Celebratory gunfire was heard across Afghanistan’s capital Kabul after the last US troops pulled out of the country where it had arrived 20 years back for waging a war on terror in the aftermath of the terrorist attack in American in September 200

Indian states that did not face an intense second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic are now with the increasing trend of COVID-19 cases, showing early signs of the third wave,  Dr Samiran Panda, Head of Epidemiology and Communicable Diseases at the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR),  has said, He said it is important to not talk of India as a whole and to instead take a state-specific view when talking about COVID-19 because all the states are not homogenous

A National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe into the seizure of 300 kg heroin, five AK-47 rifles and 1,000 live rounds of 9mm ammunition off India's southwestern coast of Vizhinjam near Thiruvananthapuram has led to speculation that an international drug-running and weapon-trading racket may be aimed at reviving the Sri Lankan Tamil separatist group LTTE, according to the Indian Express

The ripple effect of US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan is making itself felt in Jammu and Kashmir

At least nine people have died and many were reported missing in Nepal as landslides and floods caused by incessant rainfall in the last three days wretched havoc in several parts of the country, affecting over 90,000 people

With Sri Lanka reluctant to take the International Monetary Fund’s bailout option to tide over its debt repayment crisis, a top US diplomat has advised Colombo to leverage the resources of the global lending agency to build for itself a firmer economic foundation

In a fresh war of words, bickering neighbors India and Pakistan have accused each other of using terrorism as an instrument of state policy to target one another

Despite the significant recovery in the country’s tourism industry, Moody’s downgraded the Maldives’ sovereign rating to Caa1 with a stable outlook from earlier B3, citing the drop in tax revenue collection and other factors

US air defense system on Monday morning intercepted at least five rockets fired at Kabul airport where thousands of US troops are still stationed, reported Reuters, as troops are racing to wind their presence

The Taliban, the Afghan Islamist group which seized power two weeks ago, has said that their country wanted to have “political and economic” ties with India and also sought to “improve” those relations

Faced with a deepening economic crisis, the Taliban has directed all banks in Afghanistan to limit cash withdrawal, permitting only $200 (roughly 2000 afghanis) per week per account holder as thousands of people lined up at banks which open on Sunday for the first time since the collapse of the US-backed Afghan government on 15 August

Opposition parties in Pakistan have expressed concerns over what they call the government’s “liberal” visa policy adopted for foreigners staying in Afghanistan and Afghan nationals after the Taliban took power, fearing terrorists might enter in the guise of transit passengers

In what could be an indication about its fresh entanglement with Afghanistan, the US on Saturday conducted an airstrike in the eastern part of the country, targeting an affiliate of terror outfit Islamic State-Khorasan (ISIS-K) and one of the masterminds of Thursday’s bombings at Hamid Karzai International Airport

In an apparent bid to prevent the leak of official information and documents, the Pakistani government has barred all its employees from using social media platforms and warned of disciplinary action in case of violation of its order

The Kabul attacks - that killed dozens of Afghans and 13 US service personnel - were carried out to demonstrate that the Taliban cannot provide the security it has been promising, Indian intelligence and security analysts have said