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Afghanistan has been listed top in countries most affected by terrorism last year. This is according to the Global Terrorism Index published by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP). In 2021, Afghanistan was the least peaceful country in the world as it was most affected by terrorism, local news reported. 1,426 deaths from...

Amid the looming no-confidence motion against his government, Imran Khan’s woes multiplied as he faces another rebellion in his party from a former senior minister of Punjab Aleem Khan, according to media reports. Aleem Khan announced joining Jahangir Khan Tareen’s group of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) legislators on Monday, saying he wants to reorganise...

A group of Afghans gathered in Toronto city of Canada to defend women’s rights in Afghanistan. The protesters carried placards and chanted slogans like “The Taliban have not changed”, and “Cooperating with Taliban is a crime against humanity.” Since coming to power in August last year, the Taliban have targeted women,...

China has set its lowest annual GDP target in decades, as premier Li Keqiang warned of a “grave and uncertain” outlook against the backdrop of the coronavirus, a slowing economy and the war in Ukraine. Li announced on Saturday the unusually modest target of about 5.5% growth for 2022 – the lowest since 1991...

Medics staged protests in Afghanistan, to demand their full pay. The doctors and other employees at a COVID-19 hospital over nonpayment of their salaries. Some held protests of 'don't steal from us’ as they marched through the streets, local media reports. The economy in Afghanistan has been collapsing, leading to mass...

A newly published report by a UN agency has warned that China will be among the countries hardest hit by global warming. According to a report published by UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), China needs to do more to adapt to mounting climate hazards. It will need to find...

Afghanistan’s former Minister of Mines and Petroleum, Nargis Nehan has warned that leniency towards the Taliban will prove disastrous. He said such move would embolden fundamentalist groups elsewhere to stage similar takeovers. He told European Foundation for South Asian Studies’ Director Junaid Qureshi, Nargis Nehan who now lives in Norway as a political refugee...

Parts of North China have experienced a shortage of natural gas in what is blamed on the harsh winter season. Experts also blamed the jump in prices to international price factors that have been on an all-time high in recent weeks. International media quoted Ma Chenchen, writing in YICAI Global who...

Women have started a trending hashtag in Pakistan ahead of the Women’s Day’s celebrations set for March 8. The hashtag ‘#SaveDaughtersOfSindh’ trending in the country has been trending the whole week, informed by discrimination and lack of recognition. In Pakistan’s Sindh, women have been on the receiving end, prompting the hashtag...

Taliban has announced it will no longer allow further evacuations of Afghans from the country. The Taliban government Spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said the move was taken to ensure situation of those already abroad improves. Mujahid told a news conference that the government had noted that the situation of some of the Afghans evacuated were living in...