Amid international concern over the erosion of women's rights in Afghanistan, Omar Haidari, a Berlin-based Afghan rights activist, has said that the Western countries cannot escape their share of responsibility for the human rights issues and that the agreement signed by the US with Talib
As Afghan women continue to remain deprived of their basic rights, the United Nations officials have once again raised concerns on the situation of women in Afghanistan under the Taliban rule.
Taking a swipe at Trinamool Congress', BJP leader Shehzad Poonawalla on Tuesday equated TMC with appeasement, dictatorship and Taliban, expanding the party's acronym, to 'Tushtikaran mujhe chahiye', 'Tanashahi mujhe chahiye', 'Talibani mujhe chahiye'.
Pakistan has taken up the issue with the Afghan interim government and urged them to take action against terrorist activities being carried out on their land.
At least five terrorists were killed and two security personnel lost their lives in a gun battle in Peshawar's Hassan Khel area, ARY News reported citing the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Sunday.
United Nations agencies have said that the restrictions imposed by the Taliban on women and girls will increase the number of child marriages among Afghan girls by 25 per cent, Afghanistan-based TOLO News reported.
The Balochistan High Court (BHC) on Thursday dismissed a plea seeking Article 6 proceedings against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder and former Prime Minister Imran Khan, ARY News reported on Thursday.
At least four people including three foreigners were killed and seven wounded following an armed attack in Bamyan province of Afghanistan, Khaama Press reported citing the spokesperson of the Taliban-controlled Ministry of Interior.
The aid comprising of food items, medicine, tents, and other essentials was handed over to the officials at Maulana Jalaluddin Mohammad Balkhi airport in Mazar-e-Sharif.