Fatima Sultani, an 18-year-old Afghan woman, spoke to TOLOnews and said she and companions reached the summit of Noshakh in the Hindu Kush mountains, which is the highest peak in Afghanistan at 7,492 metres

Pandit Jasraj, the doyen of Indian classical music, passed away at the age of 90 following a cardiac arrest in New Jersey, the US, on Monday

Idli, the staple breakfast fare for millions of Indians,  particularly those in South India, will now kindle global interest with US Senator and Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaking about the dish, opine chefs

The first foreign expedition team of this climbing season has arrived in Pakistan to summit a 6,500-metre high peak in Shimshal Valley of Gilgit-Baltistan, a top official said

After sending off thousands of migrants back to their hometowns, Indian film actor Sonu Sood has now extended his altruism to save 12 Filipino children, suffering from acute liver disease and requiring an organ transplant urgently

At least 513 animals were reported to have gone "missing" from Islamabad's Marghazar Zoo, a media report said

In some good news for the country, a Bangladesh scientist, who also discovered jute polymer and is behind the invention of "Sonali Bag", has come up with a method of making biodegradable protective gear in a promising solution to the additional environmental pollution during the coronavirus pandemic

Afghan civil society institutions and women’s rights activists have said that a recent order by President Ashraf Ghani in which he ordered the establishment of the High Council of Women is only a "symbolic" move towards women’s empowerment, adding that there is a need to increase women’s presence in the government institutions on the threshold of the intra-Afghan talks

The last six years have been good for hilsa fishing in the south of Bangladesh

Former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni - considered a cricketing legend because of his exploits on the world of international cricket for 16 years - has announced his retirement in an Instagram post

With a cure for coronavirus still not known, more and more people are turning to Ayurvedic Kadha decoctions to keep the virus at bay

The first phase of Islamabad's inaugural public fruit garden has been completed after 200 saplings were planted on a greenbelt adjoining a major road in the Pakistani capital, the media reported on Friday

Those who follow Bollywood, anywhere in the world, are taking note of the iconic Mughal-e-Azam, which completed 60 years this month, as its screenplay, written by four veterans of that golden age of the Hindi film industry enters the official Oscars library

Two Afghan sisters have opened a restaurant in Bamyan, which is currently the only restaurant in the city that is fully managed by women

Amid the rising Coronavirus cases and deaths across the world, a heart-warming story has emerged from coal city Dhanbad in eastern India where a man was reunited with wife and child after 20 years