Taliban leader stands firm on his Islamic governance in Afghanistan Islamabad, Pakistan — The Taliban’s reclusive supreme leader ruled out any compromise Wednesday on his hardline Islamic governance in Afghanistan despite… 04/10/2024 Aimeast
In battleground state of Uttar Pradesh, India’s Modi has strong support Uttar Pradesh, India — After spending a morning loading his freshly harvested sugar cane crop onto a cart under a blazing… 04/10/2024 Aimeast
Resettling Afghans Facing Expulsion From Pakistan Poses Challenge for UNHCR Nearly half a million Afghans have approached the UNHCR office in Pakistan for resettlement since the fall of Kabul to… 11/04/2023 Aimeast
Militants Raid Pakistani Air Force Base After Killing 17 Soldiers Elsewhere Pakistan’s military said Saturday a predawn militant raid on an air force training base in the central city of Mianwali… 11/04/2023 Aimeast
Nepal Quake Kills 128, Reduces Village to Rubble At least 128 people were killed and scores more injured after a powerful quake hit western Nepal, reducing some buildings… 11/04/2023 Aimeast
Resettling Afghans Facing Expulsion From Pakistan Pose Challenge for UNHCR Just after sunset on Nov. 1, police arrived in Fatima's predominantly Afghan neighborhood on the outskirts of Pakistan's capital Islamabad.… 11/04/2023 Aimeast
Toxic Haze Blankets India’s New Delhi, World’s Most Polluted City Again A thick layer of toxic haze choked Indian capital New Delhi on Friday, and some schools were ordered closed as… 11/03/2023 Aimeast
Insurgents Kill 14 Soldiers in Southwestern Pakistan Heavily armed insurgents ambushed a military convoy in Pakistan’s southwestern Baluchistan province Friday, killing at least 14 soldiers. The attack,… 11/03/2023 Aimeast
Regional Rivals Turkey, Iran Find Common Ground on Gaza War Iran’s foreign minister visited Ankara Wednesday amid growing regional rivalry as Turkey seeks to expand its influence from the Caucasus… 11/02/2023 Aimeast
Blinken Heads to Japan, South Korea, India After Middle East Visit U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will head to Japan, South Korea and India next week after his meetings in… 11/02/2023 Aimeast
India Probing Phone Hacking Complaints by Opposition Politicians, Minister Says India's cybersecurity agency is investigating complaints of mobile phone hacking by senior opposition politicians who reported receiving warning messages from… 11/02/2023 Aimeast
Afghan Musicians in Pakistan Worried About Pakistan’s Planned Deportation Afghan musicians who fled to Pakistan after the Taliban takeover in 2021 are concerned about deportation. The Pakistani government's deadline… 11/02/2023 Aimeast
Kazakhstan Welcomes France’s Macron under Moscow’s Disapproving Gaze French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Kazakhstan on Wednesday on the first leg of a trip to Central Asia, a… 11/01/2023 Aimeast
Thousands of Afghans Seek Asylum in US, Congress Yet to Pass Adjustment Act The number of Afghans seeking asylum in the United States has jumped to 19,000 over the past two years, marking… 11/01/2023 Aimeast
Afghan Journalists in Pakistan Concerned as Deadline for Deportation Looms Afghan Journalist Nasima Rawnaq's visa extension in Pakistan was rejected for the second time, and "no reasons [were] given for… 11/01/2023 Aimeast
Businesses Brace for Slump as Pakistan Evicts Undocumented Afghans As Afghans residing illegally in Pakistan leave on Islamabad's orders, many local business owners are seeing labor shortages and a… 10/31/2023 Aimeast
Deportation Deadline Triggers Exodus of Afghans from Pakistan Tens of thousands of Afghan migrants on trucks and other vehicles rushed to the border Tuesday, the last day of… 10/31/2023 Aimeast
UN Chief Urges Peace From Site Venerated as Buddha’s Birthplace U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres made an impassioned plea for peace on Tuesday from a Nepalese site venerated as Buddha's birthplace,… 10/31/2023 Aimeast
Two Killed in Anti-Government Protest in Bangladesh Two people were killed and dozens injured in clashes in Bangladesh on Tuesday between anti-government protesters and police on the… 10/31/2023 Aimeast
Mumbai Becomes Second Indian Mega City to Battle Dirty Air India’s financial capital, Mumbai, is grappling with surging levels of air pollution, a relatively new phenomenon in a city whose… 10/31/2023 Aimeast