India Resumes Canadian Visa Services India has decided to resume visa services for Canadians after suspending them in September amid recent frosty diplomatic relations, India’s… 10/25/2023 Aimeast
Canada Admits Nearly 40,000 Afghans, Willing to Take More Canada is on the brink of fulfilling its commitment to accept 40,000 Afghans before the end of this year. The… 10/25/2023 Aimeast
Poliovirus Vaccination Volunteer Hopes for Polio-Free Afghanistan Inayat Amran, a resident of eastern Khost province in Afghanistan, has been working as a poliovirus vaccination volunteer for the… 10/25/2023 Aimeast
Pakistan Moves to Create Deportation Centers as Afghan Migrant Deadline Nears The Pakistani government approved the creation of several deportation centers for hundreds of thousands of illegally residing Afghan nationals they… 10/24/2023 Aimeast
Freed Journalist Recalls Ordeal in Afghan Prison An Afghan-French journalist who spent 284 days imprisoned in Afghanistan has recalled how he was beaten, nearly choked, and interrogated. … 10/24/2023 Aimeast
WHO Regional Election Sparks Nepotism Concerns in Bangladesh The coming election to choose the World Health Organization's next chief of the South-East Asia Regional Office, or SEARO, has… 10/23/2023 Aimeast
Pakistan Indicts Khan For Allegedly Leaking US-Linked Secret Cable A special court in Pakistan indicted Imran Khan, the jailed former prime minister, and his deputy Monday on disputed charges… 10/23/2023 Aimeast
Widow of Killed Pakistani Journalist Sues Kenya Police A widow of a Pakistani journalist who was shot dead by police in Kenya after he fled arrest in his… 10/23/2023 Aimeast
Restricted Rights Put Afghan Women, Girls in ‘Deadly Situation’ During Quakes Women and girls are in a “not only difficult ... but deadly” situation following recent earthquakes in Afghanistan because of… 10/22/2023 Aimeast
Former Pakistani PM’s Return May Not Bring Back Civilian Control, Analysts Caution Pakistan’s three-time former prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, returned to the country Saturday after living in self-imposed exile for four years… 10/22/2023 Aimeast
Fugitive Ex-Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif Returns From Self-Exile Pakistan's former three-time Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif returned home Saturday after four years in self-imposed exile, months before a general… 10/21/2023 Aimeast
Afghan Quake Survivors Face Staggering Health Consequences The World Health Organization warns that tens of thousands of survivors of a series of powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquakes that… 10/21/2023 Aimeast
India Conducts Space Flight Test Ahead Of 2025 Crewed Mission India successfully carried out Saturday the first of a series of key test flights after overcoming a technical glitch ahead… 10/21/2023 Aimeast
Afghan Refugees Return Home as Pakistan Threatens Arrests, Expulsions Officials in Pakistan say tens of thousands of Afghan nationals have left the country, returning to Afghanistan this month following… 10/20/2023 Aimeast
Pakistan Court Blocks Arrest of Ex-PM Nawaz Sharif Upon Return From Self-Exile In a rare ruling, a federal court in Pakistan restrained authorities Thursday from arresting the convicted former prime minister, Nawaz… 10/19/2023 Aimeast
Taliban Says Plans to Formally Join China’s Belt and Road Initiative The Taliban administration wants to formally join Chinese President Xi Jinping's huge 'Belt and Road' infrastructure initiative and will send… 10/19/2023 Aimeast
Taliban Leaders Conspicuously Silent on Israel-Hamas War in Gaza Amid heightened tensions in the Middle East, the Taliban's supreme leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, has been notably quiet on the war… 10/18/2023 Aimeast
China, Pakistan Sign BRI-Funded Railway Project Deal China and Pakistan agreed Wednesday to boost cooperation under Beijing's Belt and Road Initiative, signing a key deal to construct… 10/18/2023 Aimeast
India’s Expanding Economy Fails to Pull Women into Workplace India's expanding economy was expected to bring more women into the workforce, but in the world's most populous nation, their… 10/18/2023 Aimeast
Poll: Most US Adults View Afghanistan As An Adversary A new survey finds that most American adults perceive Afghanistan as an adversary rather than an ally of the United… 10/18/2023 Aimeast