Days after vowing to respect women's rights in Afghanistan, the Taliban have issued their first 'fatwa' after the country's takeover last week, Afghan media reported.
A group of Indian nationals were taken to an unknown location near the Kabul airport for verification of travel documents. They were reportedly released later without any harm.
Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying says there is no set model of democracy, and notes Chinese govt has enjoyed an above 95% approval rating for years.
The Indian Air Force transport aircraft landed at Dushanbe, Tajikistan, after evacuating the Indians, and is expected to arrive Saturday evening at the Hindon airbase near Delhi.
Afghan scholar Hanif Sufizada, who works at University of Nebraska, got caught in Kabul during the chaos of the US pullout, when thousands of Afghans fled to the airport.
Zabulun Simintov, 62, had earlier agreed to be evacuated from Afghanistan but later backed out as he faces possible jail time in Israel for refusing to divorce his wife for more than 20 years.
Taliban has said their government will uphold women’s rights within Sharia rules, but reports of violence against women, and previous history don’t inspire confidence in such assertions.
Two questions are pertinent: Why does the Trump administration keep making the same mistakes on the peace proposal? And what does a hurried peace plan mean on the ground?
While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
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