Amid the rising Covid-19 cases in Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, its northern neighbor, has decided to close its borders with Afghanistan, media reports said. Uzbekistan’s embassy and consulates have also stopped issuing tourist visas to Afghans

Ahmed Siyam Mohemed, the leader of opposition in the Maldives’ parliament, has been heard calling for the hanging of a fellow lawmaker in an audio clip that went viral on the internet

At least five civilians were killed and 20 were wounded in a roadside explosion in the southern province of Kandahar in Afghanistan. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack

At least three people died and 21 were injured on Wednesday after a blast near the residence of banned Jamatud Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed in Lahore, officials said

In what is seen as yet another big jolt to Nepal’s caretaker Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, the country’s Supreme Court on Tuesday issued an interim order scrapping the appointments of 20 ministers to the council of ministers

Deborah Lyons, the United Nations envoy in Afghanistan, has criticized the Taliban’s recent “intensive military campaign”, warning that it would lead to continued violence in the country

Maldives has eased domestic travel restrictions, lifting the ban on non-essential travel as Covid-19 cases receded significantly in the past few weeks

The Taliban, the main Afghan insurgent group, can’t take over the whole of Afghanistan, said Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, adding any attempt to do so will lead to a long civil war

Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi’s recent refusal to call Osama bin Laden a terrorist in an interview with an Afghan media outlet is perplexing and defies logic and sends a wrong message to a global audience, leading Pakistani newspaper Dawn said in an editorial

Pakistan has signed an agreement with Pfizer Pakistan for 13 million doses of the American vaccine

Bharat Biotech's Covaxin, India's Indigenously-made Covid-19 jab, is 77.8 per cent effective in protecting against the deadly infection, according to data released from phase 3 trials conducted on 25,800 participants across India

The Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) on Tuesday said that all its leaders, who have been invited by the government will attend the all-party meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the future of Jammu and Kashmir in New Delhi on Thursday

Michelle Bachelet, the United Nations human rights chief, has expressed concern over the “sharp increase in violence” and harm to civilians in Afghanistan

Bhutan will diversify its export market outside the SAARC region, the country’s Economic Minister Loknath Sharma said, adding that five more exportable items will be identified in the future

In what seems yet another contentious claim, Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli said on Monday that yoga originated in Nepal and “there was no country like India in the past”.