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Finance Ministry notifies changes in FDI policy under FEMA law

Prior approval of government mandatory for foreign investments, to prevent the opportunistic takeover of domestic firms

23 April 2020 12:42 PM IST

Today, Pakistan has disputes with both its Muslim neighbours, Afghanistan and Iran.

Forgetting core issues, Pak busy punching Trump, India

The weird thing is, the militarised state is telling us that it is doing all of this. In plain words, directly and right...

28 Aug 2017 12:29 AM IST

Whispers of War: An Afghan Freedom Fighters Account of the Soviet Invasion by Masood Khalili, Sage, Rs 495

Book review: Walking through Kabul, in the shadow of war

As someone who spent her childhood there, and who is distressed when Afghanistan is imagines as a forsaken wilderness...

13 Aug 2017 2:00 AM IST

Afghan women take selfies outside a theatre in Afghanistan. (Photo: AFP)

Afghans find some escape as 'family cinema' opens in Kabul

Kabul's movie halls are popular with raucous male audiences who clap and whistle at screens wreathed in clouds cigarette...

16 March 2017 9:17 AM IST

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti (Photo: PTI/File)

Kashmir cannot become Afghanistan or Syria: Mehbooba Mufti

Terming Jammu as a live example of Kashmiriyat, she lamented that you can no longer see a Pandit, a Muslim and a Dogra...

31 Jan 2017 11:14 AM IST

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Pak fixation on India setting it on a collision course with US

Pakistan's India-centred strategic paradigm is one of the biggest drags on the country's progress.

5 July 2017 2:27 AM IST

Afghanistans foreign minister Salahuddin Rabbani (Photo: AP)

Pakistan destabilising Afghan situation, says Salahuddin Rabbani

Minister Salahuddin Rabbani also praised India for its consistent support to the war-torn country's reconstruction and...

23 March 2017 1:52 AM IST

Iraqi men carry the body of a man killed at the site of twin bomb attacks at a busy market in Baghdads central al-Sinek neighborhood on Saturday. (Photo: AP)

Virtual reality brings home horror of hospital attacks

The Doctors Without Borders group is launching the film to counter surging attacks on medical facilities and workers in...

22 March 2017 6:20 PM IST

Women holding guns in Jawzjan province in northern Afghanistan. (Photo: Twitter)

In northern Afghanistan, bereaved women take up arms to fight ISIS

Nearly all of the women have lost a husband, son or brother to the Taliban or the newly active Islamic State in the...

15 Jan 2017 3:41 PM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Photo: AP)

Pak 'deeply concerned' over RAW activities, 'nexus' with Afghan intel

Pakistan claimed some foreign elements were using the Afghan soil to foment trouble in the country.

13 Jan 2017 6:13 PM IST

A NATO soldier keeps watch as his vehicle leaves Camp Qargha, west of Kabul, Afghanistan.(Photo: AP)

Explosion hits largest US base in Afghan, 4 killed, 14 hurt: NATO

'We can confirm that there was an explosion at Bagram Airfield this morning just after 5:30 am,' said military.

12 Nov 2016 10:28 AM IST

Krishma Naz, 22, presenter of a music show, sits during recording at the station. Zan TV launches on Sunday with a staff of all female presenters.

Afghan women break ground with TV launch

Female newsreaders appear regularly on many Afghan channels, but an entire station for women is a novelty.

20 May 2017 2:34 AM IST