Stories from South Asia
Kabul was brought to a virtual standstill last week after protests broke out in the western parts of the city over the arrest of Abdul Ghani Alipoor, a Hazara militia commander. He was arrested on charges of operating illegal armed […]
The provincial capital was besieged by the Taliban in August and security remains tenuous
Unconfirmed reports suggested the five-day siege of the southern Afghan province of Ghazni by the Taliban had caused a lot of damage
Hundreds of troops, police and civilians have been killed just weeks after Eid ceasefire
The ignored warnings and slow government response to Taliban onslaughts raise difficult questions, writes Ruchi Kumar in Kabul