Caught smuggling 25kg gold, Afghan diplomat resigns

Zakia Wardak, the senior-most Afghan diplomat in India, has resigned from her position after reports emerged that she was caught at Mumbai airport last month for allegedly trying to smuggle 25 kg......

Former SC judge AM Khanwilkar sworn in as Lokpal chairperson

Former Supreme Court judge Ajay Manikrao Khanwilkar was administered the oath of office as the chairperson of the anti-corruption ombudsman Lokpal by President Droupadi Murmu in New Delhi on......

22 years after 2002 riots, Gulbarg society witnesses wedding

More than 22 years after 69 persons lost their lives in Ahmedabad's Gulbarg Society in one of the worst post-Godhra riots violence, a family residing there has found an occasion to celebrate with a......

'Challenges from Indian govt': Afghan embassy in Delhi shuts down

Afghanistan Embassy on Friday announced its permanent closure, citing 'persistent challenges from the Indian government', even as heads of its Mumbai and Hyderabad missions claimed to have assumed......

Afghan Paralympian makes debut after top-secret evacuation

IMAGE: Zakia Khudadadi of Afghanistan during her bout against Viktoriia Marchuk of Ukraine in the Women K44 -49kg Taekwondo quarter-final at the Paralympic Games in Chiba, Japan, on Thursday.......

Afghanistan's athletes arrive in Tokyo for Paralympics

IMAGE: Afghanistan's para athlete Zakia Khudadadi had made a video appeal for help to leave Kabul after the Taliban swept to power to compete in the Tokyo Paralympics. Photograph: Zakia Khudadadi......

Female Afghan athlete makes plea for help to get to Tokyo

IMAGE: In a video message from Kabul provided to Reuters by the APC's London-based Chef de Mission Arian Sadiqi, para-taekwondo athlete Zakia Khodadadi said that she felt "imprisoned", staying......

Disabled Indian-origin cricketer BEHEADED in South Africa

IMAGE: (Picture for representational purpose only) A physically disabled boy plays cricket. Photograph: Punit Paranjpe/Reuters In a brutal incident, a young promising South African Indian......

PHOTOS: Women paragliders soar through Kabul's skies

‘When I went up to the sky, I thought I was a bird which had just been freed from a cage’ Afghan paraglider Leeda Ozori, 21, prepares to practice in Kabul. Photograph: Mohammad......