Haji Bashar Noorzai was convicted of smuggling heroin to finance Taliban's operations and given life sentence 2009. Taliban has been demanding his release since 2020.
Guantanamo was selected because it was under full military control, but outside the US and therefore beyond the reach of American courts – or so Bush thought.
EU AND JAPAN SIGN FREE TRADE PACT
After four years of negotiations, the European Union and Japan agreed Thursday to create the world’s largest free trade zone.
The issue of the Muslim quota has the potential to polarise SCs, STs, and OBCs along religious lines in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. It benefits the BJP.
Speaking at launch of economist Surjit Bhalla’s book, S Jaishankar also highlights Gen Z’s engagement with ‘reel culture’, which has 'promoted awareness, created interest in many subjects'.
Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
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