India is preparing to welcome a Taliban minister for the first time

Desk Report: A UN Security Council committee has temporarily lifted the travel ban on Amir Khan Muttahida Qadri, the foreign minister of the Taliban government in Afghanistan, clearing the way for his visit to India between October 9 and 16, the Indian Ministry of External Affairs said on Friday (October 3). If the visit goes ahead, it will be the first visit to India by a top Taliban leader since the group returned to power in 2021. India and Afghanistan have historically had close ties, but ties have deteriorated since…

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Bodies of children covered in Nakshi Kantha, Afghans bury dead in rubble

Desk Reports : “I buried three babies in one grave with my own hands. Two more young men in another grave,” Afghan national Nasrallah Khan choked as he spoke. According to a Reuters report, Nasrallah had traveled six hours to the Dewagul Valley in Kunar province to help with rescue efforts in the earthquake-hit areas. He told Reuters, “The first person I met here lost 18 members of his family. In most of the houses in the affected areas, only two or three survived, the rest died. This is the…

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