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Centre extends ban on fugitive Islamic evangelist Zakir Naik's IRF foundat
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 16 (ANI): The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Monday extended the ban imposed on Islamic Research Foundation (IRF), an NGO headed by Islamic evangelist and India-born preacher Zakir Naik for a further five years.
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Will Taliban check ISIS-K attacks on Shia community?
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kandahar [Afghanistan], November 15 (ANI): For decades, violence has torn through Afghanistan's Shiite community, perpetuated first by the Taliban -- who consider Shiites heretics -- and in more recent years by the Islamic State - Khorasan (ISIS-K).
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Iran expresses concern over increased terrorist activities in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 15 (ANI): Iran is concerned with the increased terrorist activity in Afghanistan and has received information about the presence of the Islamic State (ISIS) in the troubled country, Sputnik reported citing the Iranian Foreign Ministry on Monday.
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2 civilians, 4 ISIS-K terrorists killed in Afghanistan's Kandahar
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 15 (ANI): At least two civilians and four Islamic State of Iraq and Syria-Khorasan (ISIS-K) terrorists were killed during a large-scale operation in Afghanistan's Kandahar province on Monday, local media reported.
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Taliban launch operation against ISIS-K in Kandahar after their escalated
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kandahar [Afghanistan], November 15 (ANI): The Taliban on Monday launched operations against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria-Khorasan (ISIS-K) branch in Kandahar province after the group recently escalated their attacks in Afghanistan.
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Iran says IAEA chief to visit Iran "soon"
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], November 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), will make an official visit to the capital Tehran soon, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh announced on Monday.
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Turkey favours lifting of US sanctions against Iran: Foreign Minister
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], November 15 (ANI/Sputnik): Turkey has urged the United States to lift the unilateral sanctions it imposed on Iran, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Monday, describing the punitive measures against his country's eastern neighbour as "inappropriate."
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Iran's envoy to Afghanistan arrives in Kabul to meet with Taliban official
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 15 (ANI): Iranian special representative for Afghanistan, Hassan Kazemi Qomi, arrived in Kabul on Monday to hold meetings with officials of the interim Afghan government appointed by the Taliban, Afghan media reported.
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Afghans, Iranians hold protest against Taliban in front of UN's Vienna off
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Vienna [Austria], November 15 (ANI): Some 100 Afghans and Iranians gathered in front of the UN office in Vienna on Sunday to condemn the Taliban amid the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan.
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Islamic clerics across globe call for inclusive government in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 14 (ANI): Islamic clerics from several countries across the world, including India, held a virtual conference on Sunday, where they called for the formation of an inclusive government in Afghanistan.
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1 killed in southern Iran after 6.4-magnitude quake
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], November 14 (ANI/Xinhua): A person was killed by an electric post that fell due to an earthquake in the Iranian coastal city of Bandar Abbas on Sunday afternoon, state TV reported.
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Two earthquakes over 6.0 magnitude jolt southern Iran
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], November 14 (ANI): Two earthquakes of magnitude 6.0 and 6.3 shook southern Iran on Sunday.
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