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In its latest report to the United States Congress, the Special Investigator General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) has detailed Washington’s decision to cut off the Taliban government’s access to billions in funds and assets that has led to devastation across the cash-strapped nation. The top watchdog report says that ...

Taliban courts will resurrect harsh physical punishments, including chopping off the hands of convicted thieves, The Telegraph has been told. Judges and officials said the punishments, which became notorious under the Taliban's 1990s emirate, were a necessary part of Islamic law and would be revived now they had taken ...

India and the US are carefully watching Pakistan’s actions in Afghanistan in light of Islamabad’s role in backing the Taliban, foreign secretary Harsh Shringla said as he wound up a three-day visit to Washington during which the situation in the war-torn country was a key part of discussions. Shringla ...

Washington: Expressing India's security concerns due to the ongoing situation in Afghanistan, Foreign Secretary Harsh V Shringla on Friday said that Pakistan has "supported and nurtured" the Taliban that replaced the elected government.He also said that the recently-adopted United Nations Security Council's (UNSC) resolution on Afghanistan "most important" as ...

Senior officers call action against 2 ACDs, 11 BDOs harsh action Srinagar, June 13: A section of senior officers of administration call order issued by Rural Development Department as ‘harsh action’ of suspension of 2 ACDs and 11 BDOs saying that they have not embezzled funds rather payment made ...

File Photo GENEVA : World Health Organisation (WHO) has awarded Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan with ‘WHO Director-General Special Recognition Award’ for his accomplishments in the area of tobacco control.Every year, WHO recognises individuals or organisations in each of the six WHO Regions for their accomplishments in the ...

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Monday said Covid-19 variant B.1.617, which was first detected in India, is the most common mutation detected till now.“Till now, 25,739 samples have been sequenced,” he said at a Group of Ministers meeting. “Out of this, 9,508 samples have been found to ...

HARIDWAR (Uttarakhand) : Baba Ramdev on Sunday withdrew his statements on allopathic and modern medicines after receiving a strong-worded letter from Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan who called his remarks “inappropriate”.“We do not oppose modern medical science and allopathy. We believe that allopathy has shown immense progress in ...

India oi-Ajay Joseph Raj P | Published: Saturday, March 20, 2021, 23:12 Chandigarh, Mar 20: Holding the laxity shown by people as the reason behind the recent surge in coronavirus cases, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Saturday urged them not to let their guard down against the ...

AP — Iran’s impoverished southeast has been experiencing wide disruptions of internet services, experts said, as unrest gripped the remote province after fatal border shootings. Several rights groups reported in a joint statement that authorities shut down the mobile data network in the restive province of Sistan and Baluchestan, ...