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U.S. Airstrike Stops Suicide Bomber Outside Kabul Airport

The US has just executed a military airstrike in Kabul meant to target ISIS-K. The strike successfully killed an ISIS-K suicide bomber who the military believed was planning to launch another attack on the airport. “US military forces conducted a...

ISIS-K: Who is the ISIS Affiliate Behind the Kabul Airport Attack?

In his speech addressing the Kabul airport attack on Thursday, President Joe Biden said that "we will respond with force and precision, at our time, at the place we choose and at the moment of our choosing” against ISIS-K....

Biden on Kabul Airport Attack: “We Will Make You Pay”

President Joe Biden addressed the Kabul airport attack in Afghanistan which resulted in thirteen U.S. service members dying on Thursday. In an emotional statement, the President told those responsible that "We will not forgive. We will not forget. We...

Taliban Now Blocking Westerners from Reaching Kabul Airport

The Taliban is now preventing Westerners from getting to the airport in Kabul, according to several reports Wednesday morning, and strengthening their encircling of the airport, despite pervious assurances that all foreigners would be allowed to evacuate. A number of...

Terrified Afghans Throw Babies Over Barbed Wire at Kabul Airport

Desperate and terrified parents in Afghanistan threw their babies over barbed wire at the Kabul airport to American and British soldiers in a desperate bid to save them from the Taliban on Thursday. The heartbreaking scenes were captured on video....

Greek-American Dead in Kabul Restaurant Attack

A Greek-American university professor was among the 21 people killed in a suicide bomb and gun attack on a restaurant in Kabul on the night of Friday, January 17, officials say. Alexandros Peterson, aged 29, had just accepted a position...

Greek Doctors Working at Kabul Military Hospital in Good Health

The 16 Greek doctors working at the military hospital in Kabul, where at least three people were killed on Saturday morning by an explosion whose causes were not yet known, were reported in good health. According to an announcement by...

How Ancient Greeks Spread Buddhism to the Known World

Buddhism, a religion, or according to some, a path towards experiencing ultimate reality, was founded by Siddhārtha Gautama, a man from India also referred to as "The Buddha". Buddhism is practiced in various parts of the world and the...

Why is the Ancient Greek City of Antioch Special to Indians?

Indians have a special connection with the ancient city of Antioch. The city, now part of Turkey, was renamed Antakya but their connection with it is fleeting at best when compared to the Greeks and Syrians, taking a chronological...

The Ancient Greeks of India’s Tamil Nadu Region

  There was a time when ancient Greeks from the Indo-Greek empire in North India started migrating to Tamil Nadu. This is their saga: In the extreme South of the Indian Sub-continent is a state known as Tamil Nadu, land of...

Taliban Ban Hair and Beauty Salons in Afghanistan

The Taliban have ordered hair and beauty salons in Afghanistan to shut in the latest restriction faced by women. A Vice and Virtue Ministry spokesman told the BBC businesses had one month to comply, starting from 2 July when...

Taliban plan Turning Ex-Military Bases Into Special Economic Zones

The Taliban government in Afghanistan has announced plans to convert some of the former foreign military bases in the country into economic zones for businesses. The move is aimed at reviving the country's struggling economy, which has been hit hard...

Afghanistan Develops Supercar Model

In spite of Afghanistan’s recent notoriety due to restrictions on women by the Taliban, a domestic supercar called Mada 9 was developed in the country. The vehicle is putting the nation on the map for different reasons this time. The...

US Warns of Al Qaeda Retaliation After Zawahiri Killing

The US has warned Americans traveling abroad that they face an increased risk of violence after the US announced the killing of Ayman al Zawahiri, the chief of Al-Qaeda. His killing in a drone strike in Kabul over the weekend...

US Kills Al-Qaeda Leader Zawahiri in Afghanistan Drone Strike

The US has killed the leader of al-Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, in a drone strike in Afghanistan, President Joe Biden confirmed on Monday. He was killed in a counter-terrorism operation carried out by the CIA in the Afghan capital of Kabul...