Need to secure the western border EDITORIAL: Four soldiers were martyred at the Pak-Iran border in the Kech district of Balochistan last Saturday when... Published 05 Apr, 2023 06:16am
World UN says Afghan women staff blocked from work by Taliban order UNITED NATIONS: The Taliban have extended a ban on women working for NGOs to the United Nations' mission throughout... Updated 05 Apr, 2023 12:13am
Pakistan Fire ruins warehouse complex at Dasu hydropower project One police official says electrical fault suspected cause of the fire Published 04 Apr, 2023 12:18pm
World Taliban governor of Afghan province killed in blast: police KABUL: The Taliban governor of Afghanistan’s Balkh province was killed in a blast at his office on Thursday, police... Published 09 Mar, 2023 01:40pm
World Afghanistan coffers swell as Taliban taxman collects TORKHAM: A dusty logjam of trucks inches across a rut in the mountains splitting Pakistan and Afghanistan, teeming... Published 09 Mar, 2023 11:59am
BR Research Permanent pariah? Be careful what you wish for! Pakistan’s economy and security seem to have suffered in the aftermath of the... Published 09 Mar, 2023 07:24am
World Afghan women ‘most repressed in the world’, says UN mission KABUL: Afghanistan under the Taliban government is the “most repressive country in the world” for women’s rights,... Published 08 Mar, 2023 02:17pm
World Taliban’s persecution of women could be ‘crime against humanity’: UN report GENEVA: The Taliban’s treatment of women and girls in Afghanistan could amount to a crime against humanity,... Published 06 Mar, 2023 06:21pm
World Afghan universities reopen but women still barred KABUL: Male students trickled back to their classes Monday after Afghan universities reopened following a winter... Published 06 Mar, 2023 12:17pm
Print Trade resumes after key border crossing reopens Around 1,400 trucks on the Pakistan side still waiting to cross into Afghanistan, an official says Updated 26 Feb, 2023 04:29pm
World Taliban demand US return $3.5bn in Afghan assets after court ruling KABUL: Taliban authorities called on Washington Wednesday to return $3.5 billion belonging to Afghanistan's central... Published 22 Feb, 2023 11:57pm
World Taliban sets up investment consortium with firms from Pakistan, Russia, Iran KABUL: Afghanistan’s Taliban-led administration has set up a consortium of companies, including some in Russia, Iran... Published 22 Feb, 2023 06:57pm
World US judge rules 9/11 victims cannot seize Afghan central bank funds NEW YORK: The families of victims of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks cannot seize $3.5 billion in funds... Published 22 Feb, 2023 11:44am
World Taliban plans to turn former foreign bases into special economic zones KABUL: The Taliban administration will move ahead with plans to turn former foreign military bases into special... Updated 19 Feb, 2023 08:35pm
Print TTP warns of more attacks against LEAs KARACHI: Pakistan’s Taliban warned Saturday of more attacks against law enforcement officers, a day after four... Updated 19 Feb, 2023 09:33am
World Taliban raid office of Tamadon TV in Afghanistan NEW YORK: The Taliban must allow Tamadon TV to operate freely and independently and end its campaign of harassment... Published 17 Feb, 2023 06:00am
Life & Style Doctor? Engineer? As dreams fade, Afghan girls turn to madrasas KANDAHAR, Afghanistan: In a chilly classroom in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar, the birthplace of the... Published 16 Feb, 2023 02:28pm
World Refugee from Taliban offers virtual tours of her homeland MILAN: Forced to flee by the Taliban, Fatima Haidari now offers virtual tours of Afghanistan from her new home in... Published 15 Feb, 2023 11:38am
Print Pakistan to appeal to Taliban leader over mosque bombing ISLAMABAD: Islamabad will ask the secretive supreme leader of Afghanistan’s Taliban to rein in militants in Pakistan... Updated 05 Feb, 2023 09:13am
World New US restrictions against Taliban for bans on women WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced new visa restrictions against the Taliban Wednesday in... Published 02 Feb, 2023 12:16pm
Pakistan Lawmakers demand formation of ‘truth, reconciliation commission’ ISLAMABAD: As a resurrected wave of terrorism has crippled the very socio-political fabric of the country, voices... Published 02 Feb, 2023 06:12am
Pakistan Afghan women’s rights: US SRA starts tri-nation trip ISLAMABAD: The United States Special Representative for Afghanistan (SRA) Thomas West has started his tri-nation ... Published 31 Jan, 2023 06:01am
World Afghan female students not allowed to sit university entrance exam: Taliban ministry KABUL: The Taliban-run Ministry of Higher Education ordered private universities in Afghanistan not to allow female... Published 28 Jan, 2023 11:28pm
World UN aid chief asks Taliban for more exemptions to female NGO worker ban KABUL: The UN aid chief said on Wednesday the humanitarian community was speaking with Taliban officials to try and... Published 26 Jan, 2023 05:58am
World UN aid chief asks Taliban authorities for more exemptions to female NGO worker ban KABUL: The UN aid chief said on Wednesday the humanitarian community was speaking with Taliban officials to try and... Published 25 Jan, 2023 07:34pm
World UN highlights ‘huge step backwards’ for women following Afghanistan trip UNITED NATIONS: Apparent exemptions granted by the Taliban to harsh restrictions placed on Afghan women are not... Published 22 Jan, 2023 03:08am
World Three foreign NGOs partially resume aid in Afghanistan KABUL: At least three leading international aid agencies have partially resumed life-saving work in Afghanistan,... Published 17 Jan, 2023 01:52pm
Sports Human rights are not politics, Cricket Australia chief says on withdrawal Cricket Australia chief executive Nick Hockley defended the decision to withdraw its men’s team from a one-day... Published 13 Jan, 2023 12:03pm
Editorials ‘Tremendous efforts against terrorism’? EDITORIAL: Increased TTP (Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan) terrorism, its open threat to leaders of parties in the ruling... Published 13 Jan, 2023 06:05am
Sports Australia withdraw from men’s ODI series against Afghanistan in March Australia’s one-day international (ODI) series against Afghanistan in March has been called off following further... Updated 12 Jan, 2023 02:19pm
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