UK briefed on COVID-19 situation in India to review ‘red list’ travel ban
London: The UK Foreign Office officials have been briefed on the current COVID-19 pandemic situation in India, where many big cities are practically COVID-free, and encouraged to consider a review of the travel ban on visitors from India, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said on Saturday. Shringla, who arrived in the UK for a two-day visit […]
US carried out airstrikes in Afghanistan: Pentagon
Washington: The US carried out airstrikes across Afghanistan in the last several days as part of an effort to support the Afghan security forces fighting Taliban insurgents, the Pentagon has said. The news of US airstrikes in Afghanistan came a day after America’s most senior military officer admitted that the Taliban had gained strategic momentum, […]
Biden admn expected to continue expansion of bilateral partnership with India due to China factor: Report
Washington: The Biden Administration is expected to continue expansion of the bilateral partnership with India and the driving force of the relationship is concern about China’s growing economic and military power in the region, according to a Congressional report. “Many speculate that the Administration would pay more attention to India’s domestic developments, including on human rights, […]
An Afghan govt that doesn’t respect human rights will lack international legitimacy: US
Washington The United States has warned the Taliban that any government that does not respect human rights and seeks to rule at the barrel of a gun will lack international legitimacy. The Taliban militants have seized dozens of districts in recent weeks and are now thought to control about a third of Afghanistan, ahead of the […]
30 killed, several injured as bus crashes in Pakistan
Lahore: At least 30 people were killed, mostly labourers who were going to their hometown to celebrate Eid-ul Azha, and over 40 others injured on Monday when a passenger bus collided with a trailer truck on a highway in Dera Ghazi Khan district of Pakistan’s Punjab Province. The bus was en route from Sialkot to […]
Probe: Journalists, activists among firm’s spyware targets
Boston: An investigation by a global media consortium based on leaked targeting data provides further evidence that military-grade malware from Israel-based NSO Group, the world’s most infamous hacker-for-hire outfit, is being used to spy on journalists, human rights activists and political dissidents. From a list of more than 50,000 cellphone numbers obtained by the Paris-based […]
Leaders talk peace as Afghans battle chaos and uncertainty
Islamabad: Senior Afghan leaders are in the Middle Eastern state of Qatar talking peace with the Taliban, whose leader on Sunday issued a statement saying the insurgent movement wants a political settlement to Afghanistan’s decades of war. Still, there are few signs of a political agreement on the horizon, as the battles over Afghan districts […]
FATF review of India’s anti-money laundering, terror financing regime postponed again to 2022
New Delhi: An evaluation by global organisation Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to analyse the effectiveness of India’s anti-money laundering and countering terrorist financing regime has been postponed for the second time in view of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and is now slated to be initiated next year, officials said. The scheduled assessment for the […]
Taxi drivers interrogated, FIR registered in abduction case of Afghan envoy’s daughter: Pak govt
Islamabad: Pakistan on Sunday said the taxi drivers who drove the daughter of Afghan envoy before her abduction have been interrogated and a first information report has been registered in the case. The 26-year-old daughter of Afghanistan’s ambassador to Pakistan on Friday was “abducted”, “tortured” and “assaulted” by unknown persons in Islamabad. Silsila Alikhil, who […]
UN appeals for USD 850 million to help war-torn Afghanistan
United Nations: The UN humanitarian chief in Afghanistan appealed for USD 850 million Thursday to help the war-torn country cope with the impact of the Taliban offensive, protracted malnutrition for a third of the country, a severe drought, and the return of 627,000 Afghans this year, most of them deported from neighbouring Iran. Ramiz Alakbarov told […]
