Geopolitics

Indian PM Modi calls Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, offers medical help

New Delhi/Kabul: Following a series of deadly attacks which killed nearly 150 people in Afghanistan in the last ten days, the country's President Ashraf Ghani received a call from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who expressed his condolences about the recent loss. more

Ghani refuses to take Abbasi's call

Kabul: Following Taliban attacks on its soil, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has declined to take a phone call from Pakistan's Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, reported local Tolo ...

Following Kabul attack, NDS chief lambasts Pakistan

Kabul: Following the deadly Kabul attack, which accounted for 103 deaths, the Afghanistan National Directorate of Security (NDS) chief Masoom Stanekzai lambasted Pakistan for trying to sa ...

US urges Pakistan to arrest Taliban leaders following Kabul attack

Washington/Islamabad/Kabul: In the wake of the Kabul hotel attack, which accounted for at least 43 lives, the United States of America has called on Pakistan, asking it to arrest and expe ...

India, US condemn Kabul attack which killed at least 40 people

Washington/New Delhi, Dec 29 (JEN): Both India and the United States of America condemned the Kabul terror attack which led to the death of at least 40 people, while injuring 30 others.

Pakistan: New data shows decline in ethnic Baloch population

Quetta, Sep 16 (JEN): The population of indigenous people in Balochistan has declined over the past 19 years, according to recent census data.

Afghanistan: UN-backed $550 million aid plan aims to reach 5.7 million people

New York, Jan 24 (Just Earth News): A newly-launched United Nations-backed humanitarian response plan for Afghanistan is seeking $550 million in 2017 to support the most vulnerable and margi ...

Afghanistan: International support to Kunduz remains essential, says UN Mission

New York, Nov 3 (Just Earth News): The United Nations will do everything in its power to support the people of Kunduz in, the political chief of UN mission in Afghanistan told Government off ...

Afghanistan: UN mission condemns killing of at least 15 civilians in airstrike

New York, Sept 30 (Just Earth News): The United Nations mission in Afghanistan has condemned the killing of at least 15 civilian men and the injuring of at least 13 others, including at leas ...

Afghanistan: UN aid chief calls for scaled-up support to one million people on the move

New York, Sept 8 (Just Earth News): Seeking $150 million for aid efforts in Afghanistan, the top United Nations relief official on Wednesday called on the international community to urgent ...