When border guards stopped her escape to India, Maheshwori Nepali was furious. “I felt very angry that they were holding me up and asking me so many questions,” she says. Born into one of Nepal’s lowest castes — the Dalits — she was seeking the promise of a better life over the border. “In my village, we have very severe… Read more »
hailand are now the only unbeaten team in the tournament and stand at the top of the table ahead of UAE and China by virtue of their superior net run-rate. UAE had been the early pace-setters in the ICC Women’s Asia Qualifier 2019 which is being held in Bangkok until 27th February but their hopes of winning the competition and… Read more »
A series of coordinated explosions targeting telecommunication towers in at least a dozen places across Nepal Friday night has fuelled speculation that there may be a political agenda behind the blasts. The explosions resulted in the death of one person, while at least three others were injured.Advertising Bahadur Gurung, a Nepali citizen who retired from the Singapore police service a… Read more »
Uzbekistan has aspirations to become a second Mecca, a destination for pilgrims from all over the world. Central Asia’s most populous country boasts a wealth of well-preserved mosques and shrines in famous silk road cities like Samarkand and Bukhara. For millions of Uzbeks these are sacred places. But for the Uzbek government they also represent an opportunity to boost tourism… Read more »
Tensions between Pakistan and India have peaked after a Thursday bombing against armed Indian security forces. 40 confirmed paramilitary deaths have resulted from the horrific event. Responsibility has been claimed by the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) jihadist group, based out of Pakistan. This tragedy is the worst India’s seen since Kashmir’s insurgency three decades ago. India’s Lt Gen KJS Dhillon accused Pakistan of… Read more »
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/mbs-saudi-prince-mohammad-bin-salman-taliban-militants-meeting-afghan-war-pakistan-a8782276.html Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman is likely to meet Afghan Taliban representatives during his visit to Pakistan on Sunday, in an effort to broker an end to Afghanistan’s 17-year-old civil war, Pakistani government sources have said. Pakistan has been playing an increasingly vital role in the Afghanistan peace talks, which have been gathering momentum in recent months amid a growing US desire to pull out its… Read more »
On Tuesday, Moscow will begin hosting peace talks that have sparked controversy before they have even begun. There is anger over the two-day “intra-Afghan dialogue”, both from the Taliban, who will be attending, and the marginalised administration of President Ashraf Ghani. On Monday, representatives of the radical Islamic group founded on anti-Soviet resistance confirmed a delegation would travel to the land of their once-sworn enemy. They will… Read more »
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/bhopal-gas-leak-anniversary-poison-deaths-compensation-union-carbide-dow-chemical-a8780126.html When the gas first started seeping into their thatch and wooden homes, many residents of the poorer neighbourhoods of Bhopal, India, thought they were being afflicted by a neighbour burning chillies. It was only when they went outside, coughing and with stinging eyes, that they saw the devastation wrought by the worst industrial accident the world has ever seen; 40 tonnes… Read more »
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/india-kashmir-pakistan-threat-imran-khan-jem-car-bomb-paramilitary-a8786196.html Mothers in Kashmir should tell their sons to put down their arms or be prepared to see them dead, India’s top military commander in the contested region has said after an unprecedented suicide bomb attack. Responsibility for the bomb, which killed 40 paramilitary police, has been claimed by Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) jihadist group. Pakistan’s prime minister, Imran Khan, has now responded for the first time, saying… Read more »
My first article was on the recent State of the Union address by Donald Trump where he declared his plan to take troops out of Afghanistan. The United States has been intervening in the Middle East for seventeen years now, America’s longest war. Trump argued the case that the United States troops have almost completely defeated all of the Islamic… Read more »