Taliban ban Helmand barbers from trimming beards
The order, distributed on social networks, also contains a request not to play music or hymns on the premises of hairdressing salons…reports
Taliban hang bodies in public as grim warning
The men were killed in a gunbattle after allegedly kidnapping a businessman and his son…reports Asian Lite News The Taliban reportedly hung
Bangladesh diaspora to hold meet on 1971 Genocide
The 1971 Genocide by the Pakistan Army is well documented and reported in the international media and also in the diplomatic correspondences
Torkham border reopens for trade activities
The FC officials informed that the Taliban had shut the border early on Thursday morning without taking them into confidence…reports Asian Lite
Human Rights Watch Slams Taliban
Human Rights Watch accused Taliban regime in Afghanistan of breaking promises given to the US administration as part of the Doha peace
Taliban to form ‘commission’ to draft new constitution
Earlier on Tuesday, the Taliban had announced the expansion of cabinet ministers with no women representation in the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan….reports
Food insecurity rises in Afghanistan: UN body
The middle classes are also struggling – only 10 per cent of households headed by someone with a secondary or university education
Limits to power: Taliban in Kabul, a jailbreak in Israel
True, a jailbreak cannot be compared with the reconquest of a country but that is not the way Palestinians see it…writes Saeed
‘World shouldn’t repeat mistake of disengaging with Afghanistan’
Pakistan’s foreign minister Qureshi stressed Pakistan commitment to an inclusive political settlement in Afghanistan…reports Asian Lite News US top diplomat Antony Blinken
PM, Suga agree to promote defence, security cooperation
During the 45-minute meeting, Suga and Modi “affirmed the importance of realising a ‘free and open’ Indo-Pacific and agreed to closely work