The first Shahid Minar tends to get obscured by the more renowned and iconic Shahid Minar that is commonly associated with the Language Movement. The second memorial was built a few years later.

Under Taliban rule in Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001, women were confined to their homes, not permitted to attend school or work most jobs.They had restricted access to healthcare and weren’t allowed ...

Shahidullah Shahid, a former Taliban spokesman who pledged allegiance to ISIS, has been killed in an airstrike in eastern Afghanistan, an agency said.

Located a little over 400 km west of Kabul, whose citizens are waking up to a regime change and bracing for a life under Taliban, is a tiny district called Shahrak. Here, in this nearly inaccessible ...

For the last part of the series, we take you to Dhaka's first Shaheed Minar, erected at DMCH on February 23, but demolished only three days later. For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's ...

On Saturday, they shifted their sit-in demonstration twice — first to the Gandhi statue from Shahid Minar and again to the Y-Channel in the evening.

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Officials in Afghanistan said Saturday that recent U.S. airstrikes it assisted destroyed the top leadership of a fledgling local affiliate of the Islamic State of Iraq and ...

As Afghanistan secured their spot in the semi-finals of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup after beating Bangladesh, the former Pakistan cricketer Shahid Afridi was full of praise for them - and said they ...

Anisa Shaheed fears women's freedoms will be curbed again if the Taliban come to power. ... Anisa was named journalist of the year by Afghanistan's Free Speech Hub network in April.

Shahidullah Shahid, a former Taliban spokesman who pledged allegiance to ISIS, has been killed in an airstrike in eastern Afghanistan, an agency said.