Believers, politics and Article-63

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) disqualified PTI Chairman and former Prime Minister Imran Khan in Tosha Khana’s reference for five years on charges of misdeclaration under article 63(1)P of the constitution of Pakist...

UN condemns Taliban ban on Afghan women working at NGOs

NEW YORK (AFP): UN human rights chief Volker Turk said Tuesday that Afghanistan’s governing Taliban authorities must reverse their ban on Afghan women working for NGOs. Since the Taliban’s return to power in August 2021, ...

31-Dec-2024 Read More

Taliban orders NGOs in Afghanistan to stop employing women

KABUL (AP): The Taliban says it will close all national and foreign nongovernmental groups in Afghanistan employing women. It comes two years after they told NGOs to suspend the employment of Afghan women, allegedly because they...

30-Dec-2024 Read More

Kabul, Baku explore opportunities to deepen ties

KABUL (BNA): The Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs, Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanekzai, met with Ilham Mammadov, Azerbaijan’s Ambassador to Afghanistan, in his office. During the meeting, DFM Stanekzai expressed cond...

30-Dec-2024 Read More

French MP says ‘Taliban are making women disappear’

PARIS (Amu tv): Maud Petit, a deputy in the French National Assembly, criticized the Taliban’s policies, saying they are systematically making women and girls invisible, isolating them from public life “until they disappear�...

30-Dec-2024 Read More

Strategic dialogue on Wakhan Corridor

KABUL: The recent meeting between Sirajuddin Haqqani, Afghanistan’s Interior Minister, and the Chinese Ambassador, Mr. Zhao Xing, underscores a pivotal moment in Afghanistan-China relations. According to the Afghan Interior Mi...

30-Dec-2024 Read More