Taliban’s ‘suffocating crackdown’ destroying lives of women and girls – new report
The lives of women and girls in Afghanistan are being devastated by the Taliban’s crackdown on their human rights, Amnesty International said in a new report published recently. Since they took control of the country in August 2021, the Taliban...
August 3, 2022
Afghanistan a year after the Taliban occupation: War on human rights
The word “anniversary” usually brings about happy and memorable moments. But Aug. 15 marks one year since the Taliban takeover...
June 23, 2022
Targeted attacks force Sikh minority to flee from Afghanistan
At least 111 Sikhs have been granted emergency visas in neighboring India after a Sikh gurdwara was stormed by extremists...
January 28, 2022
The West Co-opts the Taliban
The series — Reflections on Events in Afghanistan-40— points out how the recent three-day conclave in Oslo between a crore...
January 20, 2022
Hi-tech weapons left in Afghanistan by US Army turn up in Kashmir as militants flaunt them in video
Photo-YouTube The retreat of US-led NATO forces from Afghanistan at an unprecedented pace saw a massive haul of sophisticated weaponry...
January 5, 2022
Why the Taliban’s biggest headache is the political elite of Pakistan
By M.K. Bhadrakumar* Reports of the recent period are indicative of tensions between the Taliban forces and the Pakistani military...
October 13, 2021
Afghanistan tackles the Islamic State
Photo-Wikipedia By Vijay Prasad* On October 8, a terrible blast struck the worshippers attending Friday noon prayers at the Gozar-e-Sayed...
August 24, 2021
Taliban capture four Indian helicopters
Taliban fighters with Indian helicopter. Photo- Twitter By SAT News Desk MELBOURNE, 24 August 2021: Before the fall of Kabul...
August 23, 2021
Taliban conduct judgement based on past actions, say academics
By Neeraj Nanda MELBOURNE, 23 August 2021: The astonishing Taliban 2.0 takeover in Kabul on 15 August 2021, is being...
August 22, 2021
MUSINGS: Afghanistan in my album and later…
Afghanistan stamps in my album. By Neeraj Nanda MELBOURNE, 22 August 2021: Afghanistan is making news for reasons we all...
August 13, 2021
NEWS ANALYSIS: Afghanistan back to square one
By Neeraj Nanda* MELBOURNE, 13 August 2021: The security situation in Afghanistan is rapidly deteriorating amid the capture of provincial...
August 6, 2021
Heela Najibullah: ‘The US treated Afghanistan as a project’
In an interview with DW, the daughter of the former Afghan president and socialist leader Mohammad Najibullah criticized the US...
June 29, 2021
NEWS FOCUS: Has India abandoned Afghanistan?
India’s PM Narendra Modi and President of Afghanistan Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, in New Delhi, 2018. Photo: PIB By SAT News...
June 3, 2020
Withdrawal of US troops could spell disaster for Afghanistan
US troops provide important protection for Afghans against insurgents in the war that started with 9/11 nearly 19 years ago,...