2021-04-09
After a Taliban commander raped and shot a 16-year-old girl, members of the militant group imprisoned her parents for filing a complaint in a Taliban court over the heinous crime.
2021-04-07
A video clip circulated online shows a child pleading with a Taliban commander to stop whipping him, but the militant refuses and continues what many describe as a disturbing 'un-Islamic' act.
2021-02-19
The Taliban punched, kicked, flogged and administered electric shocks to those who did not give detailed answers to their extracted confessions, not caring whether they were true or false.
2021-01-25
Putin's property is 39 times the size of Monaco and features a casino inside a 17,691-square-metre mansion, along with an ice rink and vineyards.
2021-01-12
Counter-narcotics police have destroyed more than 34 tonnes of drug precursor chemicals smuggled from Iran.
2021-01-02
One year after a Ukrainian airliner was shot down by Iranian forces, killing all onboard, Tehran continues to obfuscate the details of what happened and shield culpable, top commanders.
2020-12-29
The former Soviet Union and its successor, Russia, are at the root of four decades of problems in Afghanistan, protesters in Herat city said.
2020-10-29
'Operation Fox Hunt' is a campaign waged by Beijing to harass, stalk and coerce opponents of the Chinese regime's leadership.
2020-09-08
The programme seeks to enhance co-operation between locals and security personnel to halt crime and insecurity.
2020-08-28
Author Paul Overby, 77, disappeared in 2014, while civil engineer Mark Frerichs, 58, was abducted earlier this year.