Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan appoints new Prime Minister
The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has appointed Maulvi Abdul Kabir as its caretaker prime minister - the second most powerful position in the country after supreme...
Pakistan Supreme Court rules Imran Khan arrest illegal, orders immediate release
Pakistan's Supreme Court has ruled that former prime minister Imran Khan's arrest on corruption charges on Tuesday was illegal and has ordered his immediate release....
Imran Khan supporters take to streets after former PM’s arrest
Imran Khan supporters are taking to the streets across Pakistan after the former Prime Minister was arrested earlier today in Islamabad.
Tens of thousands...
Indian education authorities remove Mughal history chapter from textbooks
Indian education authorities have deleted a chapter about Muslim Mughal rulers and references to the 2002 Gujurat massacre from school textbooks.
The changes have been introduced by...
Ex Indian MP shot dead on live TV by suspects chanting Hindutva battle cry
A former Muslim MP in India has been shot dead on live TV by men chanting the Hindutva battle cry “Jai Shri Ram.”
Atiq Ahmed...
Afghan authorities ban nepotism in public bodies
In a crackdown on nepotism, the Afghan authorities have ordered that the sons of public officials appointed to public bodes be fired and replaced...
Islamic Emirate officials take over Afghan embassy in Iran
Officials from the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan have taken over official duties in the Afghan Embassy in Tehran - making Iran the latest country to...
Afghanistan announces record customs revenue collection
The Afghan authorities have announced that they collected £934m in customs revenue in the last fiscal year - nearly £300m more than the previous...
Pervez Musharraf – the man who helped the U.S. invade Afghanistan – dies
Pervez Musharraf, the former military dictator of Pakistan and the man who facilitated the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, has died aged 79 in Dubai.
Musharraff...
Survey: Afghanistan is far less corrupt now than under NATO occupation
Transparency International, a Berlin-based corruption watchdog, has ranked Afghanistan 150th in its annual corruption perception index for 2020 - 24 places higher than under...
