
Moscow format meeting calls for strengthening terror cooperationThe Moscow Format Consultations, with the Taliban present for the first time, called for enhanced counter-terrorism cooperation and urged A...
Afghan children will die because of US funding cuts, aid official saysAction Against Hunger has halted critical services. Their Kabul feeding unit is closing. Over 3.5 million Afghan children will suffer from ...
Taliban's decrees on Afghan women cost country over USD 1 billion annuallyUS special envoy for Afghan women, Rina Amiri, highlighted that the Taliban's restrictions on women in Afghanistan cost the nation over $1 ...
Foreign aid drops sharply as Taliban abuses jeopardise the Afghan health system, group saysHuman Rights Watch has reported that Afghanistan's public health system has been severely impacted by a sharp reduction in foreign assistan...
Taliban govt reaches out to India for investments in urban infrastructureThe request came at a recent meeting with the head of the Indian technical mission in Kabul, said officials. The Taliban regime is keen tha...
222 million children in India face double threat of climate disaster, poverty: ReportDeveloped by child rights NGO Save the Children and climate modelling from researchers at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, it also stated th...
TV anchor sells food on street in Taliban-ruled AfghanistanThe World Bank, in its report, stated that the economic condition of Afghanistan worsened as per capita income dropped by one-third in the ...
Afghanistan world's unhappiest country, even before TalibanThe annual report ranked Afghanistan as last among 149 countries surveyed, with a happiness rate of just 2.5. Lebanon was the world's secon...
Afghan acting PM calls for official recognition of Taliban administrationAfghanistan's acting prime minister, Mullah Hasan Akhund, on Wednesday called for international governments to officially recognise the cou...
COVID-19: India supplies 5 lakh more Covaxin doses to AfghanistanTaking to Twitter, Bharat Biotech said, "Today, India supplied the next batch of humanitarian assistance consisting of 5,00,000 doses of CO...
Taliban thank world for promised aid, urge US to show 'heart'Amir Khan Muttaqi, the regime's acting foreign minister, told a press conference the Taliban would spend donor money wisely and use it to a...
Afghans face 'their most perilous hour', warns UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres"After decades of war, suffering and insecurity, they face perhaps their most perilous hour," he said in opening remarks at a Geneva confer...
China holds first meeting with South Asian countries on COVID-19, poverty relief cooperationChinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying told a media briefing, that the first meeting with the South Asian countries on anti-epi...
Uzbekistan joins India to eradicate poverty as President highlights commitment against menaceIt is understood the Uzbek President like the Indian government has made poverty eradication as a key pillar of his governance.
South Asian nations should learn from Indo-Afghan ties: Shaida Mohammad Abdali"Afghanistan's relationship with India is time-tested and it is a great example of how two neighbours should live together and help each ot...
'Heart of Asia' conference begins in PakistanThe fifth 'Heart of Asia' conference is aimed at enhancing cooperation for countering security threats and promoting connectivity in the re...
Need to raise private sector role for regional integration: SAARCSouth Asian countries called for greater involvement of private sector players for enhancing the regional integration of SAARC and increasi...
SAARC comes out with poverty profileA poverty profile for eight South Asian nations was released today to share of the best practices and experiences towards poverty alleviati...