The appeal letter to Asian governments comes from 100 organizations including ActionAid, APCASO, Asia Dalit Rights Forum, Asia Pacific Alliance for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, Asian Peoples Movement on Debt and Development (APMDD), Global Call to Action Against Poverty -Asia (GCAP-Asia), Oxfam International, South Asia Alliance for Poverty Eradication, Fight Inequality Alliance India and 50 prominent individuals.
“We are a rapidly growing...
According to a ministry’s statement, the operations were carried out in Lashkargah, Nahr-e Siraj, Nawa and other districts of the southern Helmand province.
As many as 106 Taliban, including eight of its commander, were killed and 37 others wounded in Afghan raids in the province.
Clashes between government forces and the insurgent group displaced many families in the province.
There was no immediate...
India’s official count of coronavirus cases surpassed 20 million Tuesday, nearly doubling in the past three months, while deaths officially have passed 220,000. Staggering as those numbers are, the true figures are believed to be far higher, the undercount an apparent reflection of the troubles in the health care system.
The country has witnessed scenes of people dying outside overwhelmed hospitals and funeral pyres lighting up...
The U.S. Secretary of State reaffirmed his country’s support and assistance to Afghanistan, including its development, economic, humanitarian and support for the war-torn country’s security forces.
Mr. Blinken also said that "we spent a good deal of time consulting with NATO allies" in connection with Biden's decision.
“We intend to be very active diplomatically in terms of trying to advance negotiations and a political settlement...
Gunmen on Monday afternoon opened fire and killed three Afghan security personnel in Shor Bazar area, first district of capital, Kabul, said provincial police spokesman Ferdaws Faramarz.
A police investigation was underway, according to the spokesman.
There was no claim of responsibility for the attack.
Afghanistan is experiencing a nationwide spike in bombings and targeted killings....
Progress in political and security situation, peace efforts, U.S.-backed peace conference in Istanbul, regional and international support to peace efforts and a new chapter of relations between Afghanistan and the international community in the post-pullout time were discussed, according to a statement by Abdullah’s office.
On Monday, May 3, Khalilzad, the U.S. State Department’s Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, visited Kabul, where he met...
U.S. Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley pointed to an Afghan military that numbers more than 300,000 and "has been leading the fight for quite a few years now" as a crucial element in determining the future of the country as the final US withdrawal officially commences.
"On the one hand you get some really dramatic, bad possible outcomes, and on the other hand...
During the meeting that took place Sunday evening, President Ghani’s former Vice President and an Uzbek warlord Marshal Abdul Rasheed Dostum said he would resist if any group tended to take power forcefully, said Hashmatullah Arman, member of Afghan Lower House of Parliament (Wolesi Jirga).
Afghanistan’s peace process, U.S. continued support to the country as well as the U.S.-backed Turkey peace conference.
Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S....
This member of the insurgent group wanted to place an IED at a side of a road in the provincial capital of Maidan Wardak province to target civilians and security forces, said police spokesman Mohammad Hofiani.
The bomb detonated, killing the planter himself, according to the spokesman.
There were no other casualties, he said.
There was no immediate comment from the Taliban.
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Akbar Pacha, a tribal elder, was killed after unidentified gunmen stormed his house last night, said Mohammad Lal Amiri, provincial police spokesman.
The perpetrators managed to flee the area, according to the spokesman.
Efforts were underway to hunt down the assailants, he added.
There was no claim of responsibility for the murder.
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