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Bangladesh: Why Indian Muslims’ voice against anti-Hindu violence matters
It is reassuring to see some noted Indian Muslim intellectuals and scholars including a few Ulema come out and call spade a spade.
Pakistan: Bheel family tortured, for fetching drinking water from mosque
Attackers reportedly related to a local Parliamentarian of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, police has not even registered a case
We do not recognise a Taliban govt: Afghan students in Pune
Afghan students from various Pune colleges came together outside the Savitribai Phule University to voice their dissent against the Taliban and Pakistan
EXCLUSIVE: Craig Whitlock exposes the Secret History of the War in Afghanistan
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‘Taliban Are Unlikely To Reform’
Afghan Women's Greatest Fears May come true even under Taliban 2.0
Indian Muslims and the Allure of Sharia
The Failure to Condemn the Taliban Can Only Mean That the Dream of Establishing Islamic State and Implementing Sharia Is Widely Shared By Indian Muslims
Taliban 2.0: Old laws in newer package?
Better PR skills cannot hide the chaos that continues at Kabul airport, or the firing at Jalalabad where two people were killed and a dozen injured
Undaunted by temple attack, Pakistani Hindu stuck in India, wants to go home
A Pakistani Hindu man, stranded in India with his three children after his wife died in April, is pleading with the authorities to let him return to Pakistan before his country’s Independence Day on August 14
Islamabad: Journalist Asad Ali Toor attacked in his own home
Attack on Toor is yet another distressing reminder of how vulnerable journalists working in South Asia are, especially if they question the government
Manipur: CCM applauds HC order allowing safe passage to Myanmar refugees
The people’s group requested central and state governments to uphold humanitarian rights and obligations
Manipur Human Rights group resolves to help Myanmar refugees
Decides to write to PM about plight of those feeling violence given historical, demographical and cultural links
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