At the Herat Security Dialogue in Madrid, The Independent also met Nigara Mirdad, deputy head of mission at the now shut-down embassy of Afghanistan in Poland. Mirdad was in hospital in September ...

One of these fault lines passes directly through Herat, increasing the area's risk of seismic events. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a ...

Ali, the boy next door, was a Hazara, and the local bully; Banayee became his principal victim. For years, Banayee was kicked, beaten, spat at, pelted with mud and sewage, called a “sissy” and ...

When I was 16, I wanted to become a suicide bomber for the Taliban in Afghanistan.” This must be the strongest opening sentence of any memoir of the 21st century, and the following 300 pages do not ...

HARIPUR: Jamaat-i-Islami will use its street power to push for a separate Hazara province, insists party’s regional chief Abdul Razaq Abbasi. Speaking at the ‘Meet the Press’ programme here ...

Afghanistan is one of the most dangerous countries in the world for Christians and other religious or ethnic minorities, including Hazaras, Hindus, and Sikhs. The Taliban offer neither religious ...

Hafez Sadatnejad told ISNA that while the railway became operational in 2020, it was designed as a four-segment route between Khaf in northeastern Iran and Herat in western Afghanistan. Two segments ...

The 14th anniversary of the establishment of the “Lovers of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)” Cultural and Quranic Institution in Herat was commemorated with the widespread presence of reciters, cultural ...

The collective gasp in the sanctuary on Sunday was audible. Amidst the celebrations of Palm Sunday, my pastor told us about the email that around 25 members of our community had received just days ...

According to Serai Saleh Station House Officer (SHO) Raja Mumtaz, the accident occurred near the Shah Maqsood interchange, approximately six kilometers from district headquarters on the Hazara ...

Local Dandenong resident and Afghan refugee Mohammad Asif Fayaz is seeking to publish a newly written memoir, shedding light on the harrowing experience of living under Taliban rule, especially for ...