Qatar, which was the venue for US-Taliban and intra Afghan peace talks and played a key role in bridging the gap between the two sides, has suggested that moderate voices among the Taliban leadership must be nurtured. This comes after Doha this week hosted the first round of talks between the Taliban, USA and EU … Read more
As Afghans pay surging prices for eggs and flour and stand in long lines at the bank, money changers like Enayatullah and his underground financial lifeline have found themselves in desperate demand. Enayatullah — his family name withheld — holds down a tiny point in a sprawling global network of informal lenders and backroom bankers … Read more
Roadside bombs killed at least five civilians and wounded seven others on Friday in Afghanistan, provincial officials said, while the Islamic state group claimed responsibility for the killing of a policewoman a day earlier. Omer Zwak, spokesman for the provincial governor in southern Helmand province, said the five killed were travelling by car near Lashkar … Read more
OYO’s travel data shows January 2020 (pre-covid) as being the most travelled month this year, followed by most cancellations in April 2020 due to the pandemic related lockdown. Indians love to travel and it’s no big surprise that India has even topped the travel charts as the most booked country! Meanwhile Delhi has been topping … Read more
Fifty-seven-year-old Parveen Kausar curses the day her youngest daughter Oniba and her husband stepped out of the country. Tears roll down Kausar’s cheeks as she looks at a fancy mug that has Oniba’s photographs on it. She wades through the piles of papers that have become part of her and her 70-year-old husband Shakeel Ahmad … Read more