By Mitra Majeedy in ToloNews, July 31, 2023 at 8:48 PMThe acting Foreign Minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, in the meeting with US officials in Doha stressed the need for the removal of sanctions, according to the Islamic Emirate’s spokesman. The spokesman, Zabiullah Mujahid, told TOLOnews that Muttaqi also urged the US to not create obstacles for the economic development of Afghanistan. “The obstacles should not be created ahead of Afghanistan’s development. The sanctions on the…
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report in The Express Tribune, July 16, 2023LAHORE: A Lahore High Court division bench, headed by Justice Ali Baqar Najafi, has set aside the trial court’s conviction and acquitted a suspected affiliate of the terrorist organisation al-Qaeda, according to its detailed verdict issued on Saturday. The court observed that a person offering their mobile phone for scrutiny could implicate them for any offence so this would amount to self-incrimination, which was prohibited under the Constitution.…
Report in Pakistan Today, June 13, 2023RAWALPINDI: A terrorist was killed and two were injured during an exchange of fire with security forces in the Spinwam area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s North Waziristan district on Monday, according to a statement issued by the military’s media affairs wing. “Own troops effectively engaged the terrorists’ location and after intense fire exchange, one terrorist was sent to hell, while two terrorists were injured,” the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said.…
report in The Daily Star, May 23, 2023Ensuring access to maternal services from skilled healthcare professionals is urgent since around 20,000 women still suffer from fistula in the country, according to experts. Obstetric fistula is a hole between the birth canal and bladder and/or rectum, caused by prolonged, obstructed labour without access to timely, and high-quality medical treatment. Another type of fistula termed an Iatrogenic fistula, is caused by a surgical error, most often during…
By Prithvi Man Shrestha in The Kathmandu Post, May 17, 2023Nepal and Bangladesh have agreed to make efforts to start trading of power from the upcoming wet season (June-November) with the export of 40–50MW electricity from Nepal, according to a member of the Nepali delegation to the bilateral talks held in Patuakhali, Bangladesh. During the fifth meeting of the secretary-level Joint Steering Committee on energy cooperation between Nepal and Bangladesh on Tuesday, the two sides…
By Maheesha Mudugamuwa in The Morning, Apr 16, 2023Sri Lanka is in consultation with all stakeholders for the introduction of a Debt-for-Nature Swap (DNS), an innovative financial solution introduced by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), according to Deputy Secretary to the Treasury R.M.P. Ratnayake. The Deputy Secretary to the Treasury told The Sunday Morning that the Government had been working on the debt-for-nature swap concept for a long time as Sri Lanka needed to finalise…
by Kavitha Makumbura in The Morning, Apr 4, 2023Further investigations are being carried out regarding various connections that Salindu Malshitha Gunaratne alias “Kudu Salindu”, is alleged to have had with terrorist groups, according to the relevant investigation officers. The officers have informed this to the courts today (04). They have stated before the courts that the investigations are being carried out into the relationships that “Kudu Salindu” is said to have had with pro-LTTE groups…
report in Khaama Press online, Apr 1, 2023A child was killed and three others injured when an Improvised Explosive Devise (IED) exploded in Southern Zabul province, according to local sources. The explosion caused by an IED of past wars resulted in the death of one child and the injury of three others in the Sarkhakan area of the Shah Joi district of Zabul province on Friday evening, Qari Zabiullah Jawhar, the provincial police spokesman said.…
By Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, March 26,2023The government is mulling sending an advance team to New Delhi to lay the ground for Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s upcoming visit to India, according to a top-ranking official at the Prime Minister’s Office. The team will jointly work with the Indian officials to set bilateral talks agenda even though the dates of Dahal’s trip are yet to be finalised. In the absence of a designated…
report in Dhaka Tribune, March 21, 2023Extrajudicial killings dramatically decreased in Bangladesh in 2022 compared to the previous years, according to a report published by the US Department of State on Monday. The US Department of State on Monday released the 2022 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, an annual report required by US law. Domestic human rights organization Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK) reported 19 individuals died in alleged extrajudicial killings or while in…
By Nizamuddin Rezahi in Khaama Press, Jan 15, 2023The Islamic Emirate (IEA) government said on Saturday that it would not permit any acts that violate Islamic law, and the concerns regarding restrictions on women’s rights will be dealt with according to the established rule of the IEA in the country. Taliban chief spokesperson, Zabiullah Mujahid said in a statement that, “the Islamic Emirate tries to regulate all matters in accordance with the Islamic Sharia, and…