TALIBAN ALLEGEDLY KILLS PREGNANT POLICE OFFICER
September 6 ,2021
Taliban militants have reportedly shot dead a pregnant policewoman in a provincial city of Afghanistan, witnesses said.
The woman, nam...
FLASH FLOODS INUNDATE OVER 380 HOUSES IN NEPAL
September 6 ,2021
Flash floods triggered by heavy rainfall have inundated over 380 houses and damaged several residential areas in Kathmandu, police said...
TALIBAN CLAIMS ‘COMPLETE CAPTURE’ OF AFGHANISTAN’S PANJSHI...
September 6 ,2021
The Taliban has taken complete control of Panjshir province, the last area in Afghanistan held by resistance forces, the group’s...
FOUR FC SOLDIERS MARTYRED, OVER 20 OTHERS HURT IN QUETTA S...
September 6 ,2021
At least four personnel of the Frontier Corps were martyred on Sunday while over 20, including two passers-by, were said to be injured...
PAKISTAN'S ISI CHIEF IN KABUL FOR BILATERAL RELATIONS: TAL...
September 6 ,2021
A day after the arrival in Kabul of the head of the Pakistan Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Lt Gen. Faiz Hamid, the Taliban on Sund...
Trauma lingers in novel about Sri Lanka's civil war
September 6 ,2021
The legacy of Sri Lanka's civil war looms large in Anuk Arudpragasam's second book, "A Passage North," which has been longl...
Britain’s plan for when Queen Elizabeth II dies
September 6 ,2021
A portrait of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, is displayed during a special prayer service | Bianca de March...
Does the US and Indonesia’s resumed strategic dialogue rea...
September 6 ,2021
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US watches Japan's leadership race, hoping for a stable pa...
September 6 ,2021
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States in Action: Federalism and foreign policy in India
September 6 ,2021
In 2012, the Italian defense minister met the chief minister of the Indian state of Kerala requesting him to allow the trial...
Will the Taliban regime survive?
September 6 ,2021
Afghan refugees transfer to the United States after evacuation from Kabul at an Air Base in Germany — Photo: Airman Edgar...
What will be America’s new strategy for Afghanistan?
September 6 ,2021
If you don’t like how the tables are set, simply turn over the tables. It is an old saying which appropriately defines the curren...
Climate change casts shadow on Bhutan with glacial lakes a...
September 6 ,2021
Lakes in Bhutan dammed by glacial moraines are at risk of overflowing into the valleys below as ice melts. © Getty Images...
Twenty two Lankan Muslim bodies condemn New Zealand knife...
September 6 ,2021
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
The beleaguered Muslim community in Sri Lanka, under pressure from the government si...
Pakistan yet again thrust into the eye of the refugee stor...
September 6 ,2021
People wait to cross into Pakistan, at Spin Boldak, Afghanistan, on Sept 2, 2021. PHOTO: EPA-EFE
In the aftermath of the fall...
Lankan military officers to visit India for familiarizatio...
September 6 ,2021
Deputy High Commissioner Vinod K. Jacob with the Lankan delegation
A Sri Lankan Armed Forces delegation of 39 officers from the De...
Afghanistan: Panjshir revolt becomes footnote
September 6 ,2021
Afghanistan: Panjshir revolt becomes footnote
At the daily foreign ministry briefing in Beijing on Friday, Russian corresponde...
Using Afghanistan against China dead-end for India
September 6 ,2021
Illustration: Tang Tengfei/GT
India's concern over the US' debacle in Afghanistan is drawing renewed attention with growing pessim...
Women march in Kabul to demand role in Taliban government
September 6 ,2021
Recent weeks have seen the Taliban send mixed signals about the place of women in Afghan society [Hoshang Hashimi/AFP]
Dozens of w...
Relatives of late Kashmir separatist leader charged under...
September 6 ,2021
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‘Reprehensible, disgraceful’ - Nepal govt over burning of...
September 6 ,2021
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The Nepal government on Sunday warned its citizens against carrying...
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