The Janus-faced pseudo Afghanistan analyst community — local and foreign — is in overdrive telling all and sundry about the futility of peace-making with a treacherous Taliban. That the blood-thirsty Taliban did not keep their side of the deal and that the United States military
Sanaa/New York: Ahmadiya Juaidi’s eyes are wide as she drinks a nutrition shake from a large orange mug, her thin fingers grasping the handle. Her hair is pulled back and around her neck hangs a silver necklace with a heart and the letter A. Three weeks
New Delhi: India and China have agreed to set up a hotline between their foreign ministers as the two nuclear-armed neighbours look to reduce tensions along a disputed Himalayan border where their troops have been locked in confrontation since last summer. The decision was reached at
Yangon: Myanmar police fired rubber bullets to disperse protesters in Yangon on Saturday, after the country’s ambassador to the United Nations broke ranks to make an emotional plea for action against the military junta. The country has been shaken by a wave of pro-democracy protests since
United Nations: The United Nations and European members of the Security Council called on Israel to stop demolitions of Bedouin settlements in the Jordan Valley, and for humanitarian access to the community living in Humsa Al-Baqaia. In a joint statement at the end of a monthly
Geneva: The UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet has expressed her continuing concern over the deteriorating human rights situation in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, expressed this concern while updating the 46th session of the UN
Mogadishu: The United Nations Security Council voted Thursday to renew the mandate of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), a peacekeeping force first deployed in the country in 2007. According to a statement issued by the UK at the United Nations, all UN members unanimously
Srinagar: The All Parties Hurriyat Conference and other Hurriyat leaders and organizations have said that permanent peace in South Asia is not possible without a just settlement of the Kashmir dispute. They welcomed the announcement made by Pakistan and India to strictly observe all agreements, understandings
Washington: In its first statement on occupied Kashmir, the Biden administration has urged India and Pakistan to hold direct talks on the issue, and welcomed an agreement between the two neighbours to de-escalate tensions along the Line of Control (LoC). Both India and Pakistan announced on
New York: United Nations has welcomed as positive step the agreement between the militaries of India and Pakistan to observe ceasefire at the Line of Control in the disputed Kashmir region, and hoped that it would pave the way for more talks between the two