On Wednesday, December 7th, one of the Pakistan International Airlines flights crashed in the Havelian area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, about 77 miles north of Islamabad, their final destination. It is clear that there are no survivors, thus 48 tragic deaths are reported, one being a singer in one of Pakistan’s first major rock bands. Most bodies are not recognizable…. Read more »
With political tension deteriorating ising between Pakistan and Afghan, Afghan refugees are caught in the middle. It is frustrating for the refugees who have been living, working, marrying, and raising families in Pakistan. These refugees left Afghan to escape the fighting and now Pakistan is telling them they must return. Returning is not easy because refugees for the most part have… Read more »
KABUL: Captain Safia Ferozi, who was a refugee since childhood, is now flying a transport aircraft for Afghanistan air force. She is country’s second female pilot.This is a sign of the efforts being made by Afghanistan government to bring more women into the armed forces. The 26-year-old Ferozi is married to another pilot, who works in the same unit supporting army ground… Read more »
NEW DELHI: Afghanistan has asked Russia to respect state to state relations after the Russian ambassador to Kabul stunned the Afghan parliament by saying Russia and Taliban had shared interests in fighting ISIS/Daesh. Addressing the upper house of the Afghan parliament on the weekend, envoy Alexander Mantytskiy was quoted as saying, “Zamir Kabulov (a high-ranking official in Russia’s foreign ministry) said our interests… Read more »
A fire at a luxury hotel in the Pakistani city of Karachi killed at least 11 people and injured dozens on Monday, media reported.
With virtually no freedom of speech and harsh limitations on foreign press, Uzbekistan is a difficult country to remained informed on. Having never heard of any news coming from Uzbekistan, this documentary and article deeply troubled me. With comparisons to North Korea, this harshly governed country is facing a plethora of problems. Along with human rights violations and a false… Read more »
Uzbekistan is holding a presidential election on Sunday that is going largely unnoticed abroad. The successor to the late president, Islam Karimov, who held power for more than a quarter century, has already been chosen, and the authorities refuse to grant visas to foreign journalists. Our reporter Elena Volochine went to this central Asian country to film a report on… Read more »
Conflict seems to break out in Kashmir on a weekly basis. The increase in anti-India protests shows that the Indian military is losing control of the situation. I am surprised that only one civilian was killed because the large number of people protesting created a high risk level.
Pakistan issues permits for controlled hunting of houbara bustards, a rare bird species, to wealthy Arabs from the Middle East but one province has now imposed a ban. Why?What are houbara bustards? Houbara bustards are a rare breed of migratory birds the size of a chicken. They migrate in their thousands every winter from Central Asia to the arid planes… Read more »
Afghan President Ghani and Indian PM Modi have lashed out at Pakistan for its “lack of cooperation” in the fight against terrorism. Ghani also snubbed Islamabad’s 500-million-dollar aid at the Heart of Asia conference. Speaking at the sixth Heart of Asia ministerial conference in the Indian city of Amritsar, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani urged Pakistani authorities to act against the… Read more »