Afghanistan receives over 8,000 foreign tourists in two years
More than 8,000 foreign tourists visited Afghanistan over the past two years, local media TOLOnews reported Saturday, citing a government official.
More than 8,000 foreign tourists visited Afghanistan over the past two years, local media TOLOnews reported Saturday, citing a government official.
The March 22 attacks in Moscow have raised the spectre of international terrorism. While these terror strikes were claimed by the Islamic State, Russia suspects a Ukrainian hand in the attacks.
The notification of the rules providing mechanisms to implement the much-hyped Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) on March 11 by the Union government after a delay of more than four years and ahead of Lok Sabha elections has reignited the debate over this controversial legislation.
Reacting to Pakistan's airstrikes in Afghanistan, the White House has called on both the nations to address their differences through dialogue.
There is always a slip between the cup and the lip when it comes to Pakistan’s reality. What is publicly postured is seldom so. Creation of Bangladesh in 1971 was amongst the most powerful symbols of an unsustainable rationale for the only nation to be created in the name of religion.
Beijing began its initial economic engagement with Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001. The first project it got involved in was when a Chinese company won a 30-year lease in 2008 worth $3.5 million to develop a copper mine at Mes Aynak in Logar province.
Sources said that they are hiding near the hometown of Amin al Haq, the former security chief of Osama bin Laden.
Discussions focused on safety, security and early return of Indian nationals stranded in Afghanistan. The travel of Afghan nationals, especially minorities, who wish to visit to India also came up.
The letters are a traditional Afghan method of intimidation. They were used by mujahideen fighters during the Soviet occupation and then by the Taliban as both a propaganda tool and a threat.
Amidst apprehensions of renewed upsurge in terror strikes, the top commander of the Srinagar based strategic 15 Corps of the Army, Lt. General DP Pandey has said that the security situation in the Kashmir valley is under control and there is nothing to worry about the fallout of the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan.
