India moved on Monday to implement a 2019 citizenship law that has been criticised as discriminating against Muslims, weeks before Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks a rare third term for his Hindu nationalist government.
MONITORING (SW) – The Indian government has granted e-visa to over 100 Afghan Sikhs and Hindus, on priority, after the targeted attack against the community in Kabul on Saturday, sources told NDTV.
monitoring (SW) – The Indian Ministry of External Affairs said a team of officials led by J.P. Singh, Joint Secretary of Pakistan-Afghanistan-Iran division in the Ministry, will hold talks on humanitarian requirements during a trip to Kabul.
MONITORING (SW) – Counter-terrorism experts from India, Pakistan and other member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) on Monday deliberated on boosting cooperation in combating various regional security challenges at a meeting hosted by New Delhi.
MONITORING (SW) – India and France has expressed serious concern about the humanitarian situation and violation of human rights in Afghanistan while calling for an inclusive and representative government in the country.
MONITORING (SW) – Iran has offered to assist shipping Indian aid of wheat for the people in Afghanistan facing a humanitarian crisis.
MONITORING (SW) – India has proposed to host an in-person meet of the National Security Advisors (NSA) on Afghanistan in Delhi in November. Key stakeholders in the region, including Russia, China, and Pakistan, have been invited to the meet.
MONITORING (SW) – The Afghan Embassy in New Delhi has announced to begin evacuation of its citizens who were stranded in India.
KABUL (SW) – An award winning Indian journalist associated with the Reuters news agency got killed in clashes between the security forces and the Taliban insurgents in Kandahar.
HERAT CITY (SW) – A number of mortars have been fired by the Taliban insurgents on the Afghanistan – India Friendship Dam in Herat province, said an official.
MONITORING (SW) – India has for the first time opened channels of communication with Afghan Taliban factions and leaders, including Mullah Baradar, against the backdrop of the rapid draw-down of US forces from Afghanistan, the Hindustan Times reported.
MONITORING (SW) – India has topped the world with new coronavirus cases on fourth consecutive day on Sunday with 349,691 new cases.
