OIC chief calls for Muslim world to mobilize against Taliban ban on female education
The organization’s secretary-general said in a speech at a Fiqh Academy meeting that the Taliban's decision was not based on texts in Islamic law....
Rashid Khan named new Afghanistan T20I captain
Rashid will take over from Mohammad Nabi who resigned as T20 captain after Afghanistan fell out of the World Cup in Australia earlier this year...
Russia launches 69 missiles at Ukraine two days ahead of New Year
Brigadier General Oleksiy Hromov of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said the missiles were fired at "critical and energy infrastructure facilities in the eastern, c...
Afghanistan: UN stops some programs amid ban on female aid workers
The UN warned that many other activities will also likely need to be paused because of a ban by the Taliban-led administration on women aid workers....
Women’s participation in aid delivery must continue in Afghanistan: UN committee
The UN committee said that women employees have access to populations that their male colleagues cannot reach and are critical to safeguarding the communities w...
Taliban official arrested on corruption charges in Kandahar
Sources say the official has been accused of ‘financial corruption’, has been removed from his post and is being held in custody...
Buffalo recovers from paralyzing winter storm as death toll rises
Buffalo started a massive clean up on Wednesday, after a severe blizzard brought the city to a standstill with record snowfalls over the past few days....
Karzai says a ‘grand dialogue’ needs to happen to save Afghanistan
The former president said while he was ‘cautiously’ optimistic about a grand dialogue, it would be premature of him to say it would happen soon...