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US Defence Secretary meets Amir of Kuwait, extends gratitude for assistance in evacuation from…
Kuwait City September 9 US Secretary of Defence Lloyd J Austin III met Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on Wednesday to extend gratitude to the Persian Gulf country for assisting the US in evacuating citizens from…
Give Muslims representation for being a minority, not on basis of religion: Athawale
Union Minister Ramdas Athawale on Wednesday said Muslims should be given political representation not on religious grounds but for being a minority community.
Athawale had arrived here to inaugurate the Sangeet Shiromani Swami Haridas…
India squad for ICC T20 WC announced, Ashwin returns
New Delhi, Sep 8 (UNI) India on Wednesday announced their 15-member squad for the 2021 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, which begins from October 17 in the UAE and Oman.
Virat Kohli led squad featured R Ashwin, the off-spinner, who returned to…
Blinken: US has achieved what it went to accomplish in Afghanistan
Kabul, Sep 8 (UNI) A week after the US’s chaotic exit and with the Taliban having put in place a government in Kabul comprising largely of people figuring on the UN Sanctions List and even some with bounties placed by America, US Secretary…
Bangladesh will not recognize the Taliban government : Alam
State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam has said that his country will not recognize the interim government of Afghanistan. He made the remarks while addressing reporters on Wednesday (September 8).
He stated that Bangladesh is…
Taliban brutally flog, torture journalists for covering anti-Taliban protests
Kabul, Sep 8 (UNI) The Taliban militia brutally beat up journalists, flogged them with cables and tortured them, for covering a women’s anti-Taliban protest in Kabul on Tuesday.
Zaki Daryabi, the editor in chief of Etilaatroz daily in…
Pakistan opposes India joining extended Troika format on Afghanistan
Islamabad, Sep 7 (UNI/Sputnik), Ksenia Shakalova - Pakistan does not support the idea of including India in the Extended Troika on Afghanistan, while Iran has yet to respond to its invitation to join the format, Pakistani Ambassador to…
Taliban desecrate tomb of Ahmad Shah Massoud in Panjshir
Kabul, Sep 7 (UNI) After taking over Panjshir, the Taliban have reportedly destroyed the tomb of legendary Afghan leader Ahmad Shah Massoud, the father of Ahmad Massoud who is heading the Resistance forces against the Taliban in Panjshir.…
India-Bangladesh: People to people contact key to further strengthening ties
Dhaka, Sep 7 (UNI) Indian Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Singh Thakur has said that people to people along with government to government contact between India and Bangladesh is the key to further strengthening the ties between…
US ‘concerned’ by affiliations, track records of some Taliban ministers
Washington, Sep 8 (UNI/Sputnik) The Biden administration is concerned about the affiliations and track records of several newly-announced Taliban (banned in Russia as a terrorist group) cabinet members, a State Department spokesperson said…
Taliban announces 33 member new acting govt. with Akhundzada as PM
New Afghan govt to start functioning soon: Taliban supreme leader
PM Modi gets highest approval rating among 13 world leaders
New Delhi, Sep 6 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has the highest approval rating among leaders of 13 countries, the latest figures of Morning Consult's Global Leader Approval Rating Tracker show.
According to data collected by Morning…
Modi chairs high-level meeting on Taliban threat
NEW DELHI: To assess the changing situation in Afghanistan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday chaired a meeting with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Foreign Minister S Jaishankar, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Home Minister Amit…
Iran condemns siege of Panjshir by Taliban, says it is against international law
Tehran, Sep 6 (UNI) The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Monday said that the blockade of Panjshir Valley in Afghanistan by the Taliban contravenes international law and humanitarian law.
The ministry reiterated Tehran’s position that there is…
160 climbers granted permits to summit 2 Himalayan mountains inside Nepal
Kathmandu, Sep 7 (UNI/Xinhua) As many as 160 mountaineers have received permits to climb two Himalayan mountains inside Nepal in the fall season as of Monday despite the continued threat posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, Nepal's Department of…
Qatar Emir discusses efforts to strengthen security in Afghanistan with US State Secretary
Doha, Sep 7 (UNI/Sputnik) Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani held talks in Doha with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, they spoke about Afghanistan after the seizure of power in the country by the…
Ahmad Massoud appeals to Afghans to join resistance, calls Taliban more vicious, more cruel
Kabul, Sep 6 (UNI) Resistance leader Ahmad Massoud on Monday appealed to Afghans in the country and abroad to “rise up against a crippling humiliation being brought on us today by foreigners” and said that the world is under the mistaken…
Collapse of the Last bastion of Resistance in Afghanistan
The fall of Panjshir, (acronym for Land of Five Lions) to the Taliban forces has completed the washout of any democratic, peaceful or secular administration in the incessant strife ridden Afghanistan. After the fall of Trump…
Eight Bangla-born candidates to contest Federal Elections in Canada
Dhaka, Sep 6 (UNI) Eight Bangladeshi candidates are contesting the 44th federal elections in Canada to be held on September 20.
Eight Bangladeshis were nominated from Canada's mainstream political liberals, two from the Conservative Party,…
Jaishankar meets Danish PM, talks on Indo-Pacific, Afghanistan and EU
Copenhagen, Sep 5 (UNI) External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Sunday called on Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen of Denmark during which the discussion focused on the Indo-Pacific, Afghanistan and on the European Union’s global role.…
