21-10-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies MOSCOW/ KABUL/ WASHINGTON/ ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan’s new Taliban rulers won backing from 10 regional powers at talks in Moscow for the idea of a United Nations donor conference to help the country stave off economic collapse and a humanitarian catastrophe. On Wednesday, …

20-10-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies UNITED NATIONS/ KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: The UN has announced a nationwide polio immunization campaign in Afghanistan for the first time in many years. Children’s agency UNICEF said they had the full support of the Taliban for the project due to begin in …

19-10-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KARACHI/ NEW DELHI: The President Pink Pakistan Trust Dr Zubaida Qazi said that there are many factors that lead to breast cancer around the world and obesity, having a first child after the age of 35 years and late marriages are some most …

16-10-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Taliban authorities pledged to step up security at Shia mosques after the second Daesh attack in a week on worshippers killed more than 40 people in the Afghan city of Kandahar on Friday. Daesh claimed responsibility for the attack …

15-10-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KANDAHAR/ KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Shia’s blood had not only been declared the “world most cheapest human blood but neither the American, African, European, Asian and Australian regimes could accept this reality yet nor believe that dozens of terrorist organizations including Daesh, ISIS, …

15-10-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ KANDAHAR/ ISLAMABAD: Multiple casualties are feared in Afghanistan’s Kandahar after a bomb blast targeted a mosque in the city Friday. According to a local political leader, many casualties are feared in the bomb blast. Meanwhile, dozens Shia people were killed in a …

14-10-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + BBC ISLAMABAD/ KABUL/ ASADABAD: Seventeen-year-old Israr was fast asleep when his phone rang. It was 2am and the teenager was exhausted. He’d been working all day as a guard. On the other end of the line was his brother, who told Israr …

13-10-2021 By SJA Jafri +Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Kabul resident Rahela Nussrat, 17, is in her final year of high school, but she has not been able to attend classes. The reason: Afghanistan’s new rulers have decided to keep teenage girls out of school for now. Last month, …

By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies DOHA/ KABUL/ WASHINGTON/  MADRID/ ISLAMABAD: : The Taliban will hold joint face-to-face talks with European and US envoys, the EU said on Monday, as the Afghan leaders pursue their diplomatic push for international support. Afghanistan’s new rulers are seeking recognition, as well …

11-10-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies DOHA/ KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Senior Taliban representatives have said they had “positive” discussions with a delegation from the United States in the Qatari capital Doha, and have begun a meeting with the European Union representatives. It was the first face-to-face meeting between …