International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) will celebrate Sri Sri Jagannath Dev's traditional nine-day Rath Yatra festival in Bangladesh amid tight security. An ISKCON priest said that ...

Pakistan on Friday announced it will upgrade its diplomatic ties with Afghanistan and appoint an ambassador to the country, a major indicator of improvement in ties between the neighbours.

The 760-kilometer rail corridor will run from Termez in Uzbekistan through Mazar-i-Sharif and Logar in Afghanistan to Pakis­tan via the Kharlachi border crossing in the Kurram district.

In Afghanistan, the rapid turnover of ambassadors and generals, along with the deployment of a new division every year or two, was the antithesis of building a learning organization.

There are girls in Afghanistan who enjoy the same freedom as boys. Throughout history, women have disguised themselves as men to navigate entrenched social roles. They have dressed as men to fight ...

Pakistan has followed in China's lead in upgrading diplomatic ties with Taliban-ruled Afghanistan. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by AP and Reuters) ADNAN AAMIR. June 4, 2025 11:28 JST.

Atefeh Aslami, who works in the cafe, fled from Afghanistan but now fears she won't be granted asylum in America. "If I go back to Afghanistan, the Taliban will kill us," she said.

Shahid Afridi was recently welcomed by a Kerala community in Dubai. Cochin University B.Tech Alumni Association organised the controversial event. Afridi blamed India for security failures ...

Since retaking power, the Taliban has banned certain music, barred women from parks, and now outlawed chess. Authoritarians don’t just crush dissent—they criminalize joy.

President Trump's travel ban on a dozen countries includes Afghanistan. Since American troops left in August of 2021, many Afghans have already arrived in the U.S. but many more are still waiting.