The United States’ withdrawal from Afghanistan culminated with a hastily organized airlift that left thousands of U.S.-allied Afghans behind and was punctuated by a suicide bombing outside Kabul’s airport that killed 13 U.S. troops and scores of Afghans.

Qatar FM encourages Afghan leaders to reconcile on national goals on his high level visit to Afghanistan to earn international recognition. He adds that their cooperation in governance is essential for Afghan development, flow of aid which is held back and lasting peace for the region.

Afghans are reduced to sell their possessions as livelihoods crush, economy plummets and cash in the bank starts to dry. Is selling their possessions to pay for food the solution to overcome hunger or can they expect worse to come?

Ever since the dossier, the #IndianArmyWarCrimes is trending on Twitter as netizens demand the international community to hold India accountable. Seems like Pakistan is once again reminding the international community of what the Indian Army does in IIOJK. 

US reality show "Activist" gets backlash for trivializing "activism" by turning it into a game. Activists such as Jameela Jamil and Nabiha Islam criticize this show and argue that money spent on this show could be given for actual activism instead to fight real issues in the world.

UNHCR chief claimed that as Taliban's statements on Afghan women rights contradict reality, their other pledges need to be taken with a metaphorical grain of salt in the backdrop of its ethnic Pashtun dominated cabinet and zero women representation.

Taliban co-founder Baradar negated viral news about his death through an audio statement and called them "fake propaganda" by media. He claimed that he is all well and working hard with the cabinet to put into practice policies and governance framework.

While investment in youth is a promising and rewarding one for the economic and social progress of the nation, unfortunately, in Pakistan, such investment is limited, despite 60 percent of its population being below the age of 30. We look at the role one training institute set up by by the FWO with Japanese cooperation, Construction Technology Training Institute (CTTI), plays to help youth employment through prioritizing vocational skills.

The Taliban recently recovered gold and money worth $6.5 million from the house of former Vice President of Afghanistan, Amrullah Saleh. Video of the Taliban stacking gold bricks and money into bags has been making rounds on social media.

“The Taliban would welcome joining CPEC, China would also be very happy,” said Rustam Shah Mohmand, Pakistan’s former ambassador to Afghanistan.

Alipay, with more than one billion users in China and other Asian nations including India -- was told to spin off its profitable micro loan business.

Notorious for their brutal and oppressive rule from 1996 to 2001, the Taliban had promised a more inclusive government this time.