Mohammad Akbar, known as Afghanistan’s “saffron father,” died on September 14 at the age of 83 in his home province of Herat in the country’s west.
Millions of students across Pakistan have returned to classes following a six-month break due to the coronavirus pandemic. Higher education institutions and senior school classes reopened on September 15 for the first time since they shut down in March.
Millions of students in Pakistan returned to classes on September 15 after a break of six months, as schools and colleges began to reopen for the first time since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus.
A Pakistani soldier was killed and three others wounded when their vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in the northwestern South Waziristan tribal district.
The Afghan government intensified calls for a cease-fire with the Taliban on September 14 as Kabul and the militants began the second day of historic peace talks.
As delegations of Afghan society and the hard-line Taliban Islamist movement decide the agenda of expected lengthy talks over their country’s future political system, the issue of a cease-fire between their combatants looms large over the peace process.
Pakistani authorities on September 14 arrested a suspect in a gang-rape case that led to nationwide outrage after a police official appeared to blame the victim because she was driving at night without a male companion.
The most intense of the clashes on September 12 were in Kunduz, where the Taliban again jostled with security forces for control of key highways and the Afghan military deployed air and artillery strikes.
By sharing with her 17,000 followers on social media her sense of style that comprises a mix of East and West heavily influenced by Afghan, Pakistani, and Indian designs, Safia’s goal is to place her country, Afghanistan, on the fashion map.
The Pakistani military says it has killed a “terrorist” commander and three other militants in the country’s northwest.
Peace talks between the Taliban and Afghan government are to begin in earnest on September 13 and will possibly include a discussion of a lasting cease-fire.
Afghan government officials, Taliban extremists, and U.S. officials are in the Qatari capital, Doha, for the negotiations that opened on September 12 designed to bring permanent cease-fire, ensure the rights of women and minorities, etc. (Reuters)
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