By Maysam Behravesh Unprecedented negotiations in Qatar between US special envoy to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad and the Taliban have created cautious optimism for lasting reconciliation. “We made significant progress on vital issues,” Khalilzad wrote on Twitter, adding: …
By Philip Walter Wellman STARS AND STRIPES Published: February 5, 2019 KABUL, Afghanistan — Plans to replace Afghanistan’s aging fleet of Russian helicopters with American-made UH-60 Black Hawks may be unsustainable because of a …
By Ghutam Bhatia 04/02/2019 January saw the culmination of the latest battle in a decades-long war between the Maharashtra government, and bar dancing. In Indian Hotel and Restaurant Association v State of Maharashtra, the …
A political firestorm raged Monday as Mamata Banerjee’s sit-in protest against CBI’s bid to question Kolkata police chief in chit fund scam cases entered the second day, with the West Bengal Chief Minister declaring …
By Asad Rahim Han February 3, 2019 IN Freedom at Midnight, that cheery ode to empire, we read that the natives have made a mess of things. Just a month after Independence, Nehru …
Afghanistan has a strikingly young population, with more than 60% of its 35 million people under the age of 25, and half under the age of 15. Its Generation Z has grown up in …
Rahul Gandhi congratulated the chief ministers of Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh for announcing a farm loan waiver immediately after coming to power. He promised a farm loan waiver across India if Congress …
The income tax department raided on Wednesday a Karnataka minister who is in charge of hosting Congress legislators from Gujarat at a resort on the outskirts of Bengaluru, TV channels and news agencies reported. …
By Cathal McNaughton | SRINAGAR Security forces using pellet guns to disperse crowds of stone-throwing young protesters in the Indian-ruled region of Himalayan Kashmir have killed more than 100 people, blinding hundreds and maiming thousands over the …
By TAHIR ALHAMZAH – July 7, 2017 @ 10:09pm KUALA LUMPUR: Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor was thrilled to find a 1,000-strong crowd of her fans waiting to greet her at the official opening of Juiceco outlet in …