Afghanistan

COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

Pak, Afghan resume transit treaty negotiations

8:36 pm July 13, 2019

Islamabad: Pakistan and Afghanistan have resumed the transit treaty negotiations, which collapsed in 2015 after Kabul insisted on including India in the talks, according to a media report. Pakistan’s exports to Afghanistan, which was at its peak at USD 2.4 billion in 2010-11, continued to fall and reached USD 1.3 billion in 2018-19 after the […]

Child suicide bomber kills 5 at Afghan wedding

1:46 pm July 12, 2019

Kabul: A 13-year-old suicide bomber blew himself up at a wedding in eastern Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, killing five people and injuring 11 others. Police official Fayz Mohammad Babarkhil said the child blew himself up early Friday at a wedding organized by Malik Toor, a commander of a pro-government militia. Toor died in the attack, and […]

British Museum announces return of looted Iraqi and Afghan artefacts

11:40 pm July 8, 2019

London: Looted ancient artefacts from Iraq and Afghanistan seized in Britain will be returned to their country of origin after appraisal by the British Museum, the institution said on Monday. The London-based museum revealed it has been working with law enforcement agencies including the UK Border Force and the capital’s Metropolitan Police to return the […]

US hails talks with Taliban, denies troop withdrawal window

9:08 pm July 6, 2019

Kabul: The latest round of talks with the Taliban – now in their second week – has been “very productive,” a member of the American negotiating team said Friday, while strenuously denying Washington sought a fixed deadline for the withdrawal of its estimated 14,000 troops from Afghanistan as part of a final peace deal. Negotiations […]

Sachin Tendulkar tests positive for COVID, quarantines himself at home

Dhoni did exactly what was right for the team: Tendulkar

6:55 pm July 3, 2019

Birmingham: Batting great Sachin Tendulkar did not find anything wrong with Mahendra Singh’s approach in the World Cup clash against Bangladesh as he felt the former captain put his team first. Tendulkar’s latest opinion was strikingly different from his criticism of the former captain a few days ago when he questioned the “lack of intent” […]