Chinese students worried over US visa rejection
Sep 16, 2021, at 03:05 am
Beijing: The Chinese government has said around 500 students have been denied their visa under a policy issued by then-President Donald Trump to block Beijing from obtaining U.S. technology with possible military uses.
Investors protest outside sinking Chinese property giant Evergrande
Sep 16, 2021, at 02:55 am
Beijing: A large number of investors demonstrated outside the headquarters of troubled Chinese property giant Evergrande on Tuesday after the firm announced it was under "tremendous pressure" and may not be able to meet its repayments.
Conflict develops between Taliban leaders in Presidential Palace over govt's make-up: Reports
Sep 16, 2021, at 02:46 am
Kabul: A conflict seems to have developed in the Taliban leadership over the make-up of the group's new government in Afghanistan, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Female footballers flee to Pakistan to escape Taliban
Sep 16, 2021, at 01:21 am
Karachi/UNI: Female footballers of Afghanistan's national junior girls team, who had been in hiding following threats from the Taliban, crossed the Torkham border along with their families to reach Pakistan on Tuesday night.
Chinese official says ready to maintain ties with new Afghan Government
Sep 16, 2021, at 01:10 am
Beijing/UNI/SPUTNIK: China is ready to interact with the new government in Afghanistan, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said on Wednesday.
Afghanistan: First local radio station of Paktika shuts down
Sep 15, 2021, at 09:25 pm
Kabul: A local radio station of Afghanistan, which is located in Paktika province, has shut down, media reports said on Wednesday.
First humanitarian flight to Kabul marks 'turning point' in crisis: WFP
Sep 15, 2021, at 04:04 pm
New York: The return of humanitarian flights to Kabul since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan is a turning point in the crisis, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday.
Afghanistan: Thousands demonstrate against Taliban in Kandahar
Sep 15, 2021, at 02:57 pm
Kandahar: Thousands of people, including women, demonstrated in Afghanistan's Kandahar city on Tuesday against Taliban's latest decision by which the families of late Afghan security forces should evacuate their residence.
Taliban claim acting Afghan Foreign Minister met UNHCR head
Sep 15, 2021, at 01:14 am
Kabul/UNI/Sputnik: The Taliban announced on Tuesday that acting Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, who is under the UN sanctions, met with UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi.
Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar releases audio tape to reject death rumour, confirms he is 'alive'
Sep 15, 2021, at 12:18 am
Kabul: Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Deputy Prime Minister of the Taliban government in Afghanistan, has rejected all rumours about his death and released an audio where he said he is 'alive'.
Pakistan: Police bust child pornography ring in Sahiwal
Sep 15, 2021, at 12:11 am
Sahiwal: Pakistan police have busted an active paedophile and child pornography ring in the country's Sahiwal region, media reports said.
Panjgur targeted killing: Hundreds demonstrate in Balochistan
Sep 15, 2021, at 12:03 am
Gwadar: Hundreds of people demonstrated in Balochistan on Sunday against targeted killings in Panjgur region, media reports said.
Pakistan journalists protest outside Parliament House against govt’s plan to bulldoze PMDA
Sep 14, 2021, at 11:40 pm
Islamabad: The journalist fraternity in Pakistan on Sunday began a sit-in outside the Parliament House here to demonstrate against the government’s plan to bulldoze the Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA) legislation through a joint sitting of parliament.
Taliban to change Afghanistan education curriculum as per Sharia Law
Sep 14, 2021, at 11:35 pm
Kabul: Taliban rulers of Afghanistan have decided to drop certain subjects from the higher education curriculum as they do not go with the Islamic Sharia Law.
Afghanistan: Taliban insurgents assault woman, abduct five members of her family in Kabul
Sep 14, 2021, at 11:19 pm
Kabul: Taliban insurgents on Saturday assaulted a woman and abducted five of her family members in Kabul city, media reports said.
$1 billion pledge a ‘quantum leap’ in commitment to Afghanistan: UN chief
Sep 14, 2021, at 11:14 pm
New York: UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday hailed significant international financial support pledged to the people of Afghanistan following a meeting in Geneva, which nearly doubled the initial $606 million flash appeal for the country.
Afghan women posts images in colourful dresses to challenge Taliban decree
Sep 14, 2021, at 11:05 pm
Kabul: Breaking the rule set by Taliban that eves should wear all-black attire in the nation, a group of Afghanistan women, who stay abroad, have posted their own images online wearing colourful traditional Afghan clothes.
Support Afghans in their most perilous hour, urges UN’s Guterres
Sep 14, 2021, at 10:18 pm
New York: The international community should urgently offer a “lifeline” to millions of vulnerable Afghans “who face perhaps their most perilous hour”, the UN Secretary-General said on Monday.
Taliban insurgents detain Panjshir civilians, put them in trunks of vehicle
Sep 14, 2021, at 06:36 pm
Kabul: A video has surfaced on the social media where civilians from Panjshir region of Afghanistan were seen detained by Taliban insurgents and put in trunks of two vehicles.
Afghanistan: Women in Nangarhar protest in support to Taliban
Sep 14, 2021, at 06:29 pm
Nangarhar: Nangarhar province in Afghanistan witnessed a strange protest recently when women demonstrated in support of Taliban insurgents who have taken control over the nation.
Chinese man detained as he enters illegally into Taiwan waters
Sep 14, 2021, at 05:51 pm
Taipei: A Chinese man, who was travelling in a rubber boat, was intercepted by coast guard officers in Taiwan's territorial waters on Sunday, media reports said on Monday.
China's growing use of military drones is putting regional stability 'at risk'
Sep 14, 2021, at 04:43 pm
Beijing: Regional stability seems to be at risk as China is using unmanned aircraft capabilities and focusing on increasingly sophisticated military drones, media reports said.
Satellite images show thousands of Afghans stranded at Pak border: Reports
Sep 14, 2021, at 04:33 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Amid reports of desperate Afghans trying to leave their country after Kabul takeover, satellite images exclusive to NDTV channel show thousands stranded at Afghanistan's border with Pakistan.
Afghanistan: UN High Commissioner for Refugees arrives in Kabul to assess humanitarian needs
Sep 13, 2021, at 10:47 pm
Moscow/UNI/Sputnik: UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi announced on Monday that he arrived in the Afghan capital of Kabul to assess Afghanistan's humanitarian needs.
Afghanistan: Taliban to remove subjects contradicting Sharia Law from university curriculum
Sep 13, 2021, at 10:36 pm
Moscow/UNI/Sputnik: The Taliban's Ministry of Higher Education announced that it will remove subjects considered as running counter to the Islam's Sharia law from the curriculum of Afghanistan's universities.
Afghanistan: First Pakistan International Airlines flight lands Kabul
Sep 13, 2021, at 09:34 pm
Islamabad/Kabul: A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) passenger plane from Islamabad reached Kabul airport on Monday, the first commercial flight to reach the city since Taliban overran it in August.
Pakistan: Women prisoners in Peshawar jail suffering due to lack of separate prison
Sep 13, 2021, at 05:59 am
Peshawar: Women prisoners in Pakistan's Peshawar are facing a new challenge as they do not have a separate prison ever since the demolition of a British era building.
Pakistan: Assets of key opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif’s daughter, son attached
Sep 13, 2021, at 05:56 am
Lahore: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) informed an accountability court in Pakistan on Saturday that properties owned by the Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif’s daughter Rabia and son-in-law Imran Ali Yousaf have been attached as they are absconders.
Marriyum Aurangzeb slams PTI, calls EVMs ‘election fraud machines’
Sep 13, 2021, at 05:53 am
Islamabad: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Information Secretary Marriyum Aurangzeb has attacked the use of EVM in polls and said the federal ministers are attempting to trample upon Pakistan’s constitution to rob the next voting through the ‘election fraud machines’.
'Barbaric' video shows Afghanistan Taliban insurgents rejoicing with severed head of soldier
Sep 13, 2021, at 05:40 am
Kabul: A barbaric video has emerged where Taliban insurgents could be seen celebrating with the severed head of an Afghan soldier.