Afghanistan

Millennials fear nuclear attack in next decade: survey

8:05 pm January 16, 2020

Geneva: More than half of millennials fear there will be a nuclear attack somewhere in the world within the next decade, according to a survey by the Red Cross released on Thursday. Some 47 per cent of respondents to the poll of 16,000 young people also believed it was more likely than not that there […]

Afghan govt ready to engage in peace talks: NSA Mohib

6:14 pm January 15, 2020

New Delhi: The Afghan government is ready to engage in peace talks, but if that call is not answered by those fighting to subvert democracy then they will have to face the full force of the country, Afghan National Security Advisor Hamdullah Mohib said on Wednesday. His remarks come amid talks between the Taliban and […]

Gujarat Assembly passes resolution supporting CAA

11:38 pm January 10, 2020

Gandhinagar: The Gujarat Legislative Assembly on Friday passed a resolution congratulating Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah for securing the passage of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act. The resolution, which was opposed by Congress MLAs, claimed that persecuted minorities from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan were not offered Indian citizenship by earlier governments […]

Iranians mass for funeral in hometown of general killed by US

2:09 pm January 7, 2020

Kerman: Iranians gathered in Kerman for the burial Tuesday of top general Qasem Soleimani in the final stage of funeral processions after he was killed in a US strike in Iraq. The massive number of mourners in the hometown of the slain commander of the Revolutionary Guards’ foreign arm appeared to match the huge turnout […]

Don’t want to comment irresponsibly without full knowledge: Kohli on CAA

7:13 pm January 4, 2020

Guwahati: India captain Virat Kohli has refrained from making any comments on the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), without gaining full knowledge on the sensitive subject. The CAA will grant Indian nationality to people belonging to minority communities — Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians — in Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan after six years of […]