Tag Archives: Afghanistan

• India and Iran agree port deal, reviving trade ties 24 May 2016 | Ali Noorani This post has no comments yet

  India agreed Monday to finance the development of an Iranian port as a trading hub, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi sought to revive economic ties with Tehran after the lifting of sanctions. ...

• Afghan woman stoned to death for ‘adultery’ 4 November 2015 | Hashim Safi This post has no comments yet

  A young Afghan woman was stoned to death after being accused of adultery, officials said Tuesday, a medieval punishment apparently recorded in a video that harks back to the dark days of Taliban rule. ...

• China appoints special envoy for Afghanistan 19 July 2014 | Ben Blanchard This post has no comments yet

  China's Foreign Ministry said on Friday that it had appointed a special envoy for Afghanistan, underscoring Beijing's concerns that the withdrawal of NATO troops will leave a hotbed of militancy on its doorstep. ...

• Afghans ignore Taliban threats to elect new president 15 June 2014 | Praveen Menon and Mirwais Harooni This post has no comments yet

  Millions of Afghans turned out for a second time on Saturday to elect a successor to President Hamid Karzai on Saturday, a decisive test of the country's ambitions to transfer power democratically. ...

• Afghans vote in landmark poll, undeterred by threats 5 April 2014 | Hamid Shalizi and Jessica Donati This post has no comments yet

  Voting was largely peaceful in Afghanistan's presidential election on Saturday, with only isolated attacks on polling stations as a country racked by decades of chaos. ...

• Insurgents attack Indian consulate in Afghanistan 3 August 2013 | Rafiq Shirzad This post has no comments yet

  Suicide bombers attacked the Indian consulate in Afghanistan’s eastern capital Jalalabad on Saturday, killing nine people, including children, mostly in an adjacent mosque, officials said. ...