22-08-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies MELBOURNE: The Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police said yesterday’s anti-lockdown protests in Melbourne’s CBD were among the most violent he has seen in two decades. Chief Commissioner Shane Patton described the rally, which attracted thousands of people, as “disgraceful”. “What we saw …

21-08-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies MELBOURNE/ SYDNEY: Pretty impartial and fairly neutral experts believe that millions of Aussies are not only against Prime Minister Scott Morrison but also his regime may end soon because of world worst immigration policies, health, education, economic, interior and foreign even …

21-08-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ ISLAMABAD/ LONDON/ NEW YORK: Taliban fighters massacred nine (9) ethnic Shia  Hazara men after taking control of Afghanistan’s Ghazni province last month, Amnesty International has said in a new report. In the findings published on Thursday, witnesses gave accounts of …

19-08-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KARACHI/ KABUL/ LAHORE: For the last 20 years, the Kartei Sakhi shrine in west Kabul has been one of the main gathering places for the annual Ashura commemorations in the city. Every year, thousands of men, women and children in black …

19-08-2021 By SJA Jafri (Courtesy Al Jazeera) CANBERRA/ BRISBANE/ ISLAMABAD: Two refugees are taking the Australian government to court, arguing that their detention offshore was fundamentally illegal because they were children at the time. Cousins Mehdi and Adnan, who by chance travelled on the same boat from Jakarta to Australia, …

18-08-2021 By SJA Jafri + BBC KABUL/ NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD: The Taliban’s blisteringly fast takeover of Afghanistan has stunned security and diplomacy experts worldwide. Days after the fall of Kabul, nations are hurriedly evacuating their diplomats and citizens, leaving behind two decades of work and investments. The Taliban’s rout is …

Burqa not mandatory for women Mullah Baradar back in Afghanistan UK plans to resettle 20,000 Afghans Thousands Afghanis enter Pakistan 18-08-2021 By SJA Jafri KARACHI/ QUETTA/ ISLAMABAD/ KABUL/ WASHINGTON/ LONDON/ PARIS/ CANBERRA: Finally, after taking the control of Kabul by Taliban on 15th August 2021, the global hypocrisy, fraud and …

17-08-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ ISLAMABAD/ WASHINGTON/ RIYADH/ AMMAN/ DUBAI: The Taliban have declared an “amnesty” across Afghanistan and urged women to join its government, trying to calm nerves across a tense capital city that only the day before saw chaos at its airport as …

17-08-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ ISLAMABAD/ WASHINGTON/ DUBAI:  President Joe Biden acknowledged that the Afghan government collapsed more quickly than he expected and suggested that they had lacked the will to stand up to the Taliban. “The truth is, this did unfold more quickly than …

16-08-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ WASHINGTON/ ISLAMABAD:  It’s just past 4:00 am there, and many in the country will undoubtedly be waking up to a completely changed country. Here’s what’s happened over the last few hours: The Taliban has effectively gained control of Afghanistan – …