Taliban Chief Slams Foreign ‘Interference’ in His ‘Islamic’ Governance The Taliban’s reclusive supreme leader Friday ruled out any talks or compromise on his “Islamic system” of governance in Afghanistan… July 1, 2022 Aimeast
India Bans Single-Use Plastic Thursday afternoon in Kolkata, India, fruit seller Tanvir Alam sat behind a basket of mangos on the sidewalk of a… July 1, 2022 Aimeast
UN Rights Council: Taliban Seek to Erase Women, Girls From Public Life Delegates attending an urgent debate at the U.N. Human Rights Council on the status of women and girls in Afghanistan… July 1, 2022 Aimeast
India’s Top Court Says Former BJP Spokesperson’s Prophet Comment Set ‘Country on Fire’ India’s top court has slammed a former spokesperson for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party for making controversial comments on the… July 1, 2022 Aimeast
Taliban Hold Islamic Scholars’ Huddle to Show Strength, Legitimacy Afghanistan's Islamist Taliban arranged Thursday a men-only conference of about 3,500 mostly clerics and tribal elders from across the country… June 30, 2022 Aimeast
US Visa Called Too Expensive for Afghan Students For Breshna Salaam, the Taliban's return to power in Afghanistan last year meant a return to the same extreme poverty… June 30, 2022 Aimeast
US Argues Against ‘Pure Isolation’ to Advancing Interests in Afghanistan US official tells VOA: 'We are advancing these interests through engagement' ... June 30, 2022 Aimeast
US Believes China Still Hoping to Take Taiwan Without Force Fears that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine would spur China to take a similar approach to Taiwan do not appear to… June 30, 2022 Aimeast
Communal Tensions Rise in India After Muslims Arrested in Hindu Man’s Killing Internet services have been suspended in the western Indian state of Rajasthan, while in the city of Udaipur, a curfew… June 30, 2022 Aimeast
Taliban to Convene All-Male Meeting of Clerics, Elders for Afghan Unity Debate Afghanistan’s Islamist Taliban have invited about 3,000 religious scholars and tribal elders from across the country to a meeting Thursday… June 29, 2022 Aimeast
Taliban-US Huddle in Doha on Afghan Frozen Funds, Economic Issues The United States and the Taliban are scheduled to hold talks in Qatar later this week that are expected to… June 29, 2022 Aimeast
India Arrests Media Fact-Checker, Sparks Press Freedom Concerns Police in Delhi have arrested the Muslim co-founder of a fact-checking website for allegedly “hurting religious sentiment” of Hindus. Media… June 29, 2022 Aimeast
Bangladesh Jails Critics of Landmark Bridge Project Police in Bangladesh have arrested two men over their social media posts criticizing a new multibillion dollar bridge that has… June 28, 2022 Aimeast
US Pledges $55 Million to Afghan Quake Response The United States will give nearly $55 million in immediate humanitarian assistance to people impacted by a recent earthquake in… June 28, 2022 Aimeast
Indian Migration into Culturally Diverse Australia Increasing According to National Census Indian immigration to Australia has surged, overtaking China, according to national census data released Tuesday. The survey, which is held… June 28, 2022 Aimeast
Attack on Pakistan Anti-Polio Team Kills 3 People Gunmen in northwestern Pakistan killed three members of a polio vaccination team and injured another Tuesday, even as the country… June 28, 2022 Aimeast
California Muslim Community Fundraising for Afghan Earthquake Relief International aid is beginning to reach areas of eastern Afghanistan devastated by a deadly earthquake. But relief officials say much… June 28, 2022 Aimeast
India Arrests Prominent Rights Activist, Triggering Outrage The arrest in India of a prominent human rights activist accused of criminal conspiracy and fabrication of evidence against Prime… June 28, 2022 Aimeast
UN Appeals for $110 Million for Afghan Quake Response The United Nations made an urgent appeal Monday for $110.3 million to provide livesaving assistance to more than 360,000 Afghans… June 27, 2022 Aimeast
Taliban’s Alleged Extrajudicial Killings in Afghan District Worry UN, Rights Groups Taliban authorities in Afghanistan are being accused of carrying out extrajudicial killings and other human rights abuses as they attempt… June 27, 2022 Aimeast