Pakistani airstrikes on Afghanistan killed 9 people and injured 11 more on Thursday, the Afghan Taliban government said, amid an escalation in fighting between the South Asian neighbours after three months of relative calm.
The strikes destroyed three houses in Kunar and Helmand provinces, Afghan Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said...
A dispute over who controls the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police has become the main institutional flashpoint between Pakistan’s federal government and the PTI-led provincial administration, with Chief Minister Muhammad Sohail Afridi pressing for direct provincial authority over the force while the federally appointed governor and Islamabad resist the move.
The dispute...
In Nepal, 10 people are missing after an avalanche struck the base camp of Himlung Himal in the western part of the country near the Tibet border, said expedition organisers today. Expedition organiser Mingma Gyalje Sherpa said the avalanche struck the camp this morning.
The evacuation followed a weather warning...
In Nepal, 21 people have been killed, five remain missing and five others have been injured following four days of torrential rainfall, flooding and landslides.
According to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority, or NDRRMA, landslides accounted for the majority of the casualties, claiming 14 lives and leaving...
China has penalised 10 people accused of spreading false information about casualties following devastating floods that struck parts of Tibet and Nepal, adding a new information-control dimension to a major humanitarian disaster.
The Ministry of Public Security’s cybersecurity protection bureau said the individuals had circulated what authorities described as false...
A month after the devastating flash floods hit Nepal's central and northern districts, at least 1,453 people have died and 5,285 remain unaccounted for, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA).
NDRRMA said the bodies of 1,451 people have been recovered so far, while two others...
Nepal Prime Minister Balendra Shah has called for the creation of a Himalayan Climate Resilience Mechanism, jointly led by Nepal, India and China, following devastating flash floods in the Himalayan region. Addressing the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly in his maiden speech last night, Prime Minister...
Pakistan’s military has developed an extensive economic presence that reaches far beyond its formal defence role, with interests spanning land, housing, agriculture, logistics, banking, manufacturing and other commercial sectors. Much of this activity operates through laws, government procedures, welfare foundations and military-linked enterprises, creating a system in which senior...
Nepal Prime Minister Balendra Shah called for grant-based international support at the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday to help the Himalayan nation recover from the glacier flood that killed at least 1,450 people.
Shah said in New York that Nepal’s recovery and reconstruction needs were estimated at about 10%...
Bangladeshi Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has called for collective international action on climate change and the Rohingya crisis, outlining five urgent measures in each area during his engagements at the United Nations Headquarters.
Addressing a high-level meeting on “Climate Action and the Just Transition”, PM Rahman called for reducing greenhouse...
