Twenty months into his ill-starred term, Nepal’s Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has lost a parliamentary trust vote, says a media report. The landlocked South Asian country, bordering China and India, is set for a new coalition government led by KP Sharma Oli. Reuters reported Dahal was compelled to stand down or prove his majority More
Amnesty International (AI) says nearly 355,000 people have signed a letter calling on the caretaker Afghan government to respect and protect human rights in Afghanistan. AI wrote on its X handle: “Afghanistan: In a powerful show of global solidarity, 354,847 signatures have been collected calling on the Taliban de-facto authorities to respect and protect human More
Ex-US president Donald Trump has been wounded in what the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI says) calls an assassination attempt, CNN reported on Sunday. Trump came under attack from a gunman during a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday evening. At least one participant of the rally was killed while two others were critically injured. Soon More
One hundred and sixty people have died from measles in Afghanistan during ongoing year, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said. Expressing concerns about the spread of measles in Afghanistan the world health body said measles disease has spread in Afghanistan now compared to the past year. Views: 8
A senior member of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) Gilaman Wazir has succumbed to the injuries he suffered in an attack in Islamabad earlier in the week. Gilaman, known for his progressive poetry, died of his wounds at a hospital in Islamabad on Wednesday night, party sources said. He was violently assaulted by a group More
In an expected development, Pakistan has extended the validity of Proof of Registration (PoR) cards for 1.45 million Afghan refugees. At a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, the federal cabinet approved the extension of PoR cards by one more year to June 30, 2025. On Tuesday, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo More
At least 18 people have been killed and 19 others injured in a road accident in northern India. Al-Jazeera reported that the collision took place early on Wednesday in Uttar Pradesh state, where the bus heading to the national capital, New Delhi, slammed into the back of a tanker carrying milk. It said 18 individuals, More
The Taliban takeover in 2021 ended a period of media flourishing and improving freedom of expression in Afghanistan, according to a study on Wednesday. The collapse of the Afghan government and the resurgence of authoritarian rule have created an environment of fear and uncertainty within the media community. Independent and diverse non-state media are in More
Top Russian and Indian leaders have welcomed Afghanistan’s campaign against international terrorist groups, including ISIS. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi hoped the fight against terrorism in Afghanistan would be comprehensive and effective. In a joint statement issued at the end of Modi’s two-day visit to Moscow, they stressed the need More
The government is expected to decide the fate of Afghan refugees residing in Pakistan, Dawn reported on Wednesday. Only 9,000 out of 70,000 Afghans, who had worked for the United States and allies before the IEA takeover, had been sent to a third country from Pakistan over the last three years. At its meeting later More
